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1 perry 1 LYX
2 !!!LYX
3 NAME
4 SYNOPSIS
5 DESCRIPTION
6 OPTIONS
7 ENVIRONMENT
8 FILES
9 SEE ALSO
10 BUGS/LIMITATIONS
11 AUTHORS
12 ----
13 !!NAME
14
15
16 lyx - A Document Processor
17 !!SYNOPSIS
18
19
20 __lyx__ [[ ''command-line switches''] [[''name.lyx
21 ...'' ]
22 !!DESCRIPTION
23
24
25 __LyX__ is too complex to be described completely in the
26 __LyX__ under the Help menu.
27
28
29 __LyX__ is a modern approach of writing documents with a
30 computer which breaks with the tradition of the obsolete
31 typewriter concept. It is designed for people who want a
32 professional output with a minimum of time effort, without
33 becoming specialists in typesetting. Compared to common word
34 processors, __LyX__ will increase the productivity a lot,
35 since most of the typesetting will be done by the computer,
36 not the author. With __LyX__ the author can concentrate
37 on the contents of his writing, since the computer will take
38 care of the look. Read more about this concept in the online
39 documentation under the Help menu.
40
41
42 Currently, __LyX__ uses the XForms library as a toolkit.
43 __LyX__ should run everywhere, where XForms runs. This is
44 on all major Unix platforms as well as some PC platforms,
45 including Sun, SGI, HP, Compaq Tru64, IBM RS6000, Convex,
46 Cray, i386/Linux, Alpha/Linux, i386/FreeBSD, i386/NetBSD,
2 perry 47 !DecSystem(mips)/Ultrix, OS/2 with XFree or PMX and
1 perry 48 others.
49 !!OPTIONS
50
51
52 __LyX__ supports the following command-line switches,
53 which can also be specified as X resources (e. g. in
54 .Xdefaults) with class name __LyX__:
55
56
57 __-help__
58
59
60 summarizes LyX usage
61
62
63 __-sysdir__ ''directory''
64
65
66 sets system directory. Normally not needed.
67
68
69 __-userdir__ ''directory''
70
71
72 sets user directory. Needed if you want to use LyX with
73 different lyxrc settings.
74
75
76 __-geometry__ ''WxH+X+Y''
77
78
79 specifies the preferred size and position of the main
80 __LyX__ window; see ''X(1)''.
81
82
83 __-dbg__ ''feature[[,feature...]''
84
85
86 where feature is a name or number. Use lyx
87 -dbg__
88 __
89
90
91 __-x [[--execute]__ ''command''
92
93
94 where command is a lyx command.
95
96
97 __-e [[--export]__ ''fmt''
98
99
100 where fmt is the export format of choice.
101
102
103 __-i [[--import]__ ''fmt file.xxx''
104
105
106 where fmt is the import format of choice and file.xxx is the
107 file to be imported.
108
109
110 Furthermore, __LyX__ understands the following generic
111 command line options from the __Forms
112 Library__:
113
114
115 __-display__ ''host:display''
116
117
118 specifies the server to connect to.
119
120
121 __-bw__ ''borderwidth''
122
123
124 specifies the border width to use to built-in
125 objects.
126
127
128 __-visual__ ''visualName''
129
130
2 perry 131 requests a visual by name such as !TrueColor etc. By default
1 perry 132 the __Forms Library__ always selects the visual that has
133 the most depth.
134
135
136 __-depth__ ''depth''
137
138
139 requests a specific depth. Try -depth__
140 best__-depth__ 8
141 __
142
143
144 __-debug__ ''level''
145
146
147 generates some info about the state of the __XForms.__
148 where ''level'' is an integer between 1-5 and controls
149 the amount of information to output. Depending on the
150 options used when the __Forms Library__ was built, a
151 level more than 3 might not be available.
152
153
154 __-sync__
155
156
157 runs the application in synchronous mode with debug level
158 set to 4.
159
160
161 __-private__
162
163
164 requests a private colormap for the
165 application.
