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Additional LyX Features
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by the LyX Team
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\noindent
Principal maintainer of this file is
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Richard Heck
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.
If you have comments or error corrections, please send them to the LyX
Documentation mailing list,
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Introduction
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This manual is essentially Part II of the
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The reason for separating this document out is simple: the
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is already quite lengthy, and it contains information on all of the basic
features one needs to know in order to prepare most documents.
However, the LyX Team has worked to LyX extensible through various configuratio
n files and external packages.
That means that if you want to support the
Fizzwizzle
LaTeX
package, you can create a layout file (or module) for it without having
to alter LyX itself.
We've already had contributions of several new features this way.
This is the place where all of those get documented.
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This manual also documents some special features, like fax support, version
control, and SGML support, which require additional software to work properly.
Lastly, there's a chapter of
LaTeX
tools and tips, things you can use to spruce up your documents by directly
using the powerful features of
LaTeX
.
After all, LyX
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only
WYSIWYM
and will only ever interface to some, not all,
LaTeX
features.
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If you haven't read the
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Introduction
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yet, you are definitely in the wrong manual.
The
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Introduction
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is the first place to go, since it describes the notation and format of
all of the manuals.
You should also be thoroughly familiar with the
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Since all the topics in this manual depend heavily on LyX's interaction
with
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, this first chapter covers the inner workings of LyX and how to direct
LyX to generate exactly the
LaTeX
code you want.
It is obviously for more seasoned LyX users.
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LyX and
LaTeX
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How LyX Uses
LaTeX
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This chapter is for both TeX-
nicians
and the
LaTeX
-curious.
In it, we'll explain how LyX and
LaTeX
work together to produce printable output.
This is the only place in any of the manuals where we assume you know something
about
LaTeX
.
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At one time, LyX was called a
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frontend
to
LaTeX
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but that's no longer true.
There are
frontends
to
LaTeX
out there.
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Some
familar
ones are
TeXmaker
and
kile
, on Linux, and
TeXshop
,
OSX
.
There are also the
LaTeX
modes for vi and
emacs
, of course.
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These are basically text editors with the ability to run
LaTeX
and mark any errors in the file you're editing.
Although LyX
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is
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an editor, and it
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does
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run
LaTeX
, and it also indicates errors in the file, it also does much, much more.
For one thing, you don't need to know
LaTeX
to use LyX effectively.
And LyX has added its own extensions to
LaTeX
.
Try the following sometime: select
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from the
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file.
You'll notice a variety of new macros defined specifically by LyX.
These macros are defined automatically, according to the features you use
in the document.
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There are several commands that automatically invoke
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They are:
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They will only invoke
LaTeX
if the file has changed since the last time
LaTeX
was run.
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When LyX runs
LaTeX
on the file you're editing, it performs these steps:
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Convert the document to
LaTeX
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LaTeX
on the
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tex
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LaTeX
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If there are any errors, show the error log.
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If you've run
LaTeX
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If you've used
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DVI
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PostScript
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PostScript
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PostScript
file.
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LyX does similar things when viewing, or exporting, other formats.
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Translating
LaTeX
files into LyX
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You can import a
LaTeX
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LaTeX
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command in LyX.
This will call a program named
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tex2lyx
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which will create a file
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from the file
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foo.
tex
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.
LyX will then open that file.
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tex2lyx
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can also be run from the command line, of course.
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tex2lyx
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will translate most legal
LaTeX
, but not everything.
It will put things it doesn't understand into TeX code, so after translating
a file with
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tex2lyx
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, you can look for TeX code and hand-edit it until it looks right.
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If you don't know what TeX code is, read the next section.
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Inserting TeX Code into LyX Documents
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Anything you can do in
LaTeX
you can do in LyX, for a very simple reason: You can always insert TeX
code into any LyX document.
LyX cannot, and will never be able to, display every possible
LaTeX
construct.
If ever you need to insert
LaTeX
commands into your LyX document, you can use the
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TeX Code
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box, which you can insert into your document with
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TeX Code
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.
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Here's an example of inserting
LaTeX
commands in a LyX document.
The code looks like this:
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This is an example for a
minipage
environment.
You
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can put nearly everything in it, even (non-floating)
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figures and tables.
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&
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This ...
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minipage
}
\begin_inset Newline newline
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\backslash
end{verbatim}
\begin_inset Newline newline
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\backslash
end{
minipage
}
\begin_inset Newline newline
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The
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TeX Code
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box containing this text is directly after this paragraph.
Those of you reading the manual in LyX will only see the TeX code inset.
Those reading a printed version of the manuals will see the actual results:
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begin{tabular}{ll}
\end_layout
\begin_layout Plain Layout
\backslash
begin{minipage}{5cm}
\end_layout
\begin_layout Plain Layout
This is an example for a minipage environment.
You can put nearly everything in it, even (non-floating) figures and tables.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Plain Layout
\backslash
end{minipage}
\end_layout
\begin_layout Plain Layout
&
\end_layout
\begin_layout Plain Layout
\backslash
begin{minipage}{5cm}
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\begin_layout Plain Layout
\backslash
begin{verbatim}
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\begin_layout Plain Layout
\backslash
begin{minipage}{5cm}
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\begin_layout Plain Layout
This ...
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\begin_layout Plain Layout
\backslash
end{minipage}
\end_layout
\begin_layout Plain Layout
\backslash
end{verbatim}
\end_layout
\begin_layout Plain Layout
\backslash
end{minipage}
\end_layout
\begin_layout Plain Layout
\backslash
end{tabular}
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In addition to using TeX code, you can also create a separate file containing
some complex
LaTeX
structure and then use
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Document
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to include your file (you should select the type
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Input
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).
We recommend that you only do this if you have a
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tex
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file which you
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know
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works already.
Otherwise, you'll have a big job tracking down
LaTeX
errors.
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There are a few last points to emphasize:
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LyX
\emph on
does not
\emph default
check if your
LaTeX
code is correct.
\end_layout
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Beware reinventing the wheel.
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On that last point, LyX does have quite a few features tucked into it, and
more are coming.
Be sure to check the manuals to make sure that LyX doesn't have such-and-such
feature before you decide you have to do it by hand.
Moreover, there are numerous
LaTeX
packages out there to do all sorts of things, from labels to envelopes
to fancy
multipage
tables.
Check out
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for details, and see chapter
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reference "cha:secrets"
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.
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If you do need to do some wild and fancy things within your document, be
sure to check out a good
LaTeX
book for assistance.
There are a number of them listed in the bibliography of the
\emph on
User's Guide
\emph default
.
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LyX and the
LaTeX
Preamble
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\begin_layout Subsection
About the
LaTeX
Preamble
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If you already know
LaTeX
, there is no need to explain here what the preamble is good for.
If you don't, the following will give you some ideas—we recommend again
that you consult a
LaTeX
book for further information.
In any case, you should read the points below, because they explain what
you can do and what you don't need to do in the
LaTeX
preamble of a LyX document.
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The
LaTeX
preamble comes at the very beginning of a document,
\emph on
before
\emph default
the text.
It serves to:
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\begin_layout Itemize
Declare the document class.
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LyX already does this for you.
If you're a seasoned
LaTeX
-
nician
, and you have a custom document class you want to use, check out the
\emph on
Customization Manual
\emph default
for information on how to make LyX interface to it.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
Declare the usage of packages.
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LaTeX
packages provide special commands, which are only available within a document
when the package has been declared in the preamble.
For example, the package
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indentfirst
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forces all paragraphs to be indented.
There are other packages for labels, envelopes, margins, etc.
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\begin_layout Itemize
Set counters, variables, lengths and widths.
\begin_inset Newline newline
\end_inset
There are several
LaTeX
counters and variables which
\emph on
must
\emph default
be set globally from within the preamble in order to have the desired effect.
(There are variables which you can set and reset inside the document, too.)
Margins are a good example of something which must be set in the preamble.
Another example is the label format for lists.
You can actually set these just about anywhere, but it's best to do it
just once, inside the preamble.
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\begin_layout Itemize
Declare user defined commands (with
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newcommand
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or
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\begin_layout Plain Layout
\backslash
renewcommand
\end_layout
\end_inset
).
