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Customization.lyx: revise Converters, Copiers and Formats section
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#LyX 1.6.0svn created this file. For more info see http://www.lyx.org/
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\lyxformat 283
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\lyxformat 284
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\begin_document
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\begin_header
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\textclass book
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@ -1717,233 +1717,156 @@ Formats
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\end_layout
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\begin_layout Standard
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The first step is to define your file formats, e.g.
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PDF, if they are not already defined.
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The first step is to define your file formats if they are not already defined.
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To do so, open the
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\family sans
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\bar under
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T
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\bar default
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ools\SpecialChar \menuseparator
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\bar under
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P
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\bar default
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references:Converters
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Tools\SpecialChar \menuseparator
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Preferences:Converters
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\family default
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dialog.
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Enter a new format name; a new GUI name (used in, e.g., the View and Export
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Enter a new format name; a new GUI name (used in e.\InsetSpace \thinspace{}
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g.\InsetSpace ~
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the
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\family sans
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View
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\family default
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and
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\family sans
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Export
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\family default
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menus); and a file extension.
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These are required.
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\end_layout
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\begin_layout Standard
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There are also two flags that can be set using the checkboxes in the dialog.
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The
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\family typewriter
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document
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\family default
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flag tells LyX that a format is suitable for document export.
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If this flag is set for a format, and if a suitable conversion route exists,
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then the format will appear in the
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The
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\family sans
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\bar under
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F
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\bar default
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ile\SpecialChar \menuseparator
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\bar under
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E
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\bar default
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xport
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Document format
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\family default
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option tells LyX that a format is suitable for document export.
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If this is is set and if a suitable conversion route exists, the format
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will appear in the
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\family sans
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File\SpecialChar \menuseparator
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Export
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\family default
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menu.
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The format will also appear in the
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\family sans
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\bar under
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V
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\bar default
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iew
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View
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\family default
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menu if it has a viewer associated with it.
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(See below.) Pure image formats (e.g.\InsetSpace ~
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menu if it has a specified viewer.
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Pure image formats, e.\InsetSpace \thinspace{}
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g.\InsetSpace ~
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\family typewriter
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png
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\family default
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) should not have this flag set; formats that can both represent vector
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graphics and documents (e.g.\InsetSpace ~
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, should not use this option.
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Formats that can both represent vector graphics and documents like e.\InsetSpace \thinspace{}
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g.\InsetSpace ~
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\family typewriter
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pdf
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\family default
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) should have it set.
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should use it.
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\end_layout
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\begin_layout Standard
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The
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\family typewriter
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vector
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The option
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\family sans
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Vector graphics format
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\family default
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flag tells LyX whether a format can contain vector graphics.
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tells LyX that a format can contain vector graphics.
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This information is used to determine the target format of included graphics
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for
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\family typewriter
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\family sans
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pdflatex
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\family default
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export.
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Included graphics may need to be converted to either
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\family typewriter
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\family sans
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pdf
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\family default
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,
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\family typewriter
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\family sans
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png
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\family default
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or
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\family typewriter
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, or
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\family sans
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jpg
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\family default
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, since
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\family typewriter
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\family sans
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pdflatex
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\family default
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cannot handle other image formats.
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If an included graphic is not already in
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\family typewriter
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\family sans
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pdf
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\family default
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,
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\family typewriter
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\family sans
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png
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\family default
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or
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\family typewriter
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, or
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\family sans
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jpg
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\family default
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format, it is converted to
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\family typewriter
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\family sans
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pdf
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\family default
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if the
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\family typewriter
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vector
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\family default
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flag of the format is set, and otherwise to
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\family typewriter
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if the vector format option is set, and otherwise to
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\family sans
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png
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\family default
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.
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\end_layout
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\begin_layout Standard
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A Format can have a Viewer associated with it.
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A Format can have a Viewer and Editor program associated with it.
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For example, you might want to use
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\family typewriter
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ghostview
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\family default
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to look at PostScript® files, or
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\family typewriter
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xdvi
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\family default
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to preview the LaTeX output.
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You can enter the program to use as a viewer (and what options to pass
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to it) in the Viewer field.
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You can also modify the viewer associated with a pre-defined format simply
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by changing what you find in this field, clicking the
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\family sans
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Modify
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Ghostview
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\family default
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button, and then (if you're sure you want to do this) clicking the
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to view PostScript files.
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You can enter the program call and its options to the corresponding fields.
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For the call you can use the four variable listed in the next section.
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The viewer is launched when you view an image in LyX or use the
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\family sans
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Apply
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View
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\family default
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or
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\family sans
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Save
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\family default
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button.
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\begin_inset Foot
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status collapsed
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\begin_layout Standard
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Changes to the formats are kept in the
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\family typewriter
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preferences
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\family default
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file in you local LyX directory (for example,
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\family typewriter
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$HOME/.lyx/
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\family default
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).