166
167
168 __-shared__
169
170
171 requests a shared colormap even if the application needs
172 more colors than available. For those colors that can't be
173 allocated in the shared colormap, substitutions are made so
174 the closest matching color is used.
175
176
177 __-stdcmap__
178
179
180 requests a standard colormap.
181
182
183 __-name newname__
184
185
186 specifies the application name under which resources are to
187 be obtained, rather than the default executable file
188 name.
189 !!ENVIRONMENT
190
191
192 __LYX_DIR_11x__
193
194
195 can be used to specify which system directory to
196 use.
197
198
199 The system directory is determined by searching for the file
200 1) -sysdir command line parameter
201 2) LYX_DIR_11x environment variable
202 3) Maybe
203 4)
204 5) hardcoded lyx_dir (usually /usr/local/share/lyx on UNIX
205 and %X11ROOT%XFree86libX11lyx on OS/2 with
206 XFree)
207
208
209 __LYX_USERDIR_11x__
210
211
212 can be used to specify which user directory to
213 use.
214
215
216 The user directory is, in order of precedence:
217 1) -userdir command line parameter
218 2) LYX_USERDIR_11x environment variable
219 3) $HOME/.
220
221
222 __LYX_LOCALEDIR__
223
224
225 can be used to tell LyX where to look for the translations
226 of its GUI strings in other languages.
227 !!FILES
228
229
230 ~/.lyx/lyxrc Personal configuration file
231 ''LIBDIR''/lyxrc System wide configuration file
232 ''LIBDIR''/lyxrc.example System wide configuration file template
233 ''LIBDIR''/configure Updates __LyX__ if config has changed
234 ''LIBDIR''/bind/ Keybindings
235 ''LIBDIR''/clipart/ Clipart pictures
236 ''LIBDIR''/doc/ Documentation in __LyX__ format.
237 ''LIBDIR''/examples/ Example documents
238 ''LIBDIR''/images/ Images used as icons or in popups
239 ''LIBDIR''/kbd/ Keyboard mappings
240 ''LIBDIR''/layouts/ Layout descriptions
241 ''LIBDIR''/templates/ Templates for documents
242 ''LIBDIR''/tex/ Extra TeX files
243 ''LIBDIR'' is the system directory. This is usually /usr/local/share/lyx on UNIX and %X11ROOT%XFree86libX11lyx on OS/2 with XFree.
244 !!SEE ALSO
245
246
247 reLyX(1), latex(1), xforms(5).
248
249
250 Full documentation in either native __LyX__ or postscript
251 format.
252 !!BUGS/LIMITATIONS
253
254
255 There are probably still some bugs in __LyX__. Please
256 report them to lyx-devel@lists.lyx.org with detailed info,
257 including which version of __LyX__ you use. Consult the
258 __
259
260
261 __LaTeX__ import is still not perfect and may produce
262 buggy *.lyx files. Consult the __reLyX__
263 documentation.
264
265
266 XFree on OS/2 currently does not support PC codepages. If
267 you use __emTeX__ to preview/print with cp850, etc., this
268 might lead to strange __emTeX__ error messages.
269 __Remedy:__ 1) In filenames use only A-Z, a-z, 1-9. 2)
270 Install a recent __LaTeX__ package inputenc.sty. Select
271 Layout-
272 __reLyX__ adds the __LaTeX__ command
273 'usepackage[[latin1]{inputenc}'.
274
275
276 __LyX__ server has some limitations under OS/2: See
277 Help-__
278
279
280 Preview of inline images in rare cases does not show the
281 image. If you want to preview the image, just click on it
282 and choose fullscreen preview.
283
284
285 If you have performance problems, please go through the
286 __lyxrc__ configuration file. It contains settings that
287 can be used to improve performance on slow
288 systems.
289 !!AUTHORS
290
291
292 Copyright 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 by Matthias Ettrich
293 (ettrich@informatik.uni-tuebingen.de) and the rest of the
294 __LyX Team__ (See Credits under the Help menu
295 item).
296 ----
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