\begin_inset Newline newline
\end_inset
These are abbreviations for
LaTeX
commands which appear very often inside a document.
Although the preamble is a good place to declare such commands, they
\emph on
can
\emph default
be declared anywhere (before they are used for the first time, of course).
This can be useful if there is a lot of raw
LaTeX
code in your document, which normally should not be the case.
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LyX adds its own set of definitions to the preamble of the
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.
tex
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file it produces.
This makes
LaTeX
files generated by LyX portable.
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Changing the Preamble
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\begin_layout Standard
The commands which LyX adds to the preamble of a
LaTeX
file are fixed; you can't change them without patching LyX itself.
You can, however, add your own stuff to the preamble by selecting
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LaTeX
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
Preamble
\end_layout
\end_inset
in the
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\begin_layout Plain Layout
Document\SpecialChar \menuseparator
Settings
\end_layout
\end_inset
dialog.
LyX adds anything in the
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\begin_layout Plain Layout
Preamble
\end_layout
\end_inset
dialog to its own built-in preamble.
Before adding your own declarations in the preamble, you should make sure
that LyX doesn't already support what you want to do.
(Remember what we said about reinventing the wheel?) Also,
\emph on
make sure your preamble code is correct
\emph default
.
LyX doesn't check it for you.
If there is an error, you're likely to get an error like
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Missing
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\begin_inset Quotes erd
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.
If you see this error, check your preamble.
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Examples
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Here are some examples of what you can add to a preamble, and what they
do.
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Example #1: Offsets
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There are two variables under
LaTeX
that control page position:
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hoffset
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and
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:Code
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\begin_layout Plain Layout
\backslash
voffset
\end_layout
\end_inset
.
Their names should be self-explanatory.
These variables are useful if you think for a moment about computer labels.
Sometimes, the size of a print medium and the area of the medium that you
can actually print on aren't the same.
This is where
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\backslash
hoffset
\end_layout
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and
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:Code
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\begin_layout Plain Layout
\backslash
voffset
\end_layout
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come in.
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The default values for
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hoffset
\end_layout
\end_inset
and
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:Code
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\begin_layout Plain Layout
\backslash
voffset
\end_layout
\end_inset
are both 0
\begin_inset space \thinspace{}
\end_inset
points, i.
\begin_inset space \thinspace{}
\end_inset
g.
\begin_inset space \space{}
\end_inset
the page isn't shifted.
Unfortunately, some
DVI
drivers always seem to shift the page.
We have no idea why, or why the sysadmin hasn't fixed such behavior.
If you're using LyX on a system that you don't personally maintain, and
your sysadmin is a
doofus
,
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:Code
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
\backslash
hoffset
\end_layout
\end_inset
and
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:Code
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
\backslash
voffset
\end_layout
\end_inset
can save the day.
Suppose you're left and top margins are always 0.5
\begin_inset space \thinspace{}
\end_inset
inches too big.
You can add this to the preamble:
\end_layout
\begin_layout LyX-Code
\backslash
setlength
{
\backslash
hoffset
}{-0.5 in}
\end_layout
\begin_layout LyX-Code
\backslash
setlength
{
\backslash
voffset
}{-0.5 in}
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
and your margins should now be correct.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsubsection
Example #2: Labels
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Speaking of labels, suppose you wanted to print out a bunch of address labels.
There's a rather nice package, available at your nearest
CTAN
archive, for printing sheets of labels:
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:Code
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
labels.sty
\end_layout
\end_inset
.
Now, your system may not have this package installed by default.
We leave that up to you to check.
You'll also want to read the documentation for it; we're not going to do
that for you.
Since this is an example, however, we'll give you an example of how you
use this package.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
First, make sure you're using the
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:Code
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
article
\end_layout
\end_inset
document class.
Next, you need to put the following in your preamble:
\end_layout
\begin_layout LyX-Code
\backslash
usepackage
{labels}
\end_layout
\begin_layout LyX-Code
\backslash
LabelCols
=3
\end_layout
\begin_layout LyX-Code
\backslash
LabelRows
=7
\end_layout
\begin_layout LyX-Code
\backslash
LeftBorder
=
8mm
\end_layout
\begin_layout LyX-Code
\backslash
RightBorder
=
8mm
\end_layout
\begin_layout LyX-Code
\backslash
TopBorder
=
9mm
\end_layout
\begin_layout LyX-Code
\backslash
BottomBorder
=
2mm
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
This sets things up for Avery label sheets, stock #
5360
.
You're now ready to print labels, but you'll need to insert
LaTeX
code, placing the commands
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:Code
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
\backslash
begin{labels}
\end_layout
\end_inset
and
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:Code
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
\backslash
end{labels}
\end_layout
\end_inset
around each label text.
This and other special features of
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:Code
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
labels.sty
\end_layout
\end_inset
are explained in its documentation.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Someday, someone may write a LyX layout file to support this package directly.
Maybe that someone is you.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsubsection
Example #3: Paragraph Indentation
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Americans are trained to indent the first line of
\emph on
every
\emph default
paragraph.
As with all of their other weird quirks, most Americans will whine and
moan until they can have their way and indent the first line of all paragraphs.
(Yes, we're joking.
(We are?)
\emph on
Yeah
\emph default
, we are.)
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Of course, this behavior isn't standard typography.
In books, you typically only indent the first line of a paragraph
\emph on
if
\emph default
it follows another one.
The idea behind indenting the first line of a paragraph is to distinguish
neighboring paragraphs from one another.
If there is no previous paragraph—for example, if it follows a figure or
is the first paragraph in a section—then there is no need for indentation.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
If you're a typical American (we're still joking!), though, you don't care
about such esoteric things; you want your indentation! Add this to the
preamble:
\end_layout
\begin_layout LyX-Code
\backslash
usepackage
{
indentfirst
}
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
If your TeX distribution isn't
braindead
, you'll have this package, and all of your paragraphs will get the indentation
the Founding Fathers intended they should have.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsubsection
Example #4: This Document
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
You can also check out the preamble of this document to get an idea of some
of the advanced things you can do.
Also, there are more examples and an assortment of
LaTeX
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
dirty tricks
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
given in Chapter
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
\begin_inset CommandInset ref
LatexCommand ref
reference "cha:secrets"
\end_inset
.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Section
LyX and
LaTeX
Errors
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
When LyX calls
LaTeX
, it tells
LaTeX
to blithely ignore any errors and keep going.
It then uses the
logfile
from the
LaTeX
run to do a post-
mortem
.
After analyzing the
logfile
,LyX displays a dialog listing the errors.
Clicking on any one of them will take you to the position in your LyX file
where the error occurred.
\begin_inset Foot
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
Well, usually.
Analyzing the
logfile
is a tough job, and LyX doesn't always go to the right line.
There are also cases where
LaTeX
reports the error on one line, but the actual error is earlier.
This is not unlike forgetting a closing brace in a program: You'll get
an error, but only later.
\end_layout
\end_inset
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Some folks also like to look at the log file directly: It is available from
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:MenuItem
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
Document
\bar under
\SpecialChar \menuseparator
\bar default
Latex
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
Log
\end_layout
\end_inset
.
There are some fairly common error messages and warnings.
We'll cover those here.
You should look at a good
LaTeX
book for a complete listing.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:Code
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
LaTeX
Warning
\end_layout
\end_inset
\begin_inset Newline newline
\end_inset
Anything beginning with these words is a warning message for the purpose
of
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
debugging
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
the
LaTeX
code itself.
You'll get messages like this if you added or changed cross-references
or bibliography entries, in which case,
LaTeX
is trying to tell you that you need to make another run.
You can by-and-large ignore these.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:Code
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
LaTeX
Font Warning
\end_layout
\end_inset
\begin_inset Newline newline
\end_inset
Another warning message, this time about fonts which
LaTeX
couldn't find.
The rest of the message will often say something about a replacement font
that
LaTeX
used.
You can safely ignore these, too.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:Code
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
Overfull
\backslash
hbox
\end_layout
\end_inset
\begin_inset Newline newline
\end_inset
LaTeX
absolutely
\emph on
loves
\emph default
to spew these out.
They are warnings about lines that were too long and run past the right
margin.
