#LyX 1.3 created this file. For more info see http://www.lyx.org/ \lyxformat 221 \textclass article \language english \inputencoding default \fontscheme default \graphics dvips \paperfontsize default \spacing single \papersize Default \paperpackage a4 \use_geometry 0 \use_amsmath 0 \use_natbib 0 \use_numerical_citations 0 \paperorientation portrait \secnumdepth 2 \tocdepth 3 \paragraph_separation indent \defskip medskip \quotes_language english \quotes_times 2 \papercolumns 1 \papersides 1 \paperpagestyle plain \layout Title Inventory of your LaTeX and system configuration \layout Author Automatically generated by LyX (do not edit). \layout Date @chk_date@ \layout Standard This file describes both the different LaTeX add-ons that LyX can handle and different external programs that LyX can interact with. Below you'll find the following sections: \layout Enumerate Some basic details about your LaTeX installation. In particular, you should make sure that your version of LaTeX is recent enough. \layout Enumerate Some common fonts that LyX knows about. This is rather sparse at the moment. \layout Enumerate The document classes that should be standard on any LaTeX implementation. This section is only here for completeness. \layout Enumerate Some optional document classes that LyX knows about. If one of these is marked as missing (the \begin_inset Quotes eld \end_inset Found \begin_inset Quotes erd \end_inset item is no) and you need its functionality, you can grab it at your nearest CTAN ftp site \begin_inset Foot collapsed true \layout Standard The participating hosts in the Comprehensive TeX Archive Network are: \layout LyX-Code ftp://ftp.dante.de/tex-archive \layout LyX-Code ftp://ctan.tug.org/tex-archive \layout LyX-Code ftp://ftp.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive \layout Standard There are also a zillion mirror sites which are listed at the three primary sites. \end_inset at the location indicated in the \begin_inset Quotes eld \end_inset CTAN \begin_inset Quotes erd \end_inset item. Note that only detected document classes can be selected as document layouts in LyX. \layout Enumerate Some packages that LyX use when you try to change the margins of your document. The detection of these items does not yet affect the options available inside LyX. \layout Enumerate Some common LaTeX packages that you might need with LyX, and you might also want to add to your LaTeX installation. The detection of these items does not yet affect the options available inside LyX. \layout Enumerate Different required external programs that LyX relies on. LyX to a large extent relies on other programs to do it's work, and some programs are required for LyX to be useful. \layout Enumerate Different optional external programs that LyX can interact with. All of these are optional, and some you would want more than others. \layout Standard Note that most of these packages will be available if you use a modern TeX distribution such as teTeX. If you decide to install one of the missing items, you should tell LyX about it. After the installation, please use the menu entry \family sans \bar under O \bar default ptions\SpecialChar \menuseparator \bar under R \bar default econfigure \begin_inset Foot collapsed true \layout Standard or, if you want to change the system-wide settings, issue the command \family typewriter ./configure \family default from the LyX system directory (by default \family typewriter /usr/local/lib/lyx/ \family default ) \end_inset and reload this file to see if the new package was recognized. If the \begin_inset Quotes eld \end_inset Found \begin_inset Quotes erd \end_inset items read \begin_inset Quotes eld \end_inset ??? \begin_inset Quotes erd \end_inset , it means that LyX could not do the inventory of your LaTeX configuration for some reason. If you are using teTeX, it might be that the new package you installed is not found. This is because you forgot to run the command \family typewriter texhash \family default , which tells teTeX to update its own configuration. \layout Section LaTeX version currently in use \layout Standard The LaTeX version that LyX will use is: \family typewriter @chk_fmtversion@ \family default . Note that, for best results, you should be using at least LaTeX release \family typewriter 1995/12/01 \begin_inset Foot collapsed true \layout Standard In case it is not clear to you, this number is the date at which the version has been released. \end_inset . In fact, earlier versions may work for many things, but will certainly fail in some cases. We feel that it is better to stick to a minimal version than try to work around all the quirks of older