From 816b9b4b3c82cb2839e7e1f5e5c2180447cc70b7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jean-Marc Lasgouttes Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2006 12:23:00 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] first updates for 1.4.0 git-svn-id: svn://svn.lyx.org/lyx/lyx-devel/trunk@10756 a592a061-630c-0410-9148-cb99ea01b6c8 --- ANNOUNCE | 304 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------------- ChangeLog | 9 ++ INSTALL | 52 ++++----- Makefile.am | 4 +- README | 261 +++++++++++++++++++------------------------- 5 files changed, 313 insertions(+), 317 deletions(-) diff --git a/ANNOUNCE b/ANNOUNCE index 0e599d2827..8bea8db2d0 100644 --- a/ANNOUNCE +++ b/ANNOUNCE @@ -1,169 +1,209 @@ -Public release of LyX version 1.3.0 +Public release of LyX version 1.4.0 =================================== -We are glad to announce the release of LyX 1.3.0. +We are glad to announce the release of LyX 1.4.0. -As with the previous major version 1.2.0, many things make this new -release an exciting one. One of the major projects that has been going -on behind the scenes is the so-called GUI-independence project. We are -glad to announce that version 1.3.0 shows the first results of this. -LyX now comes in two flavours: Qt-LyX and xforms-LyX! +It is the culmination of 3 years of hard work, and we sincerely hope +this you will enjoy the results. The changes are too numerous to +summarize in a few words, jump directly to the end of this message if +you want to know more. -Although this is the most visible change in version 1.3, this should not -hide the fact that the `under the hood' changes to the code have again -been very important. A detailed list can be found below. +As usual with major releases, a lot of work that is not directly +visible has taken place. The core of LyX has seen more cleanups and +some of the new features are the direct results of this work. In case you are wondering what LyX is, here is what http://www.lyx.org/ has to say on the subject: - LyX is an advanced open source document processor that encourages an - approach to writing based on the structure of your documents, not their - appearance. LyX lets you concentrate on writing, leaving details of - visual layout to the software. + LyX is a document processor that encourages an approach to writing + based on the structure of your documents, not their appearance. It + is released under a Free Software / Open Source license. - LyX runs on many Unix platforms (including MacOS X), OS/2, and under - Windows/Cygwin. Note that all these ports use the same xforms interface - and therefore need an X server. + LyX is for people that write and want their writing to look great, + right out of the box. No more endless tinkering with formatting + details, 'finger painting' font attributes or futzing around with page + boundaries. You just write. In the background, Prof. Knuth's legendary + TeX typesetting engine makes you look good. -You can download LyX 1.3.0 here : + On screen, LyX looks like any word processor; its printed output -- or + richly cross-referenced PDF, just as readily produced -- looks like + nothing else. Gone are the days of industrially bland .docs, all + looking similarly not-quite-right, yet coming out unpredictably + different on different printer drivers. Gone are the crashes 'eating' + your dissertation the evening before going to press. - ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/stable/lyx-1.3.0.tar.gz - ftp://ftp.devel.lyx.org/pub/lyx/lyx-1.3.0.tar.gz + LyX is stable and fully featured. It is a multi-platform, fully + internationalized application running natively on Unix/Linux and the + Macintosh and modern Windows platforms. -and it should shortly propagate to the following mirrors : +You can download LyX 1.4.0 here (the .bz2 are compressed with bzip2, +which yields smaller files): - ftp://ftp.sdsc.edu/pub/other/lyx/stable/lyx-1.3.0.tar.gz - ftp://ftp.lip6.fr/pub/lyx/stable/lyx-1.3.0.tar.gz - ftp://gd.tuwien.ac.at/publishing/tex/lyx/stable/lyx-1.3.0.tar.gz - ftp://ftp.ntua.gr/pub/X11/LyX/stable/lyx-1.3.0.tar.gz - ftp://ftp.icm.edu.pl/vol/rzm0/lyx/stable/lyx-1.3.0.tar.gz + ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/stable/lyx-1.4.0.tar.gz + ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/stable/lyx-1.4.0.tar.bz2 + ftp://ftp.devel.lyx.org/pub/lyx/lyx-1.4.0.tar.gz + ftp://ftp.devel.lyx.org/pub/lyx/lyx-1.4.0.tar.bz2 + +and it should propagate shortly to the following mirrors (which will also host +the .bz2 versions): + + http://lyx.mirror.fr/stable/lyx-1.4.0.tar.gz + ftp://ftp.sdsc.edu/pub/other/lyx/stable/lyx-1.4.0.tar.gz + ftp://ftp.lip6.fr/pub/lyx/stable/lyx-1.4.0.tar.gz + ftp://gd.tuwien.ac.at/publishing/tex/lyx/stable/lyx-1.4.0.tar.gz + ftp://ftp.ntua.gr/pub/X11/LyX/stable/lyx-1.4.0.tar.gz + +Note that no patch is provided to upgrade from version 1.3.7. + +Prebuilt binaries (rpms for linux distributions, Mac OS X and Windows +installers) should soon be available at + ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/bin/1.4.0/ -Prebuild binaries (mainly rpms for linux distributions) should soon be -available at - ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/bin/1.3.0 - -If you find what you think is a bug in LyX 1.3.0, you may either -e-mail the LyX developers' mailing list (lyx-devel@lists.lyx.org), or open +If you find what you think is a bug in LyX 1.4.0, you may either +e-mail the LyX developers' mailing list (lyx-devel @ lists.lyx.org), or open a bug report at http://bugzilla.lyx.org If you're having trouble using the new version of LyX, or have a question, -first check out http://www.lyx.org/help/, and e-mail the LyX users' list -(lyx-users@lists.lyx.org) if you can't find an answer there. +first check out http://www.lyx.org/help/. If you can't find the answer there, +e-mail the LyX users' list (lyx-users @ lists.lyx.org). Enjoy! The LyX team. -New features -============ -** Qt frontend +What's new in version 1.4.0? +---------------------------- -This is of course the most visible new feature. This frontend supports -either Qt 2.x or 3.x and is mostly feature complete. Note that some -of the dialogs are slightly different in design, but are generally -functionally equivalent. +** Improved user interface -** Xforms frontend +LyX 1.4 has a re-designed layout for the menus, designed to decrease +clutter and maximise productivity. Several menu items (in the Edit +menu) are now context-sensitive, so they only appear when needed. For +the die-hard old LyX users, the older layout (referred to as the +classic UI) is still available, for now. -The advent of the Qt frontend does not mean that the historical xforms -frontend is dead. Actually, it is still the one which is the best -implemented, because we have had more time to polish it. In this release, -most of the dialogs have been redesigned to be tighter. +It's now possible to define multiple toolbars as seen in other +editors. By default, the new LyX release has two toolbars displayed, +the standard one (similar to the static toolbar in LyX 1.3), plus the +extra toolbar. In addition, there are two pre-defined toolbars +available: one for tables, and one for math. -Note also that the xforms library has been very recently updated to -version 1.0. This version has been released under the LGPL (Lesser -General Public License), and the availability of the source means that -many bugs that have been plaguing LyX have been fixed in xforms. You -are advised to upgrade to xforms 1.0 to enjoy all these new fixes. -In fact, LyX 1.3.0 no longer supports versions of xforms older than 0.89.5. -Moreover, support for xforms older than 1.0 will be removed in the next -release. You have been warned ;-) +Another new feature worth mentioning is popup toolbars: you can set a +toolbar such that it only appears when editing math, or when editing a +table. -In most cases the dialogs have been designed to make it impossible to input -invalid parameters. The exception to this rule is the input of length data. -Power LaTeX users can still input obtuse "glue lengths", but the widgets are -highlighted in red if this input is invalid or incomplete. This visual -feedback makes it easy to see why LyX won't allow you to Apply your changes. +** Change tracking -** Gnome frontend +This new feature, similar to that found in Microsoft Word and others, +makes collaboration on a document a cinch. It provides a way to track +changes made to a document, and later approve, reject, or modify such +changes. -Unfortunately, the development of the Gnome frontend has mostly -stopped recently and we have therefore chosen to disable it. We -strongly invite anyone willing to revive this port to volunteer on the -developer's list. +** Much better conversion from .tex to .lyx -** Instant preview +The ancient and unloved Perl script, reLyX has finally bitten the dust +and been replaced by the brand new and shiny tex2lyx. tex2lyx's LaTeX +parser follows most of the rules of the real TeX and so is already +much more powerful than reLyX ever was. -preview-latex is an emacs package for LaTeX that allows "instant previews" -of LaTeX code, so you can immediately see the visual rendering of the -LaTeX in the document. Its project home page can be found at -http://sourceforge.net/projects/preview-latex. With the help of David -Kastrup, the author, LyX 1.3.0 can harness this functionality to -allow instant previews in the LyX window of math equations and -figures. This feature can be immensely useful, ensuring that the -rendering of your equation will look right in the final output. The -preview is only displayed (if enabled) when you're not editing the -actual equation, so it's unobtrusive too. +** Character styles -** Math editor - -There have been a few visible and some not-so-visible changes. On the -visible side we have better visual feedback regarding the structure of -a formula, showing the nesting by small purple decorations in the -formula itself and revealing the names of the nesting levels in the -minibuffer. There is now native support for symbols from the wasy -package containing e.g. the zodiac symbols. New also is the internal -structure of font changes which are now proper "insets", just like -anything else from a square root to an array. This not only simplifies -the code greatly but also allows the same editing tricks as for the -"regular" math. However, it was not possible to tweak the visible -behaviour to mimic 1.2 in all cases, so this might take some time to -get accustomed to. On the pro side, the new structure allowed -support for LaTeX's \mbox and \fbox to be implemented and general -"switching back to text mode within math", so a lot of "evil red text" -trickery is not needed anymore. The most visible changes are the following: - -- Pressing { and } will insert LaTeX's \{ and \} which show up as { } - in the printout. To get LaTeX's {} nesting, you need to type \{. - -- Fonts changes now really nest. Repeated application of a font change - will result in nested font changes! To remove a font change without - removing the "contents", it is now possible to "pull the argument" - like in other insets, i.e. put the cursor in the first position of - the inset and press 'backspace'. - -** Reading old files - -LyX now has a new script lyx2lyx which enables the reading of any file -produced by LyX versions as old as 0.12. Work is in progress on files -created with LyX 0.10 (LyX 1.4 time-line) and still older files are -in the forge. Basically if lyx wrote it LyX will read it. :-) - -There is also a strong demand to be able to read files produced by -_newer_ versions of LyX. While lyx2lyx has the infrastructure in place -to do such things, the filters to `downgrade' LyX files (from 1.3.0 to -1.2.x, for example) have not yet been written. - -** Miscellaneous changes - -- LyX now automatically uses TeX fonts for screen rendering of math - equations if they are available (it is not necessary anymore to - configure your font server). - -- The Insert>Short Title allows the addition of an optional text - for section headings and captions that is designed to be used in - tables of contents. - -- The Insert>Float>Floatflt Figure menu item restores the ability - to wrap text around an image which was present in 1.1.6 and - removed in 1.2.0 - -- If you configure with --with-pspell (which uses the PSpell library for - spellchecking), you will be able to automatically spell-check - multi-language documents, assuming you have the right dictionaries - installed. +For a system that purports to make it easy to write documents full of +logical (as opposed to visual markup), LyX has always had one glaring +omission: no character styles. LyX 1.4 goes some way towards +addressing this defect, although there's no dialog to define your own +styles. + + +** Branches + +The teacher who's setting an exam obviously doesn't want her pupils +seeing the answers, yet having questions and answers in the same +document will make the life of the markers of that exam much easier. + +That's just one example of someone who would benefit from LyX's new +"branches" feature. In fact, anyone who writes documents which have +more than one target audience will find this feature useful. + +** Minipages evolve to Boxes + +In 1.3, LyX only had native support for plain minipages. Now you can +use a wide range of box types and decorations directly from the LyX +GUI + +** Notes + +LyX now has three different Notes for you to add to your document from +the Insert>Note menu: + +- the "LyX Note" is not exported to LaTeX, as now. The "Comment" is +- exported to LaTeX as a comment environment and is not processed + further. +- The Greyed Out note is visible in your PostScript or PDF output as, + well, greyed-out text. + +** Better language and numbering on screen + +Two features help to make the screen rendering closer to the printed output: + +- the labels attached to layouts like Chapter are now translated in + the language of the document, which may be different from the + language of the menus; +- sectioning headers and theorems are now numbered according to the + document class specifications. + +** Word count + +Yes, it's finally there! Tools>Count Words will give you a word +count of the document or of the current selection. + +** Error Lists + +Nasty "error boxes" were eliminated in favor of a dialog with a list +of errors popping up at compilation time. + +** Improved bibliography support + +- LyX's support for natbib has been enhanced. Now, also the mysterious + "before citation" field is supported; +- We have added support for jurabib, an