Almost always, this is unnoticeable in the final output.
(It can be just a point or two.) Or, only one or two characters extend past
the margin.
LaTeX
seems to generate at least one of these messages for just about any document
you write.
\begin_inset Newline newline
\end_inset
You can ignore these messages.
Your eyes will tell you if there's a problem with something that's too
wide; just look at the output.
\begin_inset Foot
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
You can also enable the `
draft'
option in
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:MenuItem
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
Document
\bar under
\SpecialChar \menuseparator
\bar default
Settings
\end_layout
\end_inset
, and then
LaTeX
will draw a black box in the margin of lines that are overfull.
\end_layout
\end_inset
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:Code
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
Underfull
\backslash
hbox
\end_layout
\end_inset
\begin_inset Newline newline
\end_inset
Not quite as common as its cousin.
LaTeX
seems to like to print lines that are a bit too wide as opposed to ones
that are a bit too narrow.
We have no idea why.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:Code
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
Overfull
\backslash
vbox
\end_layout
\end_inset
and
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:Code
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
Underfull
\backslash
vbox
\end_layout
\end_inset
\begin_inset Newline newline
\end_inset
Warnings about troubles breaking the page.
Once again, just look at the output.
Your eyes will tell you where something has gone wrong.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:Code
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
LaTeX
Error: File
\begin_inset Quotes els
\end_inset
Xxxx
\begin_inset Quotes ers
\end_inset
not found
\end_layout
\end_inset
\begin_inset Newline newline
\end_inset
The file
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
Xxxx
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
isn't installed on this system.
This usually appears because some package your document needs isn't installed.
If you didn't touch the preamble or didn't use the
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:Code
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
\backslash
usepackage
{}
\end_layout
\end_inset
command, then one of the packages LyX tried to load is missing.
Use
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:MenuItem
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
Help\SpecialChar \menuseparator
LaTeX
Configuration
\end_layout
\end_inset
to get a list of packages that LyX knows about.
This file is updated whenever you reconfigure LyX (using
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:MenuItem
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
Tools\SpecialChar \menuseparator
Reconfigure
\end_layout
\end_inset
) and tells you which packages have been detected and what they do.
\begin_inset Newline newline
\end_inset
If you did use the
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:Code
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
\backslash
usepackage
{}
\end_layout
\end_inset
command and the package in question isn't installed, then you'll need to
install it yourself.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:Code
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
LaTeX
Error: Unknown option
\end_layout
\end_inset
\begin_inset Newline newline
\end_inset
Error messages beginning with this are trying to tell you that you specified
a bad or undefined option to a package.
Check the package's documentation.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:Code
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
Undefined control sequence
\end_layout
\end_inset
\begin_inset Newline newline
\end_inset
If you've inserted
LaTeX
code into your document, but made a typo, you'll get one of these.
You may have forgotten to load a package.
In any case, this error message usually means that you used an undefined
command.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
There are other error and warning messages.
Some are self-explanatory.
These are usually
LaTeX
messages.
Others are downright cryptic.
These are usually TeX error messages, and we really have
\emph on
no clue
\emph default
what they mean or how to decipher them.
No-one does.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
There's a general sequence you should follow if you get error messages:
\end_layout
\begin_layout Enumerate
Look at the
LaTeX
code you inserted for typos.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Enumerate
If there are no typos, check that you used the command(s) correctly.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Enumerate
If you get a bunch of error boxes piled up at the very top of the document—and
especially if you see a
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:Code
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
Missing
\backslash
begin{document}
\end_layout
\end_inset
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
error—it means that there are errors in the preamble.
Start debugging your preamble.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Enumerate
If you didn't add anything to the preamble and didn't add any
LaTeX
code to the document, the first suspect is your
LaTeX
distribution itself.
Check for missing packages and install them.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Enumerate
Okay, so there are no missing packages.
Did you use any of the fine-tuning options in LyX? Specifically, did you
\emph on
misuse
\emph default
any of them, like trying to manually insert lots of
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:Code
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
Protected
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
Blanks
\end_layout
\end_inset
,
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:Code
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
Linebreaks
\end_layout
\end_inset
, or
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:Code
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
Pagebreaks
\end_layout
\end_inset
? Did you try to kludge something together with these instead of using the
appropriate paragraph environment?
\end_layout
\begin_layout Enumerate
All right, you didn't use any of the fine-tuning options, you played by
the rules.
Did you try to pull a fancy maneuver? Did you do something funky inside
a table or an equation, like inserting a graphic into a table cell?
\end_layout
\begin_layout Enumerate
Do you have long sections of text where
LaTeX
cannot find a place to break a line? By default,
LaTeX
is rather strict about how much extra inter-word spacing it will add in
order to break a line.
Preferably, you should rework the paragraph to avoid the problem.
If this isn't an option, you can wrap your text in
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:Code
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
\backslash
sloppypar
\end_layout
\end_inset
to make
LaTeX's
line breaking more, well, sloppy.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Enumerate
Did you go overboard with the nesting? LyX (currently) doesn't check to
make sure you're in the limits for nesting environments.
If you nested a bunch of environments to the
\begin_inset Formula $17^{\mathrm{th}}$
\end_inset
level, that's the problem.
(The limit in
LaTeX
is five.)
\end_layout
\begin_layout Enumerate
Okay, you didn't get any error messages, but your output looks awful.
If you have a table or figure that's too wide or long for the page, you
need to:
\end_layout
\begin_deeper
\begin_layout Enumerate
rescale the figure so it fits.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Enumerate
trim down the table so it fits.
\end_layout
\end_deeper
\begin_layout Enumerate
If something else is wrong with the output, and you didn't try to pull anything
fancy or kludge the fine-tuning options, we're not sure what's wrong.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
If all this doesn't help—well, then
\emph on
perhaps
\emph default
you might have found a bug in LyX\SpecialChar \ldots{}
.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Chapter
Supplemental Tools
\end_layout
\begin_layout Section
Customizing Bibliographies with
BibTeX
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
The basics how to use
BibTeX
are explained in section
\emph on
Bibliography databases (
BibTeX
)
\emph default
of the
\emph on
User's Guide
\emph default
.
The following subsections explain special bibliography features supported
by LyX.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsection
Alternative Citation Styles
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Standard
BibTeX
uses numbers (e.
\begin_inset space \thinspace{}
\end_inset
g.
\begin_inset space \space{}
\end_inset
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
[
12
]
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
) to refer to a cited work.
However, in many scientific disciplines, other citation styles are in use.
The most common one is the author-year style (e.
\begin_inset space \thinspace{}
\end_inset
g.
\begin_inset space \space{}
\end_inset
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
Knuth
1984a
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
).
LyX supports two packages that provide this style,
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:Code
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
natbib
\end_layout
\end_inset
and
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:Code
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
jurabib
\end_layout
\end_inset
.
Both packages have their pros and cons, which cannot be listed in detail.
If you only want to have simple author-year (or author-numerical) style,
or if you want to use one of the countless style files for
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:Code
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
natbib
\end_layout
\end_inset
, than the established
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:Code
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
natbib
\end_layout
\end_inset
package is probably your choice.
If you need special features like short title references, ibidem etc., you
might consider the
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:Code
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
jurabib
\end_layout
\end_inset
package.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
The handling of both packages in LyX is basically the same.
Go to
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:MenuItem
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
Document\SpecialChar \menuseparator
Settings
\end_layout
\end_inset
and select under
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:MenuItem
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
Bibliography
\end_layout
\end_inset
the option
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:MenuItem
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
Natbib
\end_layout
\end_inset
or
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:MenuItem
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
Jurabib
\end_layout
\end_inset
.
With both packages, you will get some extra features in the citation dialog
and you can select the style of the reference (
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
Knuth
1984
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
,
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
Knuth (
1984
)
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
,
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
Knuth,
1984
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
,
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
1984
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
etc.).
Note that both packages need specifically designed style files.
They both ship their own, but there are lots of additional style files,
and there is even an interactive style file builder
\begin_inset Foot
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
See
\begin_inset Flex URL
status open
\begin_layout Plain Layout
ftp://ctan.tug.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/custom-bib/
\end_layout
\end_inset
\end_layout
\end_inset
for
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:Code
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
natbib
\end_layout
\end_inset
.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsection
Sectioned Bibliographies
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Sometimes you might need to divide your bibliography into several sections.
