Doc updates

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lib/doc/ChangeLog

@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2005-07-15  Martin Vermeer  <martin.vermeer@hut.fi>
+
+	* UserGuide.lyx: Typos
+	* Customization.lyx: Better description of LANG etc usage
+	* FAQ.lyx: Update Open Source question
+
 2005-07-15  Martin Vermeer  <martin.vermeer@hut.fi>
 
 	* UserGuide.lyx: Modernize slightly keyboard config

lib/doc/Customization.lyx

@@ -2580,7 +2580,8 @@ Notice that these translations will work, but do contain a few flaws.
  keys for everything.
  Sometimes, there are simply not enough free letters to do it.
  Other times, the translator just hasn't got around to doing it yet.
- We'll try to fix these shortcomings in future versions of LyX.
+ Our localization team -- which you may wish to join -- will try to fix
+ these shortcomings in future versions of LyX.
 \layout Section
 
 Selecting an alternative language for the user interface
@@ -2627,10 +2628,6 @@ no
 
 On some systems, you may have to redefine 
 \family typewriter 
-LANGUAGE
-\family default 
-, 
-\family typewriter 
 LC_ALL
 \family default 
  or 
@@ -2641,7 +2638,21 @@ LC_MESSAGES
 \family typewriter 
 LANG
 \family default 
-, to override the system settings; their preference is in this order.
+, to override the system settings; their preference is in this order
+\begin_inset Foot
+collapsed true
+
+\layout Standard
+
+The shell variable LANGUAGE has been disabled in LyX for technical reasons.
+ Don't use it.
+\end_inset 
+
+, which corresponds to the way GNU 
+\family typewriter 
+gettext
+\family default 
+ does it.
  Consult your system documentation.
  Normally, you'll want to put the appropriate line in a shell script run
  on start-up, so that the translation is on by default.
@@ -2649,7 +2660,7 @@ LANG
 \emph on 
 all
 \emph default 
- localized packages! 
+ localized packages, not only LyX! 
 \layout Standard
 
 If LyX is configured and compiled with 
@@ -2664,7 +2675,7 @@ If LyX is configured and compiled with
 \begin_inset Quotes erd
 \end_inset 
 
-, this will not work.
+, this mechanism will not work.
 \layout Section
 
 Translating LyX

lib/doc/FAQ.lyx

@@ -314,20 +314,22 @@ Is LyX really Open Source?
 \layout Standard
 
 Yes.
- Some may quibble that since the freely available X toolkit that LyX uses,
- xforms, is currently closed source, LyX is less than Pure and Holy.
- Nonsense.
- The LyX source itself is available under a slightly modified version of
- the GPL, so it qualifies.
- Also, the developers of LyX are working on making it toolkit independent,
- so that next major version 1.3.0 will have Qt2/3 support; and even if not,
- version 1.0 of xforms will be released under the LGPL (at the time of this
- writing, prereleases of version 1.0 are available in source form from 
-\begin_inset LatexCommand \url{ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/xforms/OpenSource/}
+ The freely available X toolkit that LyX uses, xforms, was until recently
+ closed source.
+ Also the other toolkit that LyX uses, Qt, although a proprietary product
+ of Troll Tech, is used in its open source variant.
+ The LyX source itself is available under the GPL, so it qualifies.
+ 
+\layout Standard
+
+Version 1.0 of xforms is available under the LGPL and its sources (and binaries)
+ can be found from 
+\begin_inset LatexCommand \url{http://savannah.nongnu.org/download/xforms/xforms-1.0.tar.gz}
 
 \end_inset 
 
-.
+, which however requires some tinkering to get running.
+ Qt tends to come with your distribution.
 \layout Section
 
 Internet Resources
@@ -504,8 +506,12 @@ Can I read/write LaTeX files?
 
 Yes.
  LyX outputs LaTeX files that are either machine or human friendly.
- The reLyX program that comes with LyX does a decent job of converting LaTeX
- into LyX.
+ The 
+\family typewriter 
+tex2lyx
+\family default 
+ program that comes with LyX does a decent job of converting LaTeX into
+ LyX.
  It's not perfect, but it will usually get at least 95% of the job done
  for you.
 \layout Subsection
@@ -558,11 +564,14 @@ Ted This is the editor to use when someone sends you an RTF file created
  Mail yourself the converted version (plain text or HTML).
 \layout Standard
 
-Finally, when all else fails, use any word processor (WordPerfect, StarOffice,
- ...) which understands Word.
+Finally, when all else fails, use any word processor (WordPerfect, StarOffice/Op
+enOffice, ...) which understands Word.
  Then export as the file as plain text and add the formatting by hand in
  LyX.
- For me personally, at least, it's faster doing this than cleaning up attempts
+ 
+\layout Standard
+
+For me personally, at least, it's faster doing this than cleaning up attempts
  at a conversion, though it is certainly unsatisfactory if you need to go
  back and forth a lot.
 \layout Subsection

lib/doc/UserGuide.lyx

@@ -19950,10 +19950,10 @@ deactivation
 \emph default 
  of a branch is done from the document settings menu.
  All insets belonging to deactivated branches will be automatically closed,
- those belonging to activated branched automatically opened.
+ those belonging to activated branches automatically opened.
 \layout Standard
 
-Other possible applications of the Branches paradisgm include a 
+Other possible applications of the Branches paradigm include a 
 \begin_inset Quotes eld
 \end_inset 
 
@@ -19961,7 +19961,7 @@ teacher's version
 \begin_inset Quotes erd
 \end_inset 
 
- of a textbook containing the answers tro questions, etc.
+ of a textbook containing the answers to questions, etc.
 \begin_inset Note
 collapsed true