ones. \layout Section Fonts \layout Subsection EC fonts \layout Description Found: @chk_ec@ \layout Description CTAN: \family typewriter fonts/ec \layout Description Notes: LaTeX does not require the use of \family sans ec \family default fonts, however they are strongly recommended. The \family sans ec \family default fonts are available in a more natural range of sizes and allow better hyphenati on and kerning than the old fonts such as \family sans cmr10 \family default . If you already have the so-called \family sans dc \family default fonts installed, please upgrade to the \family sans ec \family default fonts, which replace them. They are used automatically if LyX determines that you have them installed. \layout Subsection psnfss \layout Description Found: @chk_psnfss@ \layout Description CTAN: \family typewriter macros/latex/packages/psnfss/ \layout Description Notes: The package \family sans psnfss \family default allows you to change the fonts used by LyX to one of the 35 classical fonts available on PostScript® printers. Currently, the support for \family sans psnfss \family default is limited in LyX: you can only chose a few combinations of PostScript® fonts in \family sans \size normal Layout->Document \family default \size default . \layout Section Standard LaTeX document classes \layout Standard The document classes presented in this section are the basic document classes provided by LaTeX. In particular, they are all present on your system as long as LaTeX2e is installed. When the text indicates that a particular class has not been found, this means the layout file supporting this particular class has not been found. \layout Subsection article \layout Description Found: @chk_article@ \layout Description CTAN: N/A \layout Description Notes: The standard document class \family sans article \family default is used to type articles or short texts. It is the basic LaTeX document class. \layout Subsection report \layout Description Found: @chk_report@ \layout Description CTAN: N/A \layout Description Notes: The standard document class \family sans report \family default is similar to \family sans article \family default but is slightly more structured (support for different parts). \layout Subsection book \layout Description Found: @chk_book@ \layout Description CTAN: N/A \layout Description Notes: The standard document class \family sans book \family default is, as its name suggests, intended to produce books. It supports in particular sectioning by chapters. \layout Subsection letter \layout Description Found: @chk_letter@ \layout Description CTAN: N/A \layout Description Notes: The standard document class \family sans letter \family default is the basic class for writing letters, mostly in English. \layout Subsection slides \layout Description Found: @chk_slides@ \layout Description CTAN: N/A \layout Description Notes: The standard document class \family sans slides \family default is intended to produce transparencies. \layout Section Additional document classes \layout Subsection aa \layout Description Found: @chk_aapaper@ \layout Description CTAN: N/A (available from Springer's ftp site \family typewriter ftp.springer.de \family default in directory \family typewriter /pub/tex/latex/aa \family default ) \layout Description Notes: The document class \family sans aa \family default can be used to write articles for submission to the scientific journal \emph on Astronomy and Astrophysics \emph default and the accompanying \emph on Supplement Series \emph default published by Springer -Verlag. \layout Subsection aastex \layout Description Found: @chk_aastex@ \layout Description CTAN: N/A (available from the American Astronomical Society's ftp site \family typewriter ftp.aas. \family default org in directory \family typewriter /pub \family default s) \layout Description Notes: The document class \family sans aastex \family default can be used to write articles for submission to the American journals \emph on Astrophysical Journal, Astronomical Journal \emph default and \emph on Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific \emph default . \layout Subsection amsart \layout Description Found: @chk_amsart@ \layout Description CTAN: \family typewriter fonts/ams/amslatex/inputs/ \layout Description Notes: The document class \family sans amsart \family default is an alternative to the class \family sans article \family default . It is part of the AMS-LaTeX package and is used for typesetting of mathematics with a look the American Mathematical Society has developed. They recommend it for the preparation of manuscripts intended for publication both in the Society's books