diff --git a/src/tex2lyx/Spacing.h b/src/tex2lyx/Spacing.h
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+// -*- C++ -*-
+/**
+ *  \file Spacing.h
+ * This file is part of LyX, the document processor.
+ * Licence details can be found in the file COPYING.
+ *
+ *  \author Angus Leeming
+ *
+ *  Full author contact details are available in file CREDITS
+ */
+
+#ifndef SPACING_H
+#define SPACING_H
+
+class Spacing {
+public:
+	///
+	enum Space {
+		Single,
+		Onehalf,
+		Double,
+		Other,
+		Default
+	};
+
+	void set(Spacing::Space, float = 1.0) {}
+};
+
+#endif // NOT SPACING_H
diff --git a/src/tex2lyx/gettext.C b/src/tex2lyx/gettext.C
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+/**
+ * \file gettext.C
+ * This file is part of LyX, the document processor.
+ * Licence details can be found in the file COPYING.
+ *
+ * \author Lars Gullik Bjønnes
+ * \author Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
+ *
+ * Full author contact details are available in file CREDITS
+ */
+
+#include <config.h>
+
+#include "gettext.h"
+
+string const _(string const & str)
+{
+	return str;
+}
+
+
+void locale_init()
+{}
diff --git a/src/tex2lyx/gettext.h b/src/tex2lyx/gettext.h
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+// -*- C++ -*-
+/**
+ * \file gettext.h
+ * This file is part of LyX, the document processor.
+ * Licence details can be found in the file COPYING.
+ *
+ * \author Lars Gullik Bjønnes
+ * \author Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
+ *
+ * Full author contact details are available in file CREDITS
+ */
+#ifndef GETTEXT_H
+#define GETTEXT_H
+
+#include "LString.h"
+
+///
+string const _(string const &);
+
+#define N_(str) (str)              // for detecting static strings
+
+///
+void locale_init();
+
+#endif
diff --git a/src/tex2lyx/lyxfont.C b/src/tex2lyx/lyxfont.C
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+/**
+ *  \file lyxfont.C
+ *  This file is part of LyX, the document processor.
+ *  Licence details can be found in the file COPYING.
+ *
+ *  \author Angus Leeming
+ *
+ *  Full author contact details are available in file CREDITS
+ */
+
+#include <config.h>
+
+#include "lyxfont.h"
+#include "lyxlex.h"
+#include "support/lstrings.h"
+
+using namespace lyx::support;
+
+
+LyXFont & LyXFont::lyxRead(LyXLex & lex)
+{
+	bool error = false;
+	bool finished = false;
+	while (!finished && lex.isOK() && !error) {
+		lex.next();
+		string const tok = ascii_lowercase(lex.getString());
+
+		if (tok.empty()) {
+			continue;
+		} else if (tok == "endfont") {
+			finished = true;
+		} else if (tok == "family") {
+			lex.next();
+		} else if (tok == "series") {
+			lex.next();
+		} else if (tok == "shape") {
+			lex.next();
+		} else if (tok == "size") {
+			lex.next();
+		} else if (tok == "misc") {
+			lex.next();
+		} else if (tok == "color") {
+			lex.next();
+		} else {
+			lex.printError("Unknown tag `$$Token'");
+			error = true;
+		}
+	}
+	return *this;
+}
diff --git a/src/tex2lyx/lyxfont.h b/src/tex2lyx/lyxfont.h
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+// -*- C++ -*-
+/**
+ *  \file lyxfont.h
+ * This file is part of LyX, the document processor.
+ * Licence details can be found in the file COPYING.
+ *
+ *  \author Angus Leeming
+ *
+ *  Full author contact details are available in file CREDITS
+ */
+
+#ifndef LYXFONT_H
+#define LYXFONT_H
+
+class LyXLex;
+
+class LyXFont {
+public:
+	/// Trick to overload constructor and make it megafast
+	enum FONT_INIT1 { ALL_INHERIT };
+	enum FONT_INIT3 { ALL_SANE };
+
+	LyXFont() {}
+	explicit LyXFont(LyXFont::FONT_INIT1) {}
+	explicit LyXFont(LyXFont::FONT_INIT3) {}
+
+	LyXFont & lyxRead(LyXLex &);
+
+	LyXFont & realize(LyXFont const &) { return *this; }
+	bool resolved() const { return true; }
+};
+
+#endif // NOT LYXFONT_H