If you are for instance a historian, the possibility to separate sources
and scientific works is most likely a
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
must have
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
.
Unfortunately,
BibTeX
itself does not allow you to do this.
But with the help of some
LaTeX
packages,
BibTeX
can be extended to fit your needs.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
LyX provides native support for one of these packages,
\family typewriter
bibtopic
\family default
.
\begin_inset Foot
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
Available from
\begin_inset Flex URL
status open
\begin_layout Plain Layout
ftp://ctan.tug.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/bibtopic/
\end_layout
\end_inset
\end_layout
\end_inset
The advantage of this package (compared to other packages like
\family typewriter
multibib
\family default
) is that you don't need to define new citation commands.
Instead, you need to prepare different bibliographic databases which include
the entries for the different sections of the bibliography.
For example: If you want to divide your bibliography into the sections
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
Sources
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
and
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
Scientific works
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
, you first need to create two bibliographic databases, e.
\begin_inset space \thinspace{}
\end_inset
g.
\begin_inset space \space{}
\end_inset
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:Code
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
sources.bib
\end_layout
\end_inset
and
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:Code
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
scientific.bib
\end_layout
\end_inset
.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Go to
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:MenuItem
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
Document\SpecialChar \menuseparator
Settings
\end_layout
\end_inset
and check under
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:MenuItem
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
Bibliography
\end_layout
\end_inset
the option
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:MenuItem
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
Sectioned bibliography
\end_layout
\end_inset
.
Now you can insert multiple
BibTeX
bibliographies, one for each section of your bibliography.
Returning to our example: Insert the
BibTeX
bibliography
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:Code
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
sources.bib
\end_layout
\end_inset
and a second one for the database
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:Code
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
scientific.bib
\end_layout
\end_inset
.
You are free to use the same or different styles for each section.
Additionally, you can chose if the bibliography section should contain
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
all cited references
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
of the specified database(s) (which is the default),
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
all
uncited
references
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
or even
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
all references
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
.
This might be useful if you would like to separate your bibliography into
three sections:
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
Cited sources
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
,
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
Uncited
sources
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
, and
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
Scientific works
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
.
The titles for the sections can be added as ordinary sections or subsections.
Since
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:Code
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
bibtopic
\end_layout
\end_inset
removes the bibliography title, you have manually re-add that, too (as
a chapter* or section*, for instance).
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsection
Multiple Bibliographies
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Multiple bibliographies, e.
\begin_inset space \thinspace{}
\end_inset
g.
\begin_inset space \space{}
\end_inset
a bibliography for each section or chapter of the document, are not supported
by
BibTeX
itself.
But the
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:Code
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
bibtopic
\end_layout
\end_inset
package, which is used for the creation of sectioned bibliographies in
LyX (see the previous section), provides an easy way to solve this task,
if you are willing to use some
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:MenuItem
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
TeX Code
\end_layout
\end_inset
(see section
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
\begin_inset CommandInset ref
LatexCommand ref
reference "sec:Inserting-TeX-Code"
\end_inset
).
\begin_inset Foot
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
An alternative approach is to use the
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:Code
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
chapterbib
\end_layout
\end_inset
or
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:Code
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
bibunits
\end_layout
\end_inset
package, respectively.
\end_layout
\end_inset
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
First go to
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:MenuItem
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
Document\SpecialChar \menuseparator
Settings
\end_layout
\end_inset
and under
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:MenuItem
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
Bibliography
\end_layout
\end_inset
check
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:MenuItem
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
Sectioned bibliography
\end_layout
\end_inset
.
In the document, you have to enclose the sections, which shall contain
their own bibliography (including the
BibTeX
bibliography itself), between
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:Code
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
\backslash
begin{
btUnit
}
\end_layout
\end_inset
and
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:Code
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
\backslash
end{
btUnit
}
\end_layout
\end_inset
(those commands have to be inserted as TeX code).
The bibliography will contain all references which have been cited in the
current
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:Code
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
btUnit
\end_layout
\end_inset
.
\series bold
Note:
\series default
If you are using this approach, then every citation reference has to be
inside some
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:Code
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
btUnit
\end_layout
\end_inset
.
Also, the
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:Code
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
btUnit
\end_layout
\end_inset
s cannot be nested.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Section
Multipart
Documents
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsection
General Operation
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
When you are working on a large file with many sections, it is often convenient
to break up the document into several files, or perhaps you have something
where a table may change from time to time, but the preceding text does
not.
In these cases, you should seriously consider using
multipart
documents.
For example, scientific papers often have five major sections: the introduction
, observations, results, discussion, and conclusion.
Each of these could be its own separate LyX file, with one
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
master
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
file which contains the title, authors, abstract, references, etc., plus
the five included files.
It is important to note that each of these files is a full LyX file which
can be formatted and printed on its own, as well as included in a master
file.
Each of these files must have the same document class, however—don't attempt
to mix book classes with article classes.
You may also include
LaTeX
files; however, these files must not have their own preamble (i.
\begin_inset space \thinspace{}
\end_inset
g.
\begin_inset space \space{}
\end_inset
everything up to and including the
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:Code
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
\backslash
begin{document}
\end_layout
\end_inset
line as well as the
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:Code
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
\backslash
end{document}
\end_layout
\end_inset
line must be deleted) or else errors will be generated when you try to
make a
DVI
file.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
LyX allows you to include files quite easily with
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:MenuItem
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
Insert\SpecialChar \menuseparator
ChiId
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
Document
\end_layout
\end_inset
.
When you click on this selection a small box is inserted into the file
at the current cursor location.
Clicking on the box raises a dialog which allows you to select the file
to be included, and the method of its inclusion.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
The file selection box should by now be obvious.
The three inclusion methods are
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
include
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
,
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
input
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
, and
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
verbatim
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
.
The difference between
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
include
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
and
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
input
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
is really only meaningful to
LaTeXperts
, but the practical difference is that files which are
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
included
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
are typeset beginning on a new page, while files which are
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
inputted
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
are typeset starting on the current page.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Generally, the master file is converted into a full
LaTeX
file before typesetting, while the included files are converted to
LaTeX
files which do not have all the preamble information.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
A
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
verbatim
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
included file allows you to include a file typeset exactly as it appears
in the file, i.
\begin_inset space \thinspace{}
\end_inset
g.
\begin_inset space \space{}
\end_inset
in
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:Code
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
verbatim
\end_layout
\end_inset
mode, with the characters set in a fixed-width typewriter font.
Normally, spaces in this file are invisible, though two consecutive spaces
are conserved, unlike LyX's normal treatment of spaces.
However, setting the
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:MenuItem
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
Mark
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
spaces
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
in
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
output
\end_layout
\end_inset
checkbox
typesets a mark to unambiguously define the presence of a space.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsection
Cross-References Between Files
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
\begin_inset Box Shadowbox
position "t"
hor_pos "c"
has_inner_box 1
inner_pos "t"
use_parbox 0
width "100col%"
special "none"
height "1in"
height_special "totalheight"
status open
\begin_layout Plain Layout
This section is somewhat out of date.
Need to describe default master documents and how children are opened when
the master is.
[[
FIXME
]]
\end_layout
\end_inset
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
It is possible to set up cross-references between the different files.
First, open all the files in question: let's call them A and B in a two
file example, where B is included in A.
Let's say you insert a label in A, then want to reference it in B.
Open the cross-reference dialog in whilst in document B, and you can select
the
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
buffer
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
to use.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsection
Bibliography Lists in all
Subdocuments
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
\begin_inset Box Frameless
position "t"
hor_pos "c"
has_inner_box 1
inner_pos "t"
use_parbox 0
width "100col%"
special "none"
height "1in"
height_special "totalheight"
status open
\begin_layout Plain Layout
This section also needs updating.
There is now material about this on the
wiki
, and it could be copied here.
\end_layout
\end_inset
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Copy the bibliography list with all entries to all
subdocuments
and transform them to a comment.