amazing package to produce + flexible citations that are especially well suited for the humanities + and law fields; +- Support for sectioned bibliographies (bibtopic) has been added; +- the way bibtex is called is now customizable (as is the way the + index processor is invoked). + +** Improved microtypography support + +LyX aims to produce superior typography. With 1.4, it supports: + +- more blank characters (e.g. a "thin space", which should stand here + between "e." and "g."); +- inner and outer quotation marks without the hassle of toggling the + style in the documents dialog. Just use the Alt key. +- the handling of figure and table alignment inside floats has been + improved. You can now use the paragraph dialog without getting too + much space between figure/table and caption. + +** Small bits + +- Figure and table floats can be rotated sideways + +- The external xfig inset has been improved especially with regard to + pdf generation + +- The graphics inset dialog has now an "edit" button that allows to + edit the included figure + +- For index generation, xindy can be used instead of makeindex, which + has poor support for other than English index sorting. + +** Bug fixes + +Lots of long-lasting bugs have been fixed, as documented in LyX +bugzilla. Probably some new ones have been introduced instead ;-) diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index 916859d7c7..2b5114eb4b 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,12 @@ +2006-01-19 Jean-Marc Lasgouttes + + * Makefile.am (EXTRA_DIST): do not distribute INSTALL.OS2 and + README.OS2. + + * ANNOUNCE: + * README: + * INSTALL: a first update for 1.4.0. + 2006-01-04 Bennett Helm * INSTALL.MacOSX: update. diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL index 6e1a2a7f23..58c6b18236 100644 --- a/INSTALL +++ b/INSTALL @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ Note for CVS checkouts ---------------------- If you have checked this out from CVS, you need to have: -* automake >= 1.5 +* automake >= 1.9 * autoconf >= 2.52 * gettext >= 0.12 Then type "./autogen.sh" to build the needed configuration @@ -133,8 +133,7 @@ For more complicated cases, LyX configure takes the following specific flags: o --with-frontend=FRONTEND that allows to specify which frontend you - want to use. Default is "xforms", and the other possible value is - "qt". + want to use. There is no default value: this switch is required. o --with-extra-lib=DIRECTORY that specifies the path where LyX will find extra libraries (Xpm, xforms, qt) it needs. Defaults to NONE @@ -142,17 +141,17 @@ flags: directories, separated by colons. o --with-extra-inc=DIRECTORY that gives the place where LyX will find - xforms headers. Defaults to NONE (i.e. search in standard places). + extra headers. Defaults to NONE (i.e. search in standard places). You can specify several directories, separated by colons. o --with-extra-prefix[=DIRECTORY] that is equivalent to --with-extra-lib=DIRECTORY/lib --with-extra-inc=DIRECTORY/include If DIRECTORY is not specified, the current prefix is used. - o --with-version-suffix will install LyX as lyx-, e.g. lyx-1.3.1 - The LyX data directory will be something like /lyx-1.3.1/. + o --with-version-suffix will install LyX as lyx-, e.g. lyx-1.4.1 + The LyX data directory will be something like /lyx-1.4.1/. Additionally your user configuration files will be found in e.g. - $HOME/.lyx-1.3.1 + $HOME/.lyx-1.4.1 You can use this feature to install more than one version of LyX on the same system. You can optionally specify a "version" of your @@ -171,11 +170,6 @@ flags: optimization of LyX. The compile may be much quicker with some compilers, but LyX will run more slowly. - o --enable-debug will add debug information to your binary. This - requires a lot more disk space, but is a must if you want to try to - debug problems in LyX. The default is to have debug information - for development versions and prereleases only. - There are also flags to control the internationalization support in LyX: @@ -236,6 +230,11 @@ this file. In particular, the following options could be useful in some desperate cases: + o --enable-debug will add debug information to your binary. This + requires a lot more disk space, but is a must if you want to try to + debug problems in LyX. The default is to have debug information + for development versions and prereleases only. + o --enable-warnings that make the compiler output more warnings during the compilation of LyX. Opposite is --disable-warnings. By default, this flag is on for development versions only. @@ -245,6 +244,15 @@ cases: is --disable-assertions. By default, this flag is on for development versions only. + o --enable-stdlib-debug adds some debug code in the standard + library; this slows down the code, but has been helpful in the + past to find bugs. By default, this flag is on for development + versions only. + + o --enable-concept-checks adds some compile-time checks. There is no + run-time penalty. By default, this flag is on for development + versions only. + o --without-latex-config that disables the automatic detection of your latex configuration. This detection is automatically disabled if latex cannot be found. If you find that you have to use this @@ -326,26 +334,6 @@ team member or users to help compiling on some particular architectures. If you find that some of this hints are wrong, please notify us. - o If you have problems indicating that configure cannot find a part of - the xforms or Xpm library, use the --with-extra-lib and --with-extra-inc - options of configure to specify where these libraries reside. - - o Configure will seemingly fail to find xpm.h and forms.h on linux - if the kernel headers are not available. Two cases are possible: - - - you have not installed the kernel sources. Then you should - install them or at least the kernel-headers package (or - whatever it is called in your distribution). - - - you have the sources, but you did a 'make mrproper' in the - kernel directory (this this removes some symbolic links that - are needed for compilation). A 'make symlinks' in linux kernel - sources fixes that. - - o if you are using RedHat Linux 7.x, you must make sure you have the - latest updated gcc and related packages installed (at least -85), - or LyX will not compile or will be mis-compiled. - o On SUN Sparc Solaris 8, you need gnumake. The LyX makefiles do not work with Solaris make. diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am index da38c190ac..ecc1d48ce2 100644 --- a/Makefile.am +++ b/Makefile.am @@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ else SUBDIRS = config development intl po src sourcedoc lib endif -EXTRA_DIST = ANNOUNCE INSTALL.OS2 INSTALL.autoconf INSTALL.Win32 \ - INSTALL.MacOSX README.OS2 README.Win32 \ +EXTRA_DIST = ANNOUNCE INSTALL.autoconf INSTALL.Win32 \ + INSTALL.MacOSX README.Win32 \ UPGRADING lyx.man autogen.sh man_MANS = lyx.1 diff --git a/README b/README index e6e2054d4d..65400357ef 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -1,206 +1,165 @@ What is LyX? - LyX is an advanced, open-source "document processor". Unlike - standard word processors, LyX encourages writing based on the - structure of your documents, not their appearance. It lets you - concentrate on writing, leaving details of visual layout to the - software. + LyX is a document processor that encourages an approach to + writing based on the structure of your documents, not their + appearance. It is released under a Free Software / Open Source + license. - You can read more about this concept in the documentation, - which you'll find under the Help menu. If you plan to use LyX, - you really should read about it to be able to make the best of - it. + LyX is for people that write and want their writing to look great, + right out of the box. No more endless tinkering with formatting + details, 'finger painting' font attributes or futzing around with + page boundaries. You just write. In the background, Prof. Knuth's + legendary TeX typesetting engine makes you look good. -What is LyX not? + On screen, LyX looks like any word processor; its printed output + -- or richly cross-referenced PDF, just as readily produced -- + looks like nothing else. Gone are the days of industrially bland + .docs, all looking similarly not-quite-right, yet coming out + unpredictably different on different printer drivers. Gone are the + crashes 'eating' your dissertation the evening before going to + press. - LyX is not just another word processor that claims to be a - Desktop Publishing program. It's a more modern way of - creating documents that look much nicer, but without wasting - time with layout-fiddling. For these reasons you might need - a little time to get used to the differences. - If you are looking for a free Desktop Publishing program for - Unix, you will be disappointed. + LyX is stable and fully featured. It is a multi-platform, fully + internationalized application running natively on Unix/Linux and + the Macintosh and modern Windows platforms. What do I need to run LyX? - Either of : - * a Unix-like system (or Windows with cygwin, OS/2 with XFree) - with at least X11R5 - * Windows 98 or newer - * Mac OS 10.2 or newer + Either of : + * a Unix-like system (including Windows with cygwin) + * Windows 98 or newer + * Mac OS 10.2 or newer - A decent LaTeX2e installation (e.g. teTeX for unix) not older - than 1995/12/01. - Python 1.5.2 or later to convert old LyX files + A decent LaTeX2e installation (e.g. teTeX for unix) not older + than 1995/12/01. + Python 1.5.2 or later to convert old LyX files How does the LyX version scheme work? - LyX uses a continuous numbering scheme in which odd or - even numbering is not significant. Instead a