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6 .TH LYX 1 "Sept 2008" "Version 1.6" "LyX 1.6"
8 lyx \- A Document Processor
16 \fBlyx\fR [ \fIcommand\-line switches\fR ] [ \fIname[.lyx] ...\fR ]
19 \fBLyX\fR is too complex to be described completely in the "man" page
20 format. If your system is properly configured, you can access the full
21 documentation within \fBLyX\fR under the Help menu.
23 \fBLyX\fR is a document preparation system. It excels at letting you
24 create complex technical and scientific articles with mathematics,
25 cross\-references, bibliographies, indices, etc. It is very good at
26 documents of any length in which the usual processing abilities are
27 required: automatic sectioning and pagination, spellchecking, and so
28 forth. It can also be used to write a letter to your mom, though
29 granted, there are probably simpler programs available for that. It is
30 definitely not the best tool for creating banners, flyers, or
31 advertisements, though with some effort all these can be done, too.
32 Some examples of what it is used for: memos, letters, dissertations
33 and theses, lecture notes, seminar notebooks, conference proceedings,
34 software documentation, books (on PostgreSQL, remote sensing,
35 cryptology, fictional novels, poetry, and even a children's book or
36 two), articles in refereed scientific journals, scripts for plays and
37 movies, business proposals... you get the idea.
39 Currently, \fBLyX\fR uses the Qt4 library as a
40 toolkit. \fBLyX\fR should run everywhere, where this library runs.
41 This is on all major Unix platforms as well as Windows and Mac OS X
42 (which actually is a unix platform).
44 \fBLyX\fR supports the following command\-line switches.
50 provides version information on the build of LyX.
52 .BI \-sysdir " directory"
53 sets system directory. Normally not needed.
55 .BI \-userdir " directory"
56 sets user directory. Needed if you want to use LyX with different lyxrc
59 .BI \-geometry " WxH+X+Y"
60 set geometry of the main window.
62 .BI \-dbg " feature[,feature...]"
63 where feature is a name or number.
64 Use "\fBlyx \-dbg\fR" to see the list of available debug features.
66 \fB \-x [\-\-execute]\fP \fIcommand
67 where command is a lyx command.
69 \fB \-e [\-\-export]\fP \fIfmt
70 where fmt is the export format of choice.
71 Look on Tools->Preferences->File formats->Format to get an idea which parameters should be passed.
73 \fB \-i [\-\-import]\fP \fIfmt file.xxx
74 where fmt is the import format of choice and file.xxx is the file to be imported.
79 can be used to specify which system directory to use.
81 The system directory is determined by searching for the file
82 "chkconfig.ltx". Directories are searched in this order:
84 1) \-sysdir command line parameter
86 2) @LYX_DIR_VER@ environment variable
88 3) Maybe <path of binary>/TOP_SRCDIR/lib
90 4) <path of binary>/../share/<name of binary>/
92 5) hardcoded lyx_dir (at build time: @real_pkgdatadir@)
95 can be used to specify which user directory to use.
97 The user directory is, in order of precedence:
99 1) \-userdir command line parameter
101 2) @LYX_USERDIR_VER@ environment variable
103 3) $HOME/.<name of binary> if no explicit setting is made
107 can be used to tell LyX where to look for the translations of its GUI
108 strings in other languages.
111 .ta \w'\fILIBDIR\fR/lyxrc.in 'u
112 ~/.lyx/preferences Personal configuration file
113 ~/.lyx/lyxrc.defaults Personal autodetected configuration file
114 \fILIBDIR\fR/lyxrc.dist System wide configuration file
115 \fILIBDIR\fR/configure.py Updates \fBLyX\fR if config has changed
116 \fILIBDIR\fR/bind/ Keybindings
117 \fILIBDIR\fR/clipart/ Clipart pictures
118 \fILIBDIR\fR/doc/ Documentation in \fBLyX\fR format.
119 \fILIBDIR\fR/examples/ Example documents
120 \fILIBDIR\fR/images/ Images used as icons or in popups
121 \fILIBDIR\fR/kbd/ Keyboard mappings
122 \fILIBDIR\fR/layouts/ Layout descriptions
123 \fILIBDIR\fR/templates/ Templates for documents
124 \fILIBDIR\fR/tex/ Extra TeX files
129 is the system directory. This was at build time @real_pkgdatadir@.
131 tex2lyx(1), latex(1).
133 Full documentation in either native \fBLyX\fR or postscript format.
135 There are still some bugs in \fBLyX\fR. To report one, read if
136 possible the Introduction found under the Help menu in LyX. You'll
137 find detailed info on submitting bug reports there. If you can't do
138 that, send details to the LyX Developers mailing list
139 lyx\-devel@lists.lyx.org, or use the LyX bug tracker at
140 http://bugzilla.lyx.org/. Don't forget to mention which version you
141 are having problems with!
143 \fBLaTeX\fR import is still not perfect and may produce buggy *.lyx
144 files. Consult the \fBtex2lyx\fR documentation.
147 LyX is Copyright (C) 1995 by Matthias Ettrich, 1995-2008 LyX Team