and journals, and also in other mathematical literature. The Society requests that published documents prepared with AMS-LaTeX include an acknowledgment of its use. LyX support is still limited. \layout Subsection broadway \layout Description Found: @chk_broadway@ \layout Description CTAN: N/A (must be installed from the \family typewriter tex/ \family default subdirectory of LyX source distribution) \layout Description Notes: The document class \family sans broadway \family default is for writing plays. It is not an existing LaTeX document class, but a new one which is distributed with LyX. \layout Subsection dinbrief \layout Description Found: @chk_dinbrief@ \layout Description CTAN: \family typewriter macros/latex/contrib/supported/dinbrief/ \layout Description Notes: The document class \family sans dinbrief \family default can be used to type letters according to German conventions. \layout Subsection docbook \layout Description Found: @chk_docbook@ \layout Description CTAN: N/A \layout Description WWW: \begin_inset LatexCommand \url{http://www.sgmltools.org} \end_inset \layout Description Notes: The class docbook is not a LaTeX document class. It is designed to produce Docbook SGML documents, which, in turn, can be exported as HTML, RTF, text, or dvi (through \family typewriter jadetex \family default ). You need the sgmltools v2.0 package installed to use this. \layout Subsection g-brief-en \layout Description Found: @chk_g-brief-en@ \layout Description CTAN: \family typewriter macros/latex/contrib/supported/g-brief/ \layout Description Notes: The document class \family sans g-brief \family default can be used to type commercial letters with a nice outfit. \layout Subsection g-brief-de \layout Description Found: @chk_g-brief-de@ \layout Description CTAN: \family typewriter macros/latex/contrib/supported/g-brief/ \layout Description Notes: The document class \family sans g-brief-de \family default is the same as the above g-brief-en only with german labels. \layout Subsection foils \layout Description Found: @chk_foils@ \layout Description CTAN: \family typewriter macros/latex/contrib/supported/foiltex/ \layout Description Notes: The document class \family sans foils \family default (aka FoilTeX) provides an alternative to the standard \family sans slides \family default class to make transparencies. It allows cross references, uses a less ugly font, and is in general much better to use than \family sans slides \family default . It does not however have some of the advanced features found in the \family sans seminar \family default class, which is not currently supported by LyX. \layout Subsection hollywood \layout Description Found: @chk_hollywood@ \layout Description CTAN: N/A (must be installed from the \family typewriter tex/ \family default subdirectory of LyX source distribution) \layout Description Notes: The document class \family sans hollywood \family default can be used to type spec scripts for the U.S. film industry. It is not an existing LaTeX document class, but a new one which is distributed with LyX. \layout Subsection IEEEtran \layout Description Found: @chk_IEEEtran@ \layout Description CTAN: N/A \layout Description FTP: Currently, the IEEE ftp site only has an old version at: \newline \family sans \begin_inset LatexCommand \url{ftp://ftp.ieee.org/info/publish/latex/ieeetran.cls} \end_inset \family default \family sans \newline \family default A newer version is available from: \newline \family sans \begin_inset LatexCommand \url{ftp://ftp.isi.edu/pub/graham/infocom99/latest/IEEEtran.cls} \end_inset \layout Description Notes: The class \family sans IEEEtran \family default produces documents suitable for submission to most of the IEEE Transactions. You should consult the IEEE Author Information pages at \family sans www.ieee.org \family default if you intend to use this class. Note that there are both \family sans IEEEtran.cls \family default and \family sans IEEEtran.sty \family default files you \emph on must \emph default get the \family sans .cls \family default file for use with LyX as the \family sans .sty \family default file is for LaTeX 2.09 only. Also note that if your \family sans ieeetran.cls \family default is in lowercase like this example LyX will not find it and you should upgrade to a newer version which has IEEE in capitals. \layout Subsection latex8 \layout Description Found: @chk_latex8@ \layout Description CTAN: N/A \layout Description Notes: The class \family sans latex8 \family default is actually a LaTeX style file that adds some extra features to the \family sans article \family default document class. It produces documents suitable for