NAME
lyx - A Document Processor
SYNOPSIS
lyx [ command-line switches] [name.lyx ... ]
DESCRIPTION
LyX is too complex to be described completely in the "man"
page format. If your system is properly configured, you can
access the full documentation within LyX under the Help
menu.
LyX is a modern approach of writing documents with a com-
puter which breaks with the tradition of the obsolete type-
writer concept. It is designed for people who want a profes-
sional output with a minimum of time effort, without becom-
ing specialists in typesetting. Compared to common word pro-
cessors, LyX will increase the productivity a lot, since
most of the typesetting will be done by the computer, not
the author. With LyX the author can concentrate on the con-
tents of his writing, since the computer will take care of
the look. Read more about this concept in the online docu-
mentation under the Help menu.
Currently, LyX uses the XForms library as a toolkit. LyX
should run everywhere, where XForms runs. This is on all
major Unix platforms as well as some PC platforms, including
Sun, SGI, HP, Compaq Tru64, IBM RS6000, Convex, Cray,
i386/Linux, Alpha/Linux, i386/FreeBSD, i386/NetBSD,
DecSystem(mips)/Ultrix, OS/2 with XFree or PMX and others.
OPTIONS
LyX supports the following command-line switches, which can
also be specified as X resources (e. g. in .Xdefaults) with
class name LyX:
-help summarizes LyX usage
-sysdir directory
sets system directory. Normally not needed.
-userdir directory
sets user directory. Needed if you want to use LyX
with different lyxrc settings.
-geometry WxH+X+Y
specifies the preferred size and position of the main
LyX window; see X(1).
-dbg feature[,feature...]
where feature is a name or number. Use "lyx -dbg" to
see the list of available debug features.
-x [--execute] command
where command is a lyx command.
-e [--export] fmt
where fmt is the export format of choice.
-i [--import] fmt file.xxx
where fmt is the import format of choice and file.xxx
is the file to be imported.
Furthermore, LyX understands the following generic command
line options from the Forms Library:
-display host:display
specifies the server to connect to.
-bw borderwidth
specifies the border width to use to built-in objects.
-visual visualName
requests a visual by name such as TrueColor etc. By
default the Forms Library always selects the visual
that has the most depth.
-depth depth
requests a specific depth. Try "-depth best" or "-
depth 8" if you get a bad match.
-debug level
generates some info about the state of the XForms.
where level is an integer between 1-5 and controls the
amount of information to output. Depending on the
options used when the Forms Library was built, a level
more than 3 might not be available.
-sync runs the application in synchronous mode with debug
level set to 4.
-private
requests a private colormap for the application.
-shared
requests a shared colormap even if the application
needs more colors than available. For those colors
that can't be allocated in the shared colormap, sub-
stitutions are made so the closest matching color is
used.
-stdcmap
requests a standard colormap.
-name newname
specifies the application name under which resources
are to be obtained, rather than the default executable
file name.
ENVIRONMENT
LYX_DIR_11x
can be used to specify which system directory to use.
The system directory is determined by searching for the file
"chkconfig.ltx". Directories are searched in this order:
1) -sysdir command line parameter
2) LYX_DIR_11x environment variable
3) Maybe <path of binary>/TOP_SRCDIR/lib
4) <path of binary>/../share/<name of binary>/
5) hardcoded lyx_dir (usually /usr/local/share/lyx on UNIX
and %X11ROOT%\XFree86\lib\X11\lyx on OS/2 with XFree)
LYX_USERDIR_11x
can be used to specify which user directory to use.
The user directory is, in order of precedence:
1) -userdir command line parameter
2) LYX_USERDIR_11x environment variable
3) $HOME/.<name of binary> if no explicit setting is made
LYX_LOCALEDIR
can be used to tell LyX where to look for the transla-
tions of its GUI strings in other languages.
FILES
~/.lyx/lyxrc Personal configuration file
LIBDIR/lyxrc System wide configuration file
LIBDIR/lyxrc.example System wide configuration file template
LIBDIR/configure Updates LyX if config has changed
LIBDIR/bind/ Keybindings
LIBDIR/clipart/ Clipart pictures
LIBDIR/doc/ Documentation in LyX format.
LIBDIR/examples/ Example documents
LIBDIR/images/ Images used as icons or in popups
LIBDIR/kbd/ Keyboard mappings
LIBDIR/layouts/ Layout descriptions
LIBDIR/templates/ Templates for documents
LIBDIR/tex/ Extra TeX files
LIBDIR is the system directory. This is usually
/usr/local/share/lyx on UNIX and
%X11ROOT%\XFree86\lib\X11\lyx on OS/2 with XFree.
SEE ALSO
reLyX(1), latex(1), xforms(5).
Full documentation in either native LyX or postscript for-
mat.
BUGS/LIMITATIONS
There are probably still some bugs in LyX. Please report
them to lyx-devel@lists.lyx.org with detailed info, includ-
ing which version of LyX you use. Consult the "Known Bugs"
item under the Help menu first if possible.
LaTeX import is still not perfect and may produce buggy
*.lyx files. Consult the reLyX documentation.
XFree on OS/2 currently does not support PC codepages. If
you use emTeX to preview/print with cp850, etc., this might
lead to strange emTeX error messages. Remedy:
1) In filenames use only A-Z, a-z, 1-9.
2) Install a recent LaTeX package inputenc.sty. Select
Layout->Document->encoding:latin1, so that reLyX adds the
LaTeX command '\usepackage[latin1]{inputenc}'.
LyX server has some limitations under OS/2: See Help-
>Customization for details.
Preview of inline images in rare cases does not show the
image. If you want to preview the image, just click on it
and choose fullscreen preview.
If you have performance problems, please go through the
lyxrc configuration file. It contains settings that can be
used to improve performance on slow systems.
AUTHORS
Copyright (c) 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 by Matthias
Ettrich (ettrich@informatik.uni-tuebingen.de) and the rest
of the LyX Team (See Credits under the Help menu item).
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