This way LyX will find the
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:Code
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
.bib
\end_layout
\end_inset
-files and you can easily insert references without making the bibliography
list visible.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
As the bibliography list is in a comment,
LaTeX
won't use use it and the references will look like this: [?], instead of
like this: [1].
One solution is to use the
LaTeX
-package
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:Code
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
comment
\end_layout
\end_inset
that will only include comments by processing the files separately.
To do this, add in the
LaTeX
preamble of every
subdocument
the following:
\end_layout
\begin_layout LyX-Code
\backslash
usepackage
{comment}
\end_layout
\begin_layout LyX-Code
\backslash
includecomment
{comment}
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
See also
\begin_inset Flex URL
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
http://wiki.lyx.org/FAQ/Unsorted#toc31
\end_layout
\end_inset
.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Section
Fancy Headers and Footers
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
The default page layout is rather plain; for an
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:Code
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
article
\end_layout
\end_inset
document class, all you get is a centered page number at the bottom of
the page.
This document uses
KOMA
-script's book class, so it appears to be a bit fancier.
But to really put on a show, you need to set the document page style to
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
fancy
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
, as mentioned in the
\emph on
User Guide
\emph default
.
This section describes the
LaTeX
code you need to insert in your
LaTeX
preamble in order to get the desired effects.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
For more information on fancy headers, see the
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:Code
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
fancyhdr
\end_layout
\end_inset
package documentation.
This can be found in the file
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:Code
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
fancyhdr
.
dvi
\end_layout
\end_inset
, which should have been installed with your
LaTeX
distribution, or
\begin_inset CommandInset href
LatexCommand href
name "online"
target "http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/fancyhdr/"
\end_inset
.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
The page header is divided into three fields, not surprisingly labeled
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
left
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
,
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
center
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
, and
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
right
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
.
The footer is also divided into these three fields.
The
LaTeX
commands to set these fields in the simplest manner are
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:Code
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
\backslash
lhead
\end_layout
\end_inset
,
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:Code
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
\backslash
chead
\end_layout
\end_inset
,
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:Code
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
\backslash
rhead
\end_layout
\end_inset
,
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:Code
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
\backslash
lfoot
\end_layout
\end_inset
, etc.
Suppose you wish to put your name in the upper left hand corner of each
page.
Simply insert the following command in the preamble:
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
\family typewriter
\backslash
lhead
{John Q.
DocWriter
}
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
You will now see your name in the upper left.
If a field has a default entry that you would like to get rid of (often
the page number appears in the central footer, simply include a command
with a blank argument, e.
\begin_inset space \thinspace{}
\end_inset
g.:
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
\family typewriter
\backslash
cfoot
{}
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Let's get really fancy: lets put the section number with the word
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
Section
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
(e.
\begin_inset space \thinspace{}
\end_inset
g.
\begin_inset space \space{}
\end_inset
Section 3) in the upper left, the page number (e.
\begin_inset space \thinspace{}
\end_inset
g.
\begin_inset space \space{}
\end_inset
Page 4) in the upper right, your name in the lower left, and the date in
the lower right.
The following commands should now appear in the preamble:
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
\family typewriter
\backslash
lhead
{Section
\backslash
thesection
}
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
\family typewriter
\backslash
chead
{}
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
\family typewriter
\backslash
rhead
{Page
\backslash
thepage
}
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
\family typewriter
\backslash
lfoot
{John Q.
DocWriter
}
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
\family typewriter
\backslash
cfoot
{}
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
\family typewriter
\backslash
rfoot
{
\backslash
today}
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
The commands
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:Code
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
\backslash
thesection
\end_layout
\end_inset
and
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:Code
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
\backslash
thepage
\end_layout
\end_inset
access
LaTeX's
section and page counters, and so print out the current section and page
numbers.
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:Code
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
\backslash
today
\end_layout
\end_inset
simply prints out today's date.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
The thicknesses of the horizontal rules drawn beneath the header and above
the footer can also be modified.
If you don't want one of the rules, set its thickness to 0.
The header rule has a default thickness of 0.
4pt
, the footer rule is
0pt
.
Use commands
\family typewriter
\family default
like
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:Code
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
\backslash
renewcommand
{
\backslash
headrulewidth
}{0.
4pt
}
\end_layout
\end_inset
and
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:Code
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
\backslash
renewcommand
{
\backslash
footrulewidth
}{0.
4pt
}
\end_layout
\end_inset
to set the thicknesses.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
You can switch the header/footer settings on and off for individual pages
using commands like
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:Code
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
\backslash
thispagestyle
{empty}
\end_layout
\end_inset
,
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:Code
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
\backslash
thispagestyle
{plain}
\end_layout
\end_inset
, and
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:Code
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
\backslash
thispagestyle
{fancy}
\end_layout
\end_inset
.
Simply insert them in the text on the page you want changed and mark them
as TeX code.
In fact, title pages are marked as plain by default, while following pages
are marked fancy when using the global fancy setting.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
As a final example, it is possible to include an image in the header or
footer.
Suppose you want to put a company logo in the upper
lefthand
corner.
You might try something like
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
\family typewriter
\backslash
lhead
{
\backslash
resizebox
{
1in
}{!}{
\backslash
includegraphics
{logo.
eps
}}}
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
\noindent
(you may need to preface this with
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:Code
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
\noindent
\backslash
usepackage
{graphics}
\end_layout
\end_inset
if you don't include graphics elsewhere in your document).
\end_layout
\begin_layout Section
Itemize Bullet Selection
\begin_inset CommandInset label
LatexCommand label
name "sec:bullet"
\end_inset
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
by
\noun on
Allan Rae
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsection
Introduction
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
LyX provides
216
bullet shapes that can be accessed from a simple dialog.
Using this dialog you can easily specify what bullet shape to use at each
level of an itemized list.
These settings are document-wide so you won't be able to specify different
sets of bullets for different paragraphs.
\begin_inset Foot
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
Well, actually you can but you'll have to do it by hand.
\end_layout
\end_inset
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsection
How it looks
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Open the dialog by selecting the
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:MenuItem
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
Document\SpecialChar \menuseparator
Settings
\end_layout
\end_inset
menu item and then select the
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:MenuItem
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
Bullets
\end_layout
\end_inset
tab.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
The dialog provides you with a table of bullet shapes.
A column of buttons on the left of the table provides access to the six
different panels of bullet shapes.
The row of buttons across the top is used to select which bullet depth
you are changing.
A text entry under the table shows the currently selected bullet shape's
LaTeX
equivalent and this can be edited if desired.
If you do modify the text you will also need to specify any needed packages
in the
LaTeX
preamble.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
The six panels are divided up by the packages they require.
The following table shows the mappings from button name to
LaTeX
packages.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
\align center
\begin_inset Tabular
\begin_inset Text
\begin_layout Plain Layout
\family roman
\series medium
\shape up
\size normal
\emph off
\bar no
\noun off
\color none
Button
\end_layout
\end_inset
|
\begin_inset Text
\begin_layout Plain Layout
\family roman
\series medium
\shape up
\size normal
\emph off
\bar no
\noun off
\color none
Packages Required
\end_layout
\end_inset
|
\begin_inset Text
\begin_layout Plain Layout
\family sans
\series medium
\shape up
\size normal
\emph off
\bar no
\noun off
\color none
Standard
\end_layout
\end_inset
|
\begin_inset Text
\begin_layout Plain Layout
\series medium
\shape up
\size normal
\emph off
\bar no
\noun off
\color none
base
LaTeX
\end_layout
\end_inset
|
\begin_inset Text
\begin_layout Plain Layout
\family sans
\series medium
\shape up
\size normal
\emph off
\bar no
\noun off
\color none
Maths
\end_layout
\end_inset
|
\begin_inset Text
\begin_layout Plain Layout
\family typewriter
\series medium
\shape up
\size normal
\emph off
\bar no
\noun off
\color none
amssymb
.sty
\end_layout
\end_inset
|
\begin_inset Text
\begin_layout Plain Layout
\family sans
\series medium
\shape up
\size normal
\emph off
\bar no
\noun off
\color none
Ding1
\end_layout
\end_inset
|
\begin_inset Text
\begin_layout Plain Layout
\family typewriter
\series medium
\shape up
\size normal
\emph off
\bar no
\noun off
\color none
pifont
.sty
\end_layout
\end_inset
|
\begin_inset Text
\begin_layout Plain Layout
\family sans
\series medium
\shape up
\size normal
\emph off
\bar no
\noun off
\color none
Ding2
\end_layout
\end_inset
|
\begin_inset Text
\begin_layout Plain Layout
\family typewriter
\series medium
\shape up
\size normal
\emph off
\bar no
\noun off
\color none
pifont
.sty
\end_layout
\end_inset
|
\begin_inset Text
\begin_layout Plain Layout
\family sans
\series medium
\shape up
\size normal
\emph off
\bar no
\noun off
\color none
Ding3
\end_layout
\end_inset
|
\begin_inset Text
\begin_layout Plain Layout
\family typewriter
\series medium
\shape up
\size normal
\emph off
\bar no
\noun off
\color none
pifont
.sty
\end_layout
\end_inset
|
\begin_inset Text
\begin_layout Plain Layout
\family sans
\series medium
\shape up
\size normal
\emph off
\bar no
\noun off
\color none
Ding4
\end_layout
\end_inset
|
\begin_inset Text
\begin_layout Plain Layout
\family typewriter
\series medium
\shape up
\size normal
\emph off
\bar no
\noun off
\color none
pifont
.sty
\end_layout
\end_inset
|
\end_inset
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
LyX doesn't stop you using bullets from packages you don't have.