submission to IEEE Conferences. The LaTeX files (including BibTeX style file) are distributed with the Author Kit for IEEE sponsored conferences. \layout Subsection linuxdoc \layout Description Found: @chk_linuxdoc@ \layout Description CTAN: N/A \layout Description Notes: The class \family sans linuxdoc \family default is not a LaTeX document class. It is designed to produce LinuxDoc-SGML documents, which, in turn, can be exported as HTML, RTF, text or... LaTeX. You need to have the \family sans sgml-tools \family default (previously known as \family sans LinuxDoc \family default ) set of programs installed to use this. \layout Subsection llncs \layout Description Found: @chk_llncs@ \layout Description CTAN: N/A \layout Description Notes: The document class \family sans llncs \family default can be used to write articles for submission to the Springer journal \begin_inset Quotes eld \end_inset Lecture Notes in Computer Science \begin_inset Quotes erd \end_inset . LaTeX documents are available from Springer's ftp site on the following URL: \newline \begin_inset LatexCommand \url{ftp://trick.ntp.springer.de/pub/tex/latex/llncs/latex2e} \end_inset . \begin_deeper \layout Standard The LyX layout file for this document class is still insufficiently tested. \end_deeper \layout Subsection paper \layout Description Found: @chk_paper@ \layout Description CTAN: \family typewriter macros/latex/contrib/supported/paper/ \layout Description Notes: The document class \family sans paper \family default provides an alternative to the standard \family sans article \family default class. It provides similar functionality, but you might prefer this layout with sans serif sections, headings, and more. \layout Subsection Koma-Script (scrartcl, scrreprt, scrbook) \layout Description Found: @chk_scrartcl@ \layout Description CTAN: \family typewriter macros/latex/contrib/supported/koma-script/ \layout Description Notes: These document classes provide different versions of the base LaTeX document classes \family sans article \family default , \family sans report \family default and \family sans book \family default . They have been changed to look somewhat better and be more adapted to european typesetting standards. \layout Subsection REVTeX \layout Description Found: @chk_revtex@ \layout Description CTAN: \family typewriter macros/latex209/contrib/revtex/ \layout Description Notes: The document class \family sans revtex \family default is used to write articles for the publications of the American Physical Society (APS), American Institute of Physics (AIP), and Optical Society of America (OSA). For better results, you should use the file \family typewriter revtex.cls \family default from the \family typewriter tex/ \family default subdirectory of LyX source distribution. \layout Subsection REVTeX 4 \layout Description Found: @chk_revtex4@ \layout Description CTAN: \family typewriter macros/latex/contrib/supported/revtex4-beta/ \layout Description Notes: RevTeX 4 is a class used for submitting manuscripts to journals including APS (Physical Review A-E and Letters, Reviews in Modern Physics, Special Topics---Accelerators and Beams), the American Institute of Physics, the Optical Society of America, and the Society for Exploration Geophysicists. [It is in BETA release as of September, 1999.] \layout Subsection Springer Journal of Geodesy \layout Description Found: @chk_svjog@ \layout Description CTAN: N/A \layout Description WWW: \begin_inset LatexCommand \url{http://www.springer.de/author/tex/help-journals.html} \end_inset \layout Description Notes: \family sans Svjog \family default is for the journal formats used by Springer Verlag, in particular that of Journal of Geodesy. It is not very well tested yet. The corresponding documentclass files and associated material can be found on the Springer site. The layout consists of two parts: \family typewriter svjour.inc \family default (which is generic for all Springer journals) and \family typewriter svjog.layout \family default , which includes \family typewriter svjour.inc \family default and is specific for Journal of Geodesy. You can write your own \family typewriter sv.layout \family default to support any other Springer journals (hint, hint!) \layout Section Paper layout packages \layout Standard Changing the margins of a document is one thing people like to do. While LaTeX offers built-in options to set the margins of the documents, some people feel that these margins are too large and want to set them up differently. You can use the package \family sans geometry \family default for this purpose, but note that for the sake of readability, your lines should