From 68cb2b602e5e6e19cfccccbdb5085835cac2c517 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Martin Vermeer Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2005 07:33:24 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Doc updates git-svn-id: svn://svn.lyx.org/lyx/lyx-devel/trunk@10310 a592a061-630c-0410-9148-cb99ea01b6c8 --- lib/doc/ChangeLog | 6 ++++++ lib/doc/Customization.lyx | 27 ++++++++++++++++++-------- lib/doc/FAQ.lyx | 41 ++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------- lib/doc/UserGuide.lyx | 6 +++--- 4 files changed, 53 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-) diff --git a/lib/doc/ChangeLog b/lib/doc/ChangeLog index be88ddf8dc..22ac3874fd 100644 --- a/lib/doc/ChangeLog +++ b/lib/doc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,9 @@ +2005-07-15 Martin Vermeer + + * UserGuide.lyx: Typos + * Customization.lyx: Better description of LANG etc usage + * FAQ.lyx: Update Open Source question + 2005-07-15 Martin Vermeer * UserGuide.lyx: Modernize slightly keyboard config diff --git a/lib/doc/Customization.lyx b/lib/doc/Customization.lyx index 6d7d7f6a50..25ba05a478 100644 --- a/lib/doc/Customization.lyx +++ b/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 diff --git a/lib/doc/FAQ.lyx b/lib/doc/FAQ.lyx index 9c660d3578..7dda500217 100644 --- a/lib/doc/FAQ.lyx +++ b/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 diff --git a/lib/doc/UserGuide.lyx b/lib/doc/UserGuide.lyx index ff9540a155..de4786a1ba 100644 --- a/lib/doc/UserGuide.lyx +++ b/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