Customization.lyx: revise Converters, Copiers and Formats section

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\begin_header
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@ -1717,233 +1717,156 @@ Formats
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
The first step is to define your file formats, e.g.
PDF, if they are not already defined.
The first step is to define your file formats if they are not already defined.
To do so, open the
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\bar under
T
\bar default
ools\SpecialChar \menuseparator
\bar under
P
\bar default
references:Converters
Tools\SpecialChar \menuseparator
Preferences:Converters
\family default
dialog.
Enter a new format name; a new GUI name (used in, e.g., the View and Export
Enter a new format name; a new GUI name (used in e.\InsetSpace \thinspace{}
g.\InsetSpace ~
the
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View
\family default
and
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Export
\family default
menus); and a file extension.
These are required.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
There are also two flags that can be set using the checkboxes in the dialog.
The
\family typewriter
document
\family default
flag tells LyX that a format is suitable for document export.
If this flag is set for a format, and if a suitable conversion route exists,
then the format will appear in the
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\bar under
F
\bar default
ile\SpecialChar \menuseparator
\bar under
E
\bar default
xport
Document format
\family default
option tells LyX that a format is suitable for document export.
If this is is set and if a suitable conversion route exists, the format
will appear in the
\family sans
File\SpecialChar \menuseparator
Export
\family default
menu.
The format will also appear in the
\family sans
\bar under
V
\bar default
iew
View
\family default
menu if it has a viewer associated with it.
(See below.) Pure image formats (e.g.\InsetSpace ~
menu if it has a specified viewer.
Pure image formats, e.\InsetSpace \thinspace{}
g.\InsetSpace ~
\family typewriter
png
\family default
) should not have this flag set; formats that can both represent vector
graphics and documents (e.g.\InsetSpace ~
, should not use this option.
Formats that can both represent vector graphics and documents like e.\InsetSpace \thinspace{}
g.\InsetSpace ~
\family typewriter
pdf
\family default
) should have it set.
should use it.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
The
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vector
The option
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Vector graphics format
\family default
flag tells LyX whether a format can contain vector graphics.
tells LyX that a format can contain vector graphics.
This information is used to determine the target format of included graphics
for
\family typewriter
\family sans
pdflatex
\family default
export.
Included graphics may need to be converted to either
\family typewriter
\family sans
pdf
\family default
,
\family typewriter
\family sans
png
\family default
or
\family typewriter
, or
\family sans
jpg
\family default
, since
\family typewriter
\family sans
pdflatex
\family default
cannot handle other image formats.
If an included graphic is not already in
\family typewriter
\family sans
pdf
\family default
,
\family typewriter
\family sans
png
\family default
or
\family typewriter
, or
\family sans
jpg
\family default
format, it is converted to
\family typewriter
\family sans
pdf
\family default
if the
\family typewriter
vector
\family default
flag of the format is set, and otherwise to
\family typewriter
if the vector format option is set, and otherwise to
\family sans
png
\family default
.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
A Format can have a Viewer associated with it.
A Format can have a Viewer and Editor program associated with it.
For example, you might want to use
\family typewriter
ghostview
\family default
to look at PostScript® files, or
\family typewriter
xdvi
\family default
to preview the LaTeX output.
You can enter the program to use as a viewer (and what options to pass
to it) in the Viewer field.
You can also modify the viewer associated with a pre-defined format simply
by changing what you find in this field, clicking the
\family sans
Modify
Ghostview
\family default
button, and then (if you're sure you want to do this) clicking the
to view PostScript files.
You can enter the program call and its options to the corresponding fields.
For the call you can use the four variable listed in the next section.
The viewer is launched when you view an image in LyX or use the
\family sans
Apply
View
\family default
or
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Save
\family default
button.
\begin_inset Foot
status collapsed
\begin_layout Standard
Changes to the formats are kept in the
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preferences
\family default
file in you local LyX directory (for example,
\family typewriter
$HOME/.lyx/
\family default
).
If you want to restore the defaults, edit this file and delete the lines
in the Formats and Converters sections.
\end_layout
menu.
If the operating system has a default viewer associated to a format, this
viewer is used instead of the one defined here when you enter in the Viewer
field
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
For example, to change the
\family typewriter
dvi
\family default
viewer, select the
\family typewriter
DVI
\family default
format in the dialog, change the viewer to be
\family typewriter
kdvi
\family default
(or whatever), and hit
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\bar under
M
\bar default
odify
auto
\family default
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
If the operating system has a default viewer associated to a format, this
viewer is used instead of the one defined here in the Windows® and OS X
versions of LyX.
(It is planned to implement this feature on other platforms.)
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Editors are like viewers: Each Format can have an Editor associated to it,
entered in the Editor field, and the editor associated with a format can
be altered via the
The editor is for example launched when you press the
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\bar under
T
\bar default
ools\SpecialChar \menuseparator
\bar under
P
\bar default
references:Converters
Edit
\family default
button in the
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Graphics
\family default
or the
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External material
\family default
dialog.
LyX will launch the associated editor whenever an included file
\begin_inset Foot
status collapsed
\begin_layout Standard
This can be an included
\family typewriter
.tex
\family default
file, a verbatim included text file, external material or an included graphics
file.
\end_layout
\end_inset
needs to be edited.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsection
@ -1951,21 +1874,14 @@ Copiers
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Each Format can have a Copier associated with it.
Each format can have a Copier associated with it.
These are defined in the
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\bar under
T
\bar default
ools\SpecialChar \menuseparator
\bar under
P
\bar default
references:Copiers
Tools\SpecialChar \menuseparator
Preferences:Copiers
\family default
dialog.
Since all conversions from one Format to another take place in LyX's temporary
Since all conversions from one format to another take place in LyX's temporary
directory, it is sometimes necessary to modify a file before copying it
to the temporary directory in order that the conversion may be performed.