not contain more than 60-70 characters. \layout Subsection a4 \layout Description Found: @chk_a4@ \layout Description CTAN: \family typewriter macros/latex/contrib/supported/ntgclass/ \layout Description Notes: The package \family sans a4 \family default changes the margins of your document to suit the European A4 page dimensions with smaller margins that the default A4 format. \layout Subsection a4wide \layout Description Found: @chk_a4wide@ \layout Description CTAN: \family typewriter macros/latex/contrib/other/misc/ \layout Description Notes: The package \family sans a4wide \family default is another package that allows setting of the margins of your document to A4 paper. With this package, the margins are very wide, but do not follow typographical conventions. \layout Subsection geometry \layout Description Found: @chk_geometry@ \layout Description CTAN: \family typewriter macros/latex/contrib/supported/geometry \layout Description Notes: The package \family sans geometry \family default allows to change the paper size and margins of your document in an arbitrary way. It does not provide a typographically correct page layout like \family sans a4 \family default or the standard options, though. \layout Section \series bold \size large Other packages \layout Subsection algorithm \layout Description Found: @chk_algorithm@ \layout Description CTAN: \family typewriter macros/latex/contrib/supported/algorithms/ \layout Description Notes: The package \family sans algorithm \family default is needed by LyX to be able to output \begin_inset Quotes eld \end_inset algorithm-floats \begin_inset Quotes erd \end_inset . These are useful in placing short algorithms across pagebreaks and support an \begin_inset Quotes eld \end_inset index of algorithms \begin_inset Quotes erd \end_inset too. \layout Subsection babel \layout Description Found: @chk_babel@ \layout Description CTAN: \family typewriter macros/latex/packages/babel/ \layout Description Notes: The package \family sans babel \family default allows you to customize your document for your favorite language (see the \family sans \size normal Layout->Document \family default \size default popup). In particular, it handles hyphenation and automatic translation of all labels like \begin_inset Quotes eld \end_inset Chapter \begin_inset Quotes erd \end_inset and \begin_inset Quotes eld \end_inset Table of contents \begin_inset Quotes erd \end_inset . This package is not needed if you only plan to write in English, except if you want to use non-English quotes. \layout Subsection color \layout Description Found: @chk_color@ \layout Description CTAN: \family typewriter macros/latex/packages/graphics/ \layout Description Notes: The package \family sans color \family default is needed by LyX to handled colored text. These colors will not show in the DVI preview window, but will be correct on the printed output or with a PostScript® previewer. This package is bundled with the \family sans graphics \family default package (see \begin_inset LatexCommand \ref{ssec:graphics} \end_inset ). \layout Subsection fancyhdr \layout Description Found: @chk_fancyhdr@ \layout Description CTAN: \family typewriter macros/latex/contrib/supported/fancyhdr/ \layout Description Notes: The package \family sans fancyhdr \family default (previously known as \family sans fancyheadings \family default ) is used when you select the \begin_inset Quotes eld \end_inset fancy \begin_inset Quotes erd \end_inset page style in the document layout popup. It provides alternate headers and footers to your pages. \layout Subsection floatflt \layout Description Found: @chk_floatflt@ \layout Description CTAN: \family typewriter macros/latex/contrib/other/floatflt/ \layout Description Notes: The package \family sans floatflt \family default (an extension of \family sans floatfig \family default ) is used by LyX if you select the ``floatflt'' type in \family sans Layout->Paragraph->ExtraOpt \family default in the paragraph of a figure float. It allows you to create a figure float which is narrower than the full page and wrap the text around it. \layout Subsection \begin_inset LatexCommand \label{ssec:graphics} \end_inset graphics \layout Description Found: @chk_graphics@ \layout Description CTAN: \family typewriter macros/latex/packages/graphics/ \layout Description Notes: The package \family sans graphics \family default is needed by LyX to insert PostScript® figures. You will also need the program \family typewriter \size normal ghostview \family default \size default to see them on screen. The configuration script has determined that the graphics driver used by the package should be \family