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If you want to restore the defaults, edit this file and delete the lines
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in the Formats and Converters sections.
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\end_layout
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menu.
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If the operating system has a default viewer associated to a format, this
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viewer is used instead of the one defined here when you enter in the Viewer
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field
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\begin_inset Quotes eld
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\end_inset
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For example, to change the
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\family typewriter
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dvi
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\family default
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viewer, select the
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\family typewriter
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DVI
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\family default
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format in the dialog, change the viewer to be
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\family typewriter
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kdvi
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\family default
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(or whatever), and hit
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\family sans
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\bar under
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M
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\bar default
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odify
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auto
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\family default
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\begin_inset Quotes erd
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\end_inset
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.
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\end_layout
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\begin_layout Standard
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If the operating system has a default viewer associated to a format, this
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viewer is used instead of the one defined here in the Windows® and OS X
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versions of LyX.
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(It is planned to implement this feature on other platforms.)
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\end_layout
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\begin_layout Standard
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Editors are like viewers: Each Format can have an Editor associated to it,
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entered in the Editor field, and the editor associated with a format can
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be altered via the
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The editor is for example launched when you press the
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\family sans
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\bar under
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T
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\bar default
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ools\SpecialChar \menuseparator
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\bar under
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P
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\bar default
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references:Converters
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Edit
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\family default
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button in the
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\family sans
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Graphics
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\family default
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or the
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\family sans
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External material
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\family default
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dialog.
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LyX will launch the associated editor whenever an included file
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\begin_inset Foot
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status collapsed
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\begin_layout Standard
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This can be an included
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\family typewriter
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.tex
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\family default
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file, a verbatim included text file, external material or an included graphics
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file.
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\end_layout
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\end_inset
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needs to be edited.
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\end_layout
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\begin_layout Subsection
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\end_layout
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\begin_layout Standard
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Each Format can have a Copier associated with it.
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Each format can have a Copier associated with it.
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These are defined in the
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\family sans
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\bar under
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T
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\bar default
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ools\SpecialChar \menuseparator
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\bar under
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P
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\bar default
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references:Copiers
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Tools\SpecialChar \menuseparator
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Preferences:Copiers
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\family default
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dialog.
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Since all conversions from one Format to another take place in LyX's temporary
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Since all conversions from one format to another take place in LyX's temporary
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directory, it is sometimes necessary to modify a file before copying it
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to the temporary directory in order that the conversion may be performed.
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\begin_inset Foot
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This is done by the Copier: It copies a file to (or from) the temporary
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directory and may modify it in the process.
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\end_layout
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\begin_layout Standard
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Copiers may also be used for other purposes.
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For example, if appropriate converters are found, LyX will automatically
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install copiers for the html and wordhtml formats.
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When these formats are exported, the copier sees to it that not just the
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main HTML file but various associated files (style files, images, and the
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like) are also copied, and all these files are written to a subdirectory
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of the directory in which the original LyX file was found.
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The copier may of course be customized.
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The optional -e argument takes a comma-separated list of extensions to
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be copied; if it is omitted, all files will be copied.
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The -t argument determines the extension added to the generated directory.
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install copiers for the
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\family sans
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HTML
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\family default
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and
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\family sans
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HTML\InsetSpace ~
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(MS Word)
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\family default
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formats.
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When these formats are exported, the copier sees that not just the main
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HTML file but various associated files (style files, images, etc.) are also
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copied.
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All these files are written to a subdirectory of the directory in which
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the original LyX file was found.
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\end_layout
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\begin_layout Standard
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Copier can of course be customized.
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The optional
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\begin_inset Quotes eld
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\end_inset
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-e
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\begin_inset Quotes erd
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\end_inset
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argument takes a comma-separated list of extensions to be copied; if it
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is omitted, all files will be copied.
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The
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\begin_inset Quotes eld
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\end_inset
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-t
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\begin_inset Quotes erd
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\end_inset
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argument determines the extension added to the generated directory.
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By default, it is
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\begin_inset Quotes eld
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\end_inset
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\family sans
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LyXconv
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\family default
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\begin_inset Quotes erd
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\end_inset
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, so HTML generated from
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\family typewriter
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\family sans
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/path/to/filename.lyx
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\family default
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will end up in
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\family typewriter
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\family sans
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/path/to/filename.html.LyXconv
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\family default
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.
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\begin_layout List
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\labelwidthstring 00.00.0000
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$$s The LyX system directory (e.g.,
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\family typewriter
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$$s The LyX system directory (e.\InsetSpace \thinspace{}
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g.\InsetSpace ~
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\family sans
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/usr/share/lyx
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\family default
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).
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\end_layout
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\begin_layout Standard
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The latter is to be given in a form suitable for inclusion in a LaTeX
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\family typewriter
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The latter is to be given in a form suitable for inclusion in a LaTeX's
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\series bold
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\backslash
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include
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\family default
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\series default
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command and is relevant only when exporting files suitable for such inclusion.
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\end_layout
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\end_layout
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\begin_layout Standard
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To define a converter from one format to another---e.g., LaTeX to PDF---select
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the Converters panel.
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Choose the `From' and `To' formats, and then enter the program to be used
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in the conversion in the Converter field.
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To define a new converter, select an existing one, select a different format
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in the
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\family sans
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From\InsetSpace ~
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format
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\family default
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and\InsetSpace \thinspace{}
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/\InsetSpace \thinspace{}
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or
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\family sans
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To\InsetSpace ~
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format
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\family default
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drop-down list, modify the
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\family sans
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Converter
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\family default
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field, and press the
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\family sans
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Add
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\family default
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button.
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\end_layout
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\begin_layout Standard
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You do not have to define converters between all the Formats between which
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You do not have to define converters between all the formats between which
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you want to convert.
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For example, you will note that there is no `LyX to PostScript®' converter,
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but LyX will export PostScript®.
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For example, you will note that there is no `LyX to PostScript' converter,
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but LyX will export PostScript.
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It does so by first creating a LaTeX file (no converter needs to be defined
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for this) which it then converts to DVI using the `LaTeX to DVI' converter,
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and then it converts the resulting DVI file to PostScript®.
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for this) which is then converted to DVI using the `LaTeX to DVI' converter,
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and finally converts the resulting DVI file to PostScript.
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LyX finds such `chains' of converters automatically, and it will always
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choose the shortest chain possible.
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choose the shortest possible chain.
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You can, though, still define multiple conversion methods between file
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formats.
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For example, the standard LyX configuration provides three ways to convert
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LaTeX to PDF: Directly, using pdflatex; via (DVI and) PostScript®, using
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ps2pdf; or via DVI, using dvipdfm.
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LaTeX to PDF: Directly, using
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\family sans
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pdflatex
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\family default
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; via (DVI and) PostScript, using
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\family sans
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ps2pdf
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\family default
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; or via DVI, using
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\family sans
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dvipdfm
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\family default
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.
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To define such alternate chains, you must define multiple target `file
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formats'.
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In the standard configuration, for example, formats named `pdf', `pdf2',
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and `pdf3' are defined, all of which share the extension `pdf'.
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formats', as described in the next section.
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For example in the standard configuration the formats named
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\family sans
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pdf
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\family default
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,
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\family sans
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pdf2
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\family default
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, and
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\family sans
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pdf3
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\family default
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are defined, all of which share the extension
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\family sans
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.pdf
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\family default
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.
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\end_layout
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\begin_layout Standard
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@ -2094,11 +2087,7 @@ Several variables can be used in the definition of converters:
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\begin_layout List
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\labelwidthstring 00.00.0000
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$$s The LyX system directory (e.g.,
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\family typewriter
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/usr/share/lyx
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\family default
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).
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$$s The LyX system directory
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\end_layout
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\begin_layout List
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\end_layout
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\begin_layout Standard
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In the `Extra Flag' field you can enter as many of the following flags as
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you wish, separated by commas:
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In the
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\family sans
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Extra\InsetSpace ~
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Flag
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\family default
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field you can enter the following flags, separated by commas:
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\end_layout
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\begin_layout List
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\labelwidthstring 00.00.0000
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latex This converter runs some form of LaTeX.
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(This will make LyX's LaTeX error logs available.)
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This will make LyX's LaTeX error logs available.
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\end_layout
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\begin_layout List
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\labelwidthstring 00.00.0000
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needaux Needs the LaTeX .aux file for the conversion.
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needaux Needs the LaTeX
|
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\family sans
|
||||
.aux
|
||||
\family default
|
||||
file for the conversion.
|
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\end_layout
|
||||
|
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\begin_layout List
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@ -2143,13 +2140,14 @@ xml Output is XML.
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\end_layout
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\begin_layout Standard
|
||||
The following three variables are not really flags at all but take an argument
|
||||
in the
|
||||
The following three flags are not really flags at all because they take
|
||||
an argument in the
|
||||
\family sans
|
||||
key\InsetSpace ~
|
||||
= value
|
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=\InsetSpace ~
|
||||
value
|
||||
\family default
|
||||
format.
|
||||
format:
|
||||
\end_layout
|
||||
|
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\begin_layout List
|
||||
@ -2186,10 +2184,9 @@ Note
|
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|
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\begin_layout List
|
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\labelwidthstring 00.00.0000
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||||
resultfile Determines the output filename and may, again, contain $$b.
|
||||
resultfile Determines the output filename and may, contain $$b.
|
||||
Sensible only with resultdir, and optional even then; if not given, it
|
||||
defaults to `index'.
|
||||
|
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\end_layout
|
||||
|
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\begin_layout Standard
|
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|
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