number '1.x.y' - indicates stable release '1.x', fix level 'y'. Prereleases - are labeled with a "pre" suffix. Thus there are three possible - file names: + LyX uses a continuous numbering scheme in which odd or + even numbering is not significant. Instead a number '1.x.y' + indicates stable release '1.x', fix level 'y'. Prereleases + are labeled with a "pre" suffix. Thus there are three possible + file names: - lyx-1.4.0.tar.gz -- stable release - lyx-1.4.5.tar.gz -- fifth maintenance release of the - 1.4 stable release - lyx-1.4.0pre1.tar.gz -- potentially unstable test release + lyx-1.4.0.tar.gz -- stable release + lyx-1.4.5.tar.gz -- fifth maintenance release of the + 1.4 stable release + lyx-1.4.0pre1.tar.gz -- potentially unstable test release - The maintenance releases are designed primarily to fix bugs. The - goal here is not to have parallel development as for the linux - kernel (the team is too small to afford that), but rather to - include all the simple (so that the maintenance burden on us - is not too high) and safe (so that system administrators can - install them without fear) bug fixes. Experience shows that - these releases will contain a few new features, and that the - bulk of the patches will be documentation updates. + The maintenance releases are designed primarily to fix bugs. The + goal here is not to have parallel development as for the linux + kernel (the team is too small to afford that), but rather to + include all the simple (so that the maintenance burden on us + is not too high) and safe (so that system administrators can + install them without fear) bug fixes. Experience shows that + these releases will contain a few new features, and that the + bulk of the patches will be documentation updates. - If you get the source from cvs, the version string will look like - one of: + If you get the source from cvs, the version string will look like + one of: - 1.4.1cvs -- this is the stable branch on which maintenance - release 1.4.1 will eventually be tagged. - 1.5.0cvs -- this is the main branch on which stable - release 1.5.0 will eventually be tagged. + 1.4.1cvs -- this is the stable branch on which maintenance + release 1.4.1 will eventually be tagged. + 1.5.0cvs -- this is the main branch on which stable + release 1.5.0 will eventually be tagged. What's new? - Read NEWS. - -How do I install .tar.gz a binary distribution of LyX? - - Unpack it and run it. We recommend unpacking it in /usr/local, - but it should work anywhere. In particular, you can try LyX - in a temporary directory 'my_bin' before installing permanently - by typing "my_bin/lyx". - - You should read the notes regarding this particular build in - the file README.bin. + Read NEWS. How do I upgrade from an earlier LyX version? - Read the file UPGRADING for info on this subject. + Read the file UPGRADING for info on this subject. What do I need to compile LyX from the source distribution? - * A good C++ compiler. Development is being done mainly with - gcc/g++, but some others work also. As of LyX 1.4.0, you need at - least gcc 3.x. + * A good C++ compiler. Development is being done mainly with + gcc/g++, but some others work also. As of LyX 1.4.0, you need at + least gcc 3.x. - Either: - * The Xforms library, version 1.0. - * LibXpm, version 4.7 or newer. + Either: + * The Xforms library, version 1.0. + * LibXpm, version 4.7 or newer. - Or: - * The Qt library, version 3.0 or newer (although version 2.3 - may work). + Or: + * The Qt library, version 3.0 or newer (although version 2.3 + may work). - Read the file "INSTALL" for more information on compiling. + Read the file "INSTALL" for more information on compiling. Okay, I've installed LyX. What now? - Once you've installed it, and everything looks fine, go read - the "Introduction" item under the Help menu. You should follow - the instructions there, which tell you to read (or at least skim) - the Tutorial. After that, you should also read "Help>LaTeX - configuration" which provides info on your LaTeX configuration - as LyX sees it. You might be missing a package or two that you'd - like to have. + Once you've installed it, and everything looks fine, go read + the "Introduction" item under the Help menu. You should follow + the instructions there, which tell you to read (or at least skim) + the Tutorial. After that, you should also read "Help>LaTeX + configuration" which provides info on your LaTeX configuration + as LyX sees it. You might be missing a package or two that you'd + like to have. - User-level configuration is possible via the Edit>Preferences menu. + User-level configuration is possible via the Tools>Preferences menu. Does LyX have support for non-English speakers/writers/readers? - Yes. LyX supports writing in many languages, including - right-to-left languages like Arabic or Hebrew. There is a port - of LyX named CJK-LyX which adds