sans \begin_inset Quotes eld \end_inset @chk_graphicsdriver@ \begin_inset Quotes erd \end_inset \begin_inset Foot collapsed true \layout Standard Here, a value of \begin_inset Quotes eld \end_inset default \begin_inset Quotes erd \end_inset means that your LaTeX installation provides a sensible value for this parameter. \end_inset . \layout Subsection rotating \layout Description Found: @chk_rotating@ \layout Description CTAN: \family typewriter macros/latex/contrib/supported/rotating \layout Description Notes: The package \family sans rotating \family default is needed by LyX to change the orientation of some parts of your documents. Note that it only really works with a PostScript® compatible printer. \layout Subsection subfigure \layout Description Found: @chk_subfigure@ \layout Description CTAN: \family typewriter macros/latex/contrib/supported/subfigure \layout Description Notes: The package \family sans subfigure \family default is used by LyX when you select ``subfigure'' in the EPS figure popup. Several figures marked in this way can be packed into a single float with individual subcaptions. \layout Subsection setspace \layout Description Found: @chk_setspace@ \layout Description CTAN: \family typewriter macros/latex/contrib/supported/setspace/ \layout Description Notes: The package \family sans setspace \family default is needed by LyX to change the line spacing of your document. \layout Subsection longtable \layout Description Found: @chk_longtable@ \layout Description CTAN: \family typewriter macros/latex/packages/tools/longtable.dtx \layout Description Notes: The package \family sans longtable \family default is needed by LyX to be able to output correctly multipage tables. \layout Subsection url \layout Description Found: @chk_url@ \layout Description CTAN: \family typewriter macros/latex/contrib/other/misc/url.sty \layout Description Notes: The package \family sans url \family default is needed by LyX to be able to output url's corrently. \layout Subsection prettyref \layout Description Found: @chk_prettyref@ \layout Description CTAN: \family typewriter macros/latex/contrib/supported/prettyref/ \layout Description Notes: The \family sans prettyref \family default package provides improved reference formatting for LaTeX and allows the author to \begin_inset Quotes eld \end_inset preformat \begin_inset Quotes erd \end_inset all types of labels. \layout Subsection varioref \layout Description Found: @chk_varioref@ \layout Description CTAN: \family typewriter macros/latex/required/tools/varioref.dtx \layout Description Notes: The \family sans varioref \family default pacakage provides commands that work like the normal references in LaTeX except that it adds textual references, like 'on the facing page' or 'on page 27' when the corresponding label is not on the same page. \layout Subsection chess and lyxchess \layout Standard Found: @chk_chess@ and @chk_lyxchess@ \layout Description CTAN: \family typewriter fonts/chess/ \family default , and the \family typewriter lyxchess.sty \family default file from the \family typewriter tex/ \family default subdirectory of LyX source distribution \layout Description Notes: The package \family sans lyxchess.sty \family default is needed in order to typeset chess diagrams with the external chess diagram inset. You also need to install the fonts from the \family sans chess.sty \family default package, but leave out the \family sans chess.sty \family default style itself since it's meant for older versions of LaTeX only. \layout Section Required external programs \layout Standard LyX is eager to invoke external programs to do some work. In line with the Unix tradition, LyX tries to exploit existing programs before implementing the same thing itself. Over time, LyX is able to interact with an increasing number of both command line and interactive applications, and this to a large degree explains why LyX is succesful. \layout Standard Note: if you use a Linux distribution, such as RedHat or Debian, most of these packages should be available as custom packages for the relevant system, and you might have most of it installed already. And most Unix systems will at least have LaTeX, although it may be a braindead version. Please check what you have before you go download the lot. \layout Subsection XForms \layout Description Found: @chk_xforms@ \layout Description URL: \begin_inset LatexCommand \url[The XForms home page]{http://world.std.com/~xforms/} \end_inset \layout Description Notes: XForms is the underlying GUI toolkit. You'll need to \begin_inset LatexCommand \url[get a version]{http://world.std.com/~xforms/ftp/ftp.html} \end_inset for your architechture, if you want to compile your own version of LyX. \layout Subsection libXpm \layout Description Found: @chk_libxpm@ \layout Description URL: \begin_inset LatexCommand \url[libXpm]{http://www.inria.fr/koala/lehors/xpm.html} \end_inset \layout Description Notes: libXpm is a library used to display pixmaps. If you want to compile LyX yourself, you'll also need libXpm. You'll have to get version 4.7 or newer. Older versions are incompatible with the current XForms library. \layout Subsection teTeX \layout Description Found: @chk_tetex@ \layout Description URL: \begin_inset LatexCommand \url[The teTeX Homepage]{http://www.tug.org/tetex/} \end_inset \layout Description Notes: teTex is a LaTeX distribution. In order to properly use LyX to create documents, you'll need to have a LaTeX installation. teTeX is pretty complete. \layout Subsection NTeX \layout Description Found: @chk_ntex@ \layout Description URL: \begin_inset LatexCommand \url[The NTeX homepage]{http://web.mathematik.uni-stuttgart.de/ntex/WWW/} \end_inset \layout Description Notes: NTeX is an alternative LaTeX distribution. This one is not as extensive as teTeX, so you might have to pick up a few more packages by hand compared to teTeX. \layout Section Optional external programs \layout Subsection ChkTeX \layout Description Found: @chk_chktex@ \layout Description URL: \begin_inset LatexCommand \url[ChkTeX Homepage]{http://www.ifi.uio.no/~jensthi/chktex/} \end_inset \layout Description Notes: ChkTeX performs typographical checking. LyX can use ChkTeX as an aid to find common typograhical errors in your document. \layout Subsection CTAN \layout Description URL: \begin_inset LatexCommand \url[CTAN]{http://tug.ctan.org/} \end_inset \layout Description Notes: The Comprehensive TeX Archive Network. Since LyX is based on LaTeX, practically any tool made for use with LaTeX can be used with LyX. The CTAN is an archive of packages, tools, documentation and much more about LaTeX, and therefore an invaluable resource if you want to become a power user of LaTeX (and LyX). (If you don't know anything about LaTeX yet, you may want to wait before exploring CTAN, because it is big and confusing at first.) \layout Subsection gBib \layout Description Found: @chk_gbib@ \layout Description URL: \begin_inset LatexCommand \url[gBib]{http://www.mx.lyx.org/gbib} \end_inset \layout Description Notes: gBib is an interactive BibTeX database manager. This GNOME program allows you to manage a BibTeX bibliography database, and then interface it with LyX in a seamless fashion. \layout Subsection Ghostview \layout Description Found: @chk_ghostview@ \layout Description URL: \begin_inset LatexCommand \url[Ghostview]{http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/ghostview/index.html} \end_inset \layout Description Notes: Ghostview is used to preview PostScript files. You'll also need \begin_inset LatexCommand \url[Ghostscript]{http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/aladdin/index.html} \end_inset to be able to use Ghostview. \layout Subsection Gifscii \layout Description Found: @chk_gifscii@ \layout Description URL: \begin_inset LatexCommand \url[gifscii-2.2.tar.gz]{ftp://ftp.uni-passau.de/mount/common.lib.archive.unix/Text/gifscii-2.2.tar.gz} \end_inset \layout Description Notes: Gifscii is a program that can convert an raster image to an ascii approximation. This is utilized by the external raster image inset when you export a document to Ascii. \layout Subsection GIMP \layout Description Found: @chk_gimp@ \layout Description URL: \begin_inset LatexCommand \url[The Gimp Homepage]{http://www.gimp.org} \end_inset \layout Description Notes: The GIMP is the GNU Image Manipulation Program. It is a freely distributed piece of software suitable for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring. The GIMP is used by LyX as the editor for the external raster image inset. \layout Subsection gv \layout Description Found: @chk_gv@ \layout Description URL: \begin_inset LatexCommand \url[The XForms home page]{http://world.std.com/~xforms/} \end_inset \layout Description Notes: \layout Standard \begin_inset LatexCommand \url[gv]{http://wwwthep.physik.uni-mainz.de/~plass/gv/} \end_inset - an alternative PostScript viewer. \layout Standard gv is a more modern PostScript viewer. It also requires Ghostscript to work. \layout Subsection ImageMagick \layout Description Found: @chk_imagemagick@ \layout Description URL: \begin_inset LatexCommand \url[ImageMagick homepage]{http://www.imagemagick.org} \end_inset \layout Description Notes: ImageMagick is a robust collection of tools to read, write, and manipulat e an image in many