If you get errors from
LaTeX
when you try to view or print the file, then it is likely you are missing
a package.
\begin_inset Foot
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
LyX doesn't restrict your use since you may be editing locally and exporting
elsewhere.
\end_layout
\end_inset
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsection
How to use it
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Select which bullet depth you want to change then select the bullet shape
and size.
Any changes will not be visible in LyX, but are visible when viewing the
document.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
You can reset a bullet shape to the default simply by clicking your right
mouse button on the appropriate bullet depth button.
\begin_inset Foot
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
If you
\emph on
really
\emph default
want to have multiple sets of paragraphs with different sets of bullets
in each, then you're going to have to get your hands dirty with TeX code.
The bullet selection dialog can help though because it provides you with
the
LaTeX
code for a wide range of bullet shapes.
To make your own custom paragraphs you have the following options:
\end_layout
\begin_layout Plain Layout
\begin_inset ERT
status open
\begin_layout Plain Layout
\backslash
let
\backslash
savelabelitemi=
\backslash
labelitemi
\end_layout
\end_inset
\end_layout
\begin_layout Plain Layout
\begin_inset ERT
status open
\begin_layout Plain Layout
\backslash
renewcommand
\backslash
labelitemi[0]{
\backslash
small
\backslash
(
\backslash
sharp
\backslash
)}
\end_layout
\end_inset
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
Use the
LaTeX
command
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:Code
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
\backslash
renewcommand
{}{}
\end_layout
\end_inset
to specify a new bullet shape for a given depth.
You'll also need to save the current bullet shape so you can restore it
again
afterwards
.
In this itemized list the following
LaTeX
code was used to change the bullet used for the first depth.
\end_layout
\begin_deeper
\begin_layout LyX-Code
\backslash
let
\backslash
savelabelitemi
=
\backslash
labelitemi
\end_layout
\begin_layout LyX-Code
\backslash
renewcommand
\backslash
labelitemi
[0]{
\backslash
small
\backslash
(
\backslash
sharp
\backslash
)}
\end_layout
\end_deeper
\begin_layout Itemize
Note that the itemize depth is specified in Roman numerals as part of the
\family typewriter
\backslash
labelitem
\family default
command.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\begin_inset ERT
status open
\begin_layout Plain Layout
[
\backslash
(
\backslash
star
\backslash
)]
\end_layout
\end_inset
Specify each individual entry by starting each item with the bullet shape
enclosed in square brackets and set as
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:MenuItem
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
TeX Code
\end_layout
\end_inset
.
For example, this item was started with
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:Code
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
[
\backslash
(
\backslash
star
\backslash
)]
\end_layout
\end_inset
.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Plain Layout
\begin_inset ERT
status open
\begin_layout Plain Layout
\backslash
renewcommand
\backslash
labelitemi[0]{
\backslash
savelabelitemi}
\end_layout
\end_inset
\end_layout
\begin_layout Plain Layout
You'll also need to revert the
labelitem
back to its previous setting for the global bullet shape settings to remain
in effect.
The way used here was:
\end_layout
\begin_layout LyX-Code
\backslash
renewcommand
\backslash
labelitemi
[0]{
\backslash
savelabelitemi
}
\end_layout
\end_inset
\end_layout
\begin_layout Chapter
The LyX Server
\end_layout
\begin_layout Section
Introduction
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
The `LyX
server'
allows other programs to talk to LyX, invoke LyX commands, and retrieve
information about the LyX internal state.
This is only intended for advanced users, but they should find it useful.
It is by writing to the LyX server, for example, that bibliography managers,
such as
JabRef
, are able to
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
push
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
citations to LyX.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Please note that, at present,
\emph on
the server does not work
natively
on Windows
\emph default
\begin_inset Foot
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
There is no reason it cannot do so.
But none of the developers on Windows have yet implemented this functionality
there.
\end_layout
\end_inset
but it does work with
Cygwin
versions of LyX.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Section
Starting the LyX Server
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
The LyX server works through the use of a pair of named pipes.
These are usually located in
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:Code
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
UserDir
\end_layout
\end_inset
and have the names
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:Code
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
lyxpipe
.in
\end_layout
\end_inset
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
and
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:Code
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
lyxpipe
.out
\end_layout
\end_inset
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
.
External programs write into
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:Code
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
.
lyxpipe
.in
\end_layout
\end_inset
and read back data from
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:Code
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
.
lyxpipe
.out
\end_layout
\end_inset
.
The stem of the pipe names can be defined in the
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:MenuItem
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
Tools\SpecialChar \menuseparator
Preferences
\end_layout
\end_inset
dialog, for example
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:Code
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
"/home/
myhome
/
lyxpipe
"
\end_layout
\end_inset
.
You
\emph on
must
\emph default
configure this manually in order for the server to start.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
LyX will add the '
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:Code
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
.in
\end_layout
\end_inset
' and '
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:Code
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
.out
\end_layout
\end_inset
' to create the pipes.
If one of the pipes already exists, LyX will assume that another LyX process
is already running and will not start the server.
If for some other reason, an unused
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
stale
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
pipe is left in existence when LyX closes, then LyX will try to delete
it.
If this fails for some reason, you will need to delete the pipes manually
and then restart LyX.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
To have several LyX processes with servers at the same time, you have to
use different configurations, perhaps by using separate user directories,
each with its own
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:Code
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
preferences
\end_layout
\end_inset
file, for each process.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
If you are developing a client program, you might find it useful to enable
debugging information from the LyX server.
Do this by starting LyX as
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:Code
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
lyx
-
dbg
lyxserver
\end_layout
\end_inset
.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
You can find a complete example client written in C in the source distribution
as
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:Code
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
development/
lyxserver
/server_monitor.c
\end_layout
\end_inset
.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Another useful tool is command-line based client you will find in
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:Code
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
src
/client/
lyxclient
\end_layout
\end_inset
.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Section
Normal communication
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
To issue a LyX call, the client writes a line of ASCII text into the input
pipe.
This line has the following format:
\end_layout
\begin_layout Quote
LYXCMD
:
\emph on
clientname
\emph default
:
\emph on
function
\emph default
:
\emph on
argument
\end_layout
\begin_layout Description
clientname
is a name that the client can choose arbitrarily.
Its only use is that LyX will echo it if it sends an answer—so a client
can dispatch results from different
requesters
.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Description
function is the function you want LyX to perform.
It is the same as the commands you'd use in the
minibuffer
.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Description
argument is an optional argument which is meaningful only to some functions
(for instance, the
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
self-insert
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
LFUN
will insert the argument as text at the cursor position).
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
The answer from LyX will arrive in the output pipe and be of the form
\end_layout
\begin_layout Quote
INFO:
\emph on
clientname
\emph default
:
\emph on
function
\emph default
:
\emph on
data
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
where
\emph on
clientname
\emph default
and
\emph on
function
\emph default
are just echoed from the command request, while
\emph on
data
\emph default
is more or less useful information filled according to how the command
execution worked out.
Some commands, such as
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
font-state
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
, will return information about the internal state of LyX, while other will
return an empty data-response.
This means that the command execution went fine.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
In case of errors, the response from LyX will have this form
\end_layout
\begin_layout Quote
ERROR:
\emph on
clientname
\emph default
:
\emph on
function
\emph default
:
\emph on
error message
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
where the
\emph on
error message
\emph default
should contain an explanation of why the command failed.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Examples:
\end_layout
\begin_layout LyX-Code
echo "
LYXCMD
:test:beginning-of-buffer:" >~/.
lyxpipe
.in
\begin_inset Newline newline
\end_inset
echo "
LYXCMD
:test:get-
xy
:" >~/.
lyxpipe
.in
\begin_inset Newline newline
\end_inset
read a <~/.
lyxpipe
.out
\begin_inset Newline newline
\end_inset
echo $a
\end_layout
\begin_layout Section
Notification
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
LyX can notify clients of events going on asynchronously.
Currently it will only do this if the user binds a key sequence with the
function
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
notify
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
.
The format of the string LyX sends is as follows:
\end_layout
\begin_layout Quote
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:Code
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
NOTIFY:
\end_layout
\end_inset
\emph on
key-sequence
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
where
\emph on
key-sequence
\emph default
is the printed representation of the key sequence that was actually typed
by the user.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
This mechanism can be used to extend LyX's command set and implement macros.
Bind some key sequence to
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
notify
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
.
Then start a client that listens on the output pipe, dispatches the command
according to the sequence, and starts a function that may use LyX calls
and LyX requests to issue a command or a series of commands to LyX.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Section
The simple LyX Server Protocol
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
LyX implements a simple protocol that can be used for session management.
All messages are of the form
\end_layout
\begin_layout Quote
LYXSRV
:
\emph on
clientname
\emph default
:
\emph on
protocol message
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
where
\emph on
protocol message
\emph default
can be
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
hello
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
or
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
bye
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
.
If
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
hello
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
is received from a client, LyX will report back to inform the client that
it's listening to it's messages, while
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
bye
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
sent from LyX will inform clients that LyX is closing.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Section
Reverse
DVI
/
PDF
search
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Some
DVI
/
PDF
viewers
\begin_inset Foot
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
The following viewers offer the reverse
PDF
search feature:
Okular
on
KDE
/Linux, Skim on Mac
OSX
and
SumatraPDF
on Windows.
\end_layout
\end_inset
provide
\emph on
reverse search
\emph default
facility (also called
\emph on
inverse search
\emph default
).
This means that you can tell LyX to put the cursor to a specific line in
the document by clicking at the respective position in the
DVI
/
PDF
output.
To achieve this, the viewer must be able to communicate with LyX.
This is done via the LyX server either by using the named pipe (
\emph on
lyxpipe
\emph default
), or the UNIX domain socket (
\emph on
lyxsocket
\emph default
) that LyX creates in its temporary directory (this is the way the
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:Code
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
lyxclient
\end_layout
\end_inset
program communicates with LyX).
In some cases, you need a helper script that mediates between the viewer
and LyX, in others, the viewer can communicate with LyX directly.
This depends on the selected viewer and on your operating system.
The same applies to the way viewers need to be configured and the way the
reverse search is actually performed.
In what follows, we will thus describe how to setup reverse search for
specific viewers.
Before we turn to this, though, we will explain what needs to be done generally
to enable reverse search in the
DVI
/
PDF
output.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsection
Enabling reverse search
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
LaTeX
provides several different methods for reverse search.
Some are built-in in the
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:Code
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
latex/
pdflatex
\end_layout
\end_inset
program, some are provided by external packages.
Your choice depends on whether your
LaTeX
distribution already provides a given method (the built-in methods are
rather new) and whether your viewer can cope with it.
The available methods are described in the following.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsubsection*
Built-in
DVI
-search via
src
-specials (
DVI
only)
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
This method provides the
DVI
file with the necessary information for reverse search.
It is available in
LaTeX
since quite some time (any somewhat recent
LaTeX
distribution should include it), and it works reliably.
To enable it, change the
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:MenuItem
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
LaT
\begin_inset ERT
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
{}
\end_layout
\end_inset
eX
(plain)->
DVI
\end_layout
\end_inset
or
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:MenuItem
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
LaT
\begin_inset ERT
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
{}
\end_layout
\end_inset
eX
(plain)->
DraftDVI
\end_layout
\end_inset
converter in
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:MenuItem
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
Preferences\SpecialChar \menuseparator
File Handling\SpecialChar \menuseparator
Converters
\end_layout
\end_inset
to
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:Code
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
latex -
src
-specials $$i
\end_layout
\end_inset
.
If this doesn't work, check if your TeX engine needs different options
(the syntax might differ in some distributions).
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsubsection*
External Packages (
PDFSync
and
scrltx
)
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
The packages
\emph on
pdfsync
\emph default
and
\emph on
scrltx
\emph default
provide reverse search facility for
PDF
output (via
pdflatex
) and
DVI
output, respectively.
In order to enable it, load the packages in the LyX preamble:
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:Code
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
\backslash
usepackage
{
pdfsync
}
\end_layout
\end_inset
for reverse
PDF
search,
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:Code
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
\backslash
usepackage
[active]{
srcltx
}
\end_layout
\end_inset
for reverse
DVI
search.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
If you want to be able to perform both
DVI
and
PDF
reverse searches, you can also insert in the preamble the following lines
\end_layout
\begin_layout LyX-Code
\backslash
usepackage
{
ifpdf
}
\begin_inset Newline newline
\end_inset
\backslash
ifpdf
\begin_inset Newline newline
\end_inset
\backslash
usepackage
{
pdfsync
}
\begin_inset Newline newline
\end_inset
\backslash
else
\begin_inset Newline newline
\end_inset
\backslash
usepackage
[active]{
srcltx
}
\begin_inset Newline newline
\end_inset
\backslash
fi
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
This way, you can preview the file as either
DVI
or
PDF
(
pdflatex
) and the right package will be used.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Note that
PDFSync
might affect the output layout of your document.
It is therefore advised to disable
PDFsync
for final documents.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsubsection*
Built-in reverse search via
SyncTeX
(
DVI
and
PDF
)
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Recent versions of
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:Code
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
(
pdf
)latex
\end_layout
\end_inset
have built-in support for both
PDF
and
DVI
reverse search.
This so-called
\emph on
SyncTeX
\emph default
facility is basically the result of the integration of the
PDFSync
package to the
pdftex
program and its merge with the
\emph on
scr
-specials
\emph default
approach.
You need at least
TeXLive
2008
or a recent
MikTeX
distribution in order to use it.
Also note that only a few
PDF
viewers (Skim on the Mac,
SumatraPDF
on Windows) already provide
SyncTeX
support.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
To enable
SyncTeX
for
DVI
output, change the
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:MenuItem
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
LaT
\begin_inset ERT
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
{}
\end_layout
\end_inset
eX
(plain) ->
DVI
\end_layout
\end_inset
or
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:MenuItem
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
LaT
\begin_inset ERT
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
{}
\end_layout
\end_inset
eX
(plain) ->
DraftDVI
\end_layout
\end_inset
converter in
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:MenuItem
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
Preferences\SpecialChar \menuseparator
File Handling\SpecialChar \menuseparator
Converters
\end_layout
\end_inset
to
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:Code
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
latex -
synctex
=1 $$i
\end_layout
\end_inset
, and for
PDF
output, change the
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:MenuItem
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
LaT
\begin_inset ERT
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
{}
\end_layout
\end_inset
eX
(
pdflatex
) ->
PDF
(
pdflatex
)
\end_layout
\end_inset
or converter to
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:Code
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
pdflatex
-
synctex
=1 $$i
\end_layout
\end_inset
.
Check the documentation of your viewer whether the viewer needs to be configure
d for the use with
SyncTeX
.
\begin_inset Foot
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
The
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:Code
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
-
synctex
=1
\end_layout
\end_inset
option enables
gzip
compression.
If your viewer does not support it, you should instead use
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:Code
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
-
synctex
=-1
\end_layout
\end_inset
.
\end_layout
\end_inset
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsection
Configuring and using specific viewers
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsubsection*
Xdvi
(all platforms)
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
If you use
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:Code
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
xdvi
\end_layout
\end_inset
, you don't need to do anything else for performing a reverse
DVI
search, as LyX already provides the necessary hooks for automatically using
the
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:Code
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
lyxclient
\end_layout
\end_inset
program.
Just setup your document as described above (reverse search is triggered
by
Ctrl
-click or Alt-click on Mac
OSX
, respectively).
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
However, if for whatever reason you want to use the named pipe instead of
the socket for communicating with LyX, simply change the
DVI
viewer in
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:MenuItem
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
Preferences\SpecialChar \menuseparator
File Handling\SpecialChar \menuseparator
File formats
\end_layout
\end_inset
to
\begin_inset Foot
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
On Mac
OSX
you have to use
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:Code
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
DISPLAY=:0.0
xdvi
-editor
'lyxeditor
.sh %f %
l'
\end_layout
\end_inset
\end_layout
\end_inset
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:Code
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
xdvi
-editor
'lyxeditor
.sh %f %
l'
\end_layout
\end_inset
, where
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:Code
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
lyxeditor
.sh
\end_layout
\end_inset
is a suitable script.
For example, a minimal shell script is the following one:
\end_layout
\begin_layout LyX-Code
#!/bin/sh
\begin_inset Newline newline
\end_inset
LYXPIPE
="/path/to/
lyxpipe
"
\begin_inset Newline newline
\end_inset
COMMAND="
LYXCMD
:
revdvi
:server-
goto
-file-row:$1 $2"
\begin_inset Newline newline
\end_inset
echo "$COMMAND" > "${
LYXPIPE
}".in || exit
\begin_inset Newline newline
\end_inset
read < "${
LYXPIPE
}".out || exit
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
where
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:Code
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
/path/to/
lyxpipe
\end_layout
\end_inset
is the Ly
\begin_inset ERT
status open
\begin_layout Plain Layout
{}
\end_layout
\end_inset
XServer
pipe path specified in
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:MenuItem
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
Preferences\SpecialChar \menuseparator
Paths
\end_layout
\end_inset
.
\begin_inset Foot
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
In the
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:Code
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
development/tools
\end_layout
\end_inset
folder of a source distribution you can find a
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:Code
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
lyxeditor
\end_layout
\end_inset
script which is able to locate the
\emph on
lyxpipe
\emph default
based on your preferences.
\end_layout
\end_inset
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsubsection*
MacDviX
(Mac
OSX
)
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
At the end of
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:Code
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
/Applications/
MacDviX
_Folder/
calleditor
.script
\end_layout
\end_inset
, add the following lines:
\end_layout
\begin_layout LyX-Code
/Applications/Ly
\begin_inset ERT
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
{}
\end_layout
\end_inset
X.app/Contents/
MacOS
/
lyxeditor
"$2" $1
\begin_inset Newline newline
\end_inset
exit 1
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Modify the lines accordingly if you install LyX somewhere else than in the
Applications folder.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Reverse search is triggered by Alt-click (OPTION-click).
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsubsection*
Skim (Mac
OSX
)
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Enter
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:Code
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
open -a Skim.app $$i
\end_layout
\end_inset
to the viewer setting in
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:MenuItem
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
Preferences\SpecialChar \menuseparator
File Handling\SpecialChar \menuseparator
File formats\SpecialChar \menuseparator
PDF
(
pdflatex
)
\end_layout
\end_inset
, and then in
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:MenuItem
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
Skim\SpecialChar \menuseparator
Preferences\SpecialChar \menuseparator
Sync
\end_layout
\end_inset
select Ly
\begin_inset ERT
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
{}
\end_layout
\end_inset
X.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Reverse search is triggered by COMMAND-SHIFT-click
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsubsection*
Okular
(
KDE
)
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Go to
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:MenuItem
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
Settings\SpecialChar \menuseparator
Configure
Okular
\SpecialChar \ldots{}
\SpecialChar \menuseparator
Editor
\end_layout
\end_inset
, select
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
Custom Text Editor
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
and add the command
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:Code
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
lyxclient
-g %f %l
\end_layout
\end_inset
.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Reverse search is triggered by SHIFT-click.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsubsection*
YAP (
Cygwin
)
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Launch yap, choose its
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:MenuItem
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
View\SpecialChar \menuseparator
Options
\end_layout
\end_inset
menu and select the
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
Inverse
DVI
Search
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
tab.
Click on the
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
New\SpecialChar \ldots{}
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
button and, in the window that opens, enter
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
LyX Editor
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
(or any other name you like) in the
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
Name:
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
field.
Now click on the button labeled
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
\SpecialChar \ldots{}
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
to open a file dialog and navigate to the directory containing the batch
file
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:Code
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
lyxeditor
.bat
\end_layout
\end_inset
(see below).
Select
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:Code
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
lyxeditor
.bat
\end_layout
\end_inset
and then specify the program arguments as
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:Code
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
%f %l
\end_layout
\end_inset
if you want to use the shell script above, or as
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:Code
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
-g %f %l
\end_layout
\end_inset
if you want to use the
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:Code
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
lyxclient
\end_layout
\end_inset
program.
Since yap is a native Windows application, the
filename
it provides should be converted to
POSIX
style before being passed to
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:Code
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
lyxeditor
.sh
\end_layout
\end_inset
or
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:Code
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
lyxclient
\end_layout
\end_inset
, and this is the purpose of the
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:Code
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
lyxeditor
.bat
\end_layout
\end_inset
wrapper, which is as follows:
\end_layout
\begin_layout LyX-Code
@echo off
\begin_inset Newline newline
\end_inset
if "%1" == "-g"
goto
lyxclient
\begin_inset Newline newline
\end_inset
bash -c
'lyxeditor
.sh $(
cygpath
-a "%1") %
2'
\begin_inset Newline newline
\end_inset
exit
\begin_inset Newline newline
\end_inset
:
lyxclient
\begin_inset Newline newline
\end_inset
bash -c
'lyxclient
%1 $(
cygpath
-a "%2") %
3'
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
You have to make sure that both
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:Code
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
lyxeditor
.sh
\end_layout
\end_inset
and
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:Code
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
lyxclient
.
exe
\end_layout
\end_inset
are in the command PATH, otherwise you have to use their full
posix
path in the above batch file.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
In yap, reverse search is triggered by double-click.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsubsection*
SumatraPDF
(
Cygwin
)
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
In
SumatraPDF
, you can set the name of the program that communicates with LyX by simply
launching
SumatraPDF
as
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:Code
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
SumatraPDF
-inverse-search "
lyxeditor
.bat -g %f %l"
\end_layout
\end_inset
and then quit.
The program will remember the setting and using the
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:Code
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
-inverse-search
\end_layout
\end_inset
option will not be needed from now on
\begin_inset Foot
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
It has been reported that
SumatraPDF
is not able to remember the settings if it is installed in the Program
Files system folder.
This problem can be avoided by installing it somewhere else, for example
in
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:Code
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
/
usr
/local/bin
\end_layout
\end_inset
.
\end_layout
\end_inset
(in this way you will be using the
lyxsocket
; omit the
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:Code
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
-g
\end_layout
\end_inset
option if you want to use the
lyxpipe
and be sure that the
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:Code
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
lyxeditor
.sh
\end_layout
\end_inset
script is in your command PATH).
If
SumatraPDF
is not your default
PDF
viewer, you should enter
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:Code
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
SumatraPDF
.sh
\end_layout
\end_inset
in the viewer setting in
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:MenuItem
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
Preferences\SpecialChar \menuseparator
File Handling\SpecialChar \menuseparator
File formats\SpecialChar \menuseparator
PDF
(
pdflatex
)
\end_layout
\end_inset
, where
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:Code
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
SumatraPDF
.sh
\end_layout
\end_inset
is the following script (to be placed in your command PATH,
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:Code
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
/
usr
/local/bin
\end_layout
\end_inset
being the best choice):
\end_layout
\begin_layout LyX-Code