support for Chinese, Korean - and Japanese (http://cellular.phys.pusan.ac.kr/cjk.html) + Yes. LyX supports writing in many languages, including + right-to-left languages like Arabic or Hebrew. There is a port + of LyX named CJK-LyX which adds support for Chinese, Korean + and Japanese (http://cellular.phys.pusan.ac.kr/cjk.html) - Menus and error messages have been translated to the following - languages (* means there are language-specific keyboard menu - bindings as well): + Menus and error messages have been translated to 17 languages. + For the status of the different translations, see + http://www.lyx.org/devel/i18n.php - French (fr) - Spanish (es) - Italian (it) - Danish (da) - Basque (eu) - Nynorsk (nn) - Finnish (fi) * - German (de) * - Russian (ru) - Polish (pl) - Slovak (sk) - Slovenian (sl) - Romanian (ro) - Norwegian (no) - Dutch (nl) - - Keymaps can ease typing in one or more of the following languages: - - Arabic - Bulgarian - Czech - French, Swiss French - German, Swiss German - Greek - Hebrew - Hungarian (Magyar) - Latvian - Polish - Portugese - Romanian - Slovenian - Turkish - Ukrainian + Keymaps can ease typing in many languages. Internet resources of relevance to LyX - The LyX homepage contains valuable information about LyX and the - various LyX mailing lists, as well as links to mirrors and other - LyX homepages around the world: - http://www.lyx.org/ + The LyX homepage contains valuable information about LyX and the + various LyX mailing lists, as well as links to mirrors and other + LyX homepages around the world: + http://www.lyx.org/ - The LyX Wiki is the place where users can share information on - setting up and using LyX. - http://wiki.lyx.org/ + The LyX Wiki is the place where users can share information on + setting up and using LyX. + http://wiki.lyx.org/ - The main LyX archive site: - ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/ + The main LyX archive site: + ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/ - The LyX Development page has information about the development - effort. LyX is under CVS control, so you can get the very - latest sources from there at any time. - http://www.devel.lyx.org/ - ftp://www.devel.lyx.org/pub/lyx/ + The LyX Development page has information about the development + effort. LyX is under CVS control, so you can get the very + latest sources from there at any time. + http://www.lyx.org/devel + ftp://ftp.devel.lyx.org/pub/lyx/ How do I submit a bug report? - If possible, read the Introduction found under the Help menu in LyX. - You'll find detailed info on submitting bug reports there. + If possible, read the Introduction found under the Help menu in LyX. + You'll find detailed info on submitting bug reports there. - If you can't do that, send details to the LyX Developers' mailing - list, or use the LyX bug tracker at http://bugzilla.lyx.org/. - Don't forget to mention which version you are having problems with! + If you can't do that, send details to the LyX Developers' mailing + list, or use the LyX bug tracker at http://bugzilla.lyx.org/. + Don't forget to mention which version you are having problems with! How can I participate in the development of LyX? - Any help with the development of LyX is greatly appreciated --- - after all, LyX wouldn't be what it is today without the help - of volunteers. We need your help! + Any help with the development of LyX is greatly appreciated --- + after all, LyX wouldn't be what it is today without the help + of volunteers. We need your help! - If you want to work on LyX, you should contact the developer's - mailing list for discussion on how to do your stuff. LyX is being - cleaned up, and therefore it's important to follow some rules. - Read about those rules in development/Code_rules/. + If you want to work on LyX, you should contact the developer's + mailing list for discussion on how to do your stuff. LyX is being + cleaned up, and therefore it's important to follow some rules. + Read about those rules in development/Code_rules/. - If you don't know C++, there are many other ways to - contribute. Write documentation. Help to internationalize LyX - by translating documentation or menus/error messages, or by - writing a new keymap. Write a new textclass. Find bugs (but - please read the list of known bugs first). Contribute money. - Or just offer feature suggestions (but please read the online - TODO list first). + If you don't know C++, there are many other ways to + contribute. Write documentation. Help to internationalize LyX + by translating documentation or menus/error messages, or by + writing a new keymap. Write a new textclass. Find bugs (but + please read the list of known bugs first). Contribute money. + Or just offer feature suggestions (but please read the online + TODO list first). Thank you for trying LyX. We appreciate your feedback in the mailing lists.