image formats including popular formats like TIFF, JPEG, PNG, PDF, and GIF. With ImageMagick you can resize, rotate, sharpen, color reduce, or add special effects to an image and save the result in a different image format. LyX uses ImageMagick to both display and convert raster format images in the external raster image inset. \layout Subsection Ispell \layout Description Found: @chk_ispell@ \layout Description URL: \begin_inset LatexCommand \url[International Ispell]{http://ficus-www.cs.ucla.edu/ficus-members/geoff/ispell.html} \end_inset \layout Description Notes: Ispell is a spellchecker for many languages. LyX can use Ispell as a backend to do spellchecking. You can find \begin_inset LatexCommand \url[dictionaries for many languages]{http://ficus-www.cs.ucla.edu/ficus-members/geoff/ispell-dictionaries.html} \end_inset and be able to spellcheck documents in your own language. \layout Subsection NoWeb \layout Description Found: @chk_noweb@ \layout Description URL: \begin_inset LatexCommand \url[NoWeb]{http://www.cs.virginia.edu/~nr/noweb/} \end_inset \layout Description Notes: NoWeb is used for literate programming. Use LyX to write programs whose documentation and manuals are included in the program. \layout Subsection Perl \layout Description Found: @chk_perl@ \layout Description URL: \begin_inset LatexCommand \url[Perl]{http://www.perl.com} \end_inset \layout Description Notes: Perl is an interpreted, text-manipulation programming language. If you want to import LaTeX documents into LyX, you'll need to have Perl installed, because the reLyX script that does the conversion is written in Perl. Note that reLyX is bundled with LyX, but is only installed if Perl is found. \layout Subsection Pybliographer \layout Description Found: @chk_pybliographer@ \layout Description URL: \begin_inset LatexCommand \url[Pybliographer]{http://www.gnome.org/pybliographer/} \end_inset \layout Description Notes: Pybliographer is another GNOME BibTeX database manager. This is said to have good support for 8 bit characters, avoid choking on extra field definitions, produce very clean bibtex code and handle other bibliographic formats than BibTeX. And of course, it can interact with LyX. \layout Subsection Python \layout Standard Found: @chk_python@ \layout Description URL: \begin_inset LatexCommand \url[Python]{http://www.python.org} \end_inset \layout Description Notes: Python is an interpreted, text-manipulation programming language. The Python interpreter is used for many of the gluing scripts that are used by the external material inset. For instance, it is required to use the ascii approximation of external raster images or to include chess diagrams with the external chess diagram inset. \layout Subsection SGMLtools \layout Description Found: @chk_sgmltools@ \layout Description URL: \begin_inset LatexCommand \url[The SGMLtools homepage]{http://www.sgmltools.org} \end_inset \layout Description Notes: SGMLtools is needed to use the LinuxDoc DTD. If you want to create documents using the LinuxDOC DTD that is used for the \begin_inset LatexCommand \url[Linux Documentation Project]{http://sunsite.unc.edu/LDP/} \end_inset to create documents in a variety of different formats, you'll need to get the SGMLtools. \layout Subsection tkbibtex \layout Description Found: @chk_tkbibtex@ \layout Description URL: \begin_inset LatexCommand \url[tkbibtex]{http://www.cat.csiro.au/dmt/programs/autom/pic/tkbibtex.html} \end_inset \layout Description Notes: tkbibtex - a portable Tcl/Tk browser/editor for BibTeX files. tkbibtex is a portable editor and browser for BibTeX format file. It provides an interface to LyX - insert a citation with a single keypress. \layout Subsection XBoard \layout Description Found: @chk_xboard@ \layout Description URL: \begin_inset LatexCommand \url[The XBoard homepage]{http://www.research.digital.com/SRC/personal/Tim_Mann/chess.html} \end_inset \layout Description Notes: XBoard is a graphical chessboard that can serve as a user interface for GNU Chess, for the Internet Chess Server, or for electronic mail correspond ence chess. XBoard can also be used by itself, and it's in this capacity LyX can exploit to as the editor for external chess diagrams. Use the \family sans File->Save Position \family default feature in XBoard to save your chess position as a \family typewriter .fen \family default file. Be sure you specify a relative path compared to your LyX document. You might also want to investigate the \family sans Edit->Edit Position \family default and \family sans Options->Test Legality \family default commands, and remember to use the right mouse to insert new material on the board. \the_end