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2004-09-28 Jean-Marc Lasgouttes <lasgouttes@lyx.org>
* README: update a bit
2004-09-23 Bennett Helm <bennett.helm@fandm.edu>
* README.MacOSX: update again

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Preamble: LyX version scheme
In September of 1999 the LyX Team decided that we could no
longer successfully use the two strand development process
like the Linux kernel. The idea was to to switch to a
development model similar to that used by Fetchmail where
we would make only small stable changes between releases
and release more often. This lead to the 1.1.x series of LyX
releases during which the inhards of the program were rewritten
to make use of the C++ Standard Library features, establish
the foundations of GUI/system independence, and generally
clean up the data structures used in the core of LyX.
As of April 2002, this transition phase is completed and we
feel it is time to switch to (yet) another version scheme.
This new series will be in a state of continual advancement.
Note the word "advancement" and not "development." Development
will be occurring in branches of CVS and once the
feature/modification has proved stable it will be merged into
the main releases.
LyX still 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-1.2.0.tar.gz -- stable release
lyx-1.2.2.tar.gz -- second maintenance release of the
1.2.0 stable release
lyx-1.2.0pre1.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.
What is LyX?
LyX is an advanced open-source "document processor". Unlike
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What do I need to run LyX?
A Unix-like system or Windows with cygwin, OS/2 with XFree
At least X11 Release 5.
A decent LaTeX2e installation (e.g. teTeX or NTeX) not older
Either of :
* a Unix-like system (or Windows with cygwin, OS/2 with XFree)
with at least X11R5
* Mac OS 10.2 of later
A decent LaTeX2e installation (e.g. teTeX for unix) not older
than 1995/12/01.
Python 1.5 or later to convert old LyX files
Perl5.002 or later to import LaTeX files into LyX.
How does 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-1.3.0.tar.gz -- stable release
lyx-1.3.5.tar.gz -- second maintenance release of the
1.3.0 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.
If you get the source from cvs, the version string will look like
one of:
1.3.5cvs -- this is the stable branch on which maintenance
release 1.3.5 will eventually be tagged
1.4.0cvs -- this is the main branch on which stable
release 1.4.0 will eventually be tagged
What's new?
Read NEWS.
How do I install a binary distribution of LyX?
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 before installing permanently by
typing "bin/lyx".
We recommend that you configure LyX system-wide by copying the
file share/lyx/lyxrc.example to share/lyx/lyxrc, and then
reading and modifying it.
You should read the notes regarding this particular build in
the file README.bin.
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gcc/g++, but some others work. As of LyX 1.3.0, you need at
least gcc 2.95.X (or egcs 1.1.x). Another compiler known to
work is compaq cxx 6.1.
Either:
* The Xforms library, version 0.89.5 or newer. We recommend
the LGPL version 1.0.
* LibXpm, version 4.7 or newer.
Or:
* The Qt library, version 2.x or 3.x.
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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
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.
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Does LyX have support for non-English speakers/writers/readers?
Yes. LyX supports writing in many languages.
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):
Basque (eu)
Bulgarian (bg)
Catalan (ca)
Czech (cs)
Danish (da)
German (de) *
Spanish (es)
Finnish (fi)
French (fr) *
Hebrew (he)
Hungarian (hu) *
French (fr)
Italian (it)
Dutch (nl)
Norwegian (no)
Polish (pl)
Portuguese (pt) *
Romanian (ro)
Danish (da)
Basque (eu)
Nynorsk (nn)
Spanish (es)
Finnish (fi) *
German (de) *
Russian (ru)
Polish (pl)
Slovak (sk)
Slovenian (sl)
Swedish (sv) *
Turkish (tr)
Walloon (wa)
Romanian (ro)
Norwegian (no)
Dutch (nl)
Keymaps can ease typing in one or more of the following languages:
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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/
Main LyX archive site:
ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/