\begin_inset Foot
@ -1981,35 +1897,67 @@ For example, the file may refer to other files---images, for example---using
This is done by the Copier: It copies a file to (or from) the temporary
directory and may modify it in the process.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Copiers may also be used for other purposes.
For example, if appropriate converters are found, LyX will automatically
install copiers for the html and wordhtml formats.
When these formats are exported, the copier sees to it that not just the
main HTML file but various associated files (style files, images, and the
like) are also copied, and all these files are written to a subdirectory
of the directory in which the original LyX file was found.
The copier may of course be customized.
The optional -e argument takes a comma-separated list of extensions to
be copied; if it is omitted, all files will be copied.
The -t argument determines the extension added to the generated directory.
install copiers for the
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HTML
\family default
and
\family sans
HTML\InsetSpace ~
(MS Word)
\family default
formats.
When these formats are exported, the copier sees that not just the main
HTML file but various associated files (style files, images, etc.) are also
copied.
All these files are written to a subdirectory of the directory in which
the original LyX file was found.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Copier can of course be customized.
The optional
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
-e
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
argument takes a comma-separated list of extensions to be copied; if it
is omitted, all files will be copied.
The
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
-t
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
argument determines the extension added to the generated directory.
By default, it is
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
\family sans
LyXconv
\family default
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
, so HTML generated from
\family typewriter
\family sans
/path/to/filename.lyx
\family default
will end up in
\family typewriter
\family sans
/path/to/filename.html.LyXconv
\family default
.
@ -2022,8 +1970,10 @@ The definitions of the copiers may use four variables:
\begin_layout List
\labelwidthstring 00.00.0000
$$s The LyX system directory (e.g.,
\family typewriter
$$s The LyX system directory (e.\InsetSpace \thinspace{}
g.\InsetSpace ~
\family sans
/usr/share/lyx
\family default
).
@ -2045,12 +1995,13 @@ $$l The `LaTeX name'
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
The latter is to be given in a form suitable for inclusion in a LaTeX
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The latter is to be given in a form suitable for inclusion in a LaTeX's
\series bold
\backslash
include
\family default
\series default
command and is relevant only when exporting files suitable for such inclusion.
\end_layout
@ -2059,33 +2010,75 @@ Converters
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
To define a converter from one format to another---e.g., LaTeX to PDF---select
the Converters panel.
Choose the `From' and `To' formats, and then enter the program to be used
in the conversion in the Converter field.
To define a new converter, select an existing one, select a different format
in the
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From\InsetSpace ~
format
\family default
and\InsetSpace \thinspace{}
/\InsetSpace \thinspace{}
or
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To\InsetSpace ~
format
\family default
drop-down list, modify the
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Converter
\family default
field, and press the
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Add
\family default
button.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
You do not have to define converters between all the Formats between which
You do not have to define converters between all the formats between which
you want to convert.
For example, you will note that there is no `LyX to PostScript®' converter,
but LyX will export PostScript®.
For example, you will note that there is no `LyX to PostScript' converter,
but LyX will export PostScript.
It does so by first creating a LaTeX file (no converter needs to be defined
for this) which it then converts to DVI using the `LaTeX to DVI' converter,
and then it converts the resulting DVI file to PostScript®.
for this) which is then converted to DVI using the `LaTeX to DVI' converter,
and finally converts the resulting DVI file to PostScript.
LyX finds such `chains' of converters automatically, and it will always
choose the shortest chain possible.
choose the shortest possible chain.
You can, though, still define multiple conversion methods between file
formats.
For example, the standard LyX configuration provides three ways to convert
LaTeX to PDF: Directly, using pdflatex; via (DVI and) PostScript®, using
ps2pdf; or via DVI, using dvipdfm.
LaTeX to PDF: Directly, using
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pdflatex
\family default
; via (DVI and) PostScript, using
\family sans
ps2pdf
\family default
; or via DVI, using
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dvipdfm
\family default
.
To define such alternate chains, you must define multiple target `file
formats'.
In the standard configuration, for example, formats named `pdf', `pdf2',
and `pdf3' are defined, all of which share the extension `pdf'.
formats', as described in the next section.
For example in the standard configuration the formats named
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pdf
\family default
,
\family sans
pdf2
\family default
, and
\family sans
pdf3
\family default
are defined, all of which share the extension
\family sans
.pdf
\family default
.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
@ -2094,11 +2087,7 @@ Several variables can be used in the definition of converters:
\begin_layout List
\labelwidthstring 00.00.0000
$$s The LyX system directory (e.g.,
\family typewriter
/usr/share/lyx
\family default
).
$$s The LyX system directory
\end_layout
\begin_layout List
@ -2122,19 +2111,27 @@ $$p The path to the input file
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
In the `Extra Flag' field you can enter as many of the following flags as
you wish, separated by commas:
In the
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Extra\InsetSpace ~
Flag
\family default
field you can enter the following flags, separated by commas:
\end_layout
\begin_layout List
\labelwidthstring 00.00.0000
latex This converter runs some form of LaTeX.
(This will make LyX's LaTeX error logs available.)
This will make LyX's LaTeX error logs available.
\end_layout
\begin_layout List
\labelwidthstring 00.00.0000
needaux Needs the LaTeX .aux file for the conversion.
needaux Needs the LaTeX
\family sans
.aux
\family default
file for the conversion.
\end_layout
\begin_layout List
@ -2143,13 +2140,14 @@ xml Output is XML.
\end_layout
\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
=\InsetSpace ~
value
\family default
format.
format:
\end_layout
\begin_layout List
@ -2186,10 +2184,9 @@ Note
\begin_layout List
\labelwidthstring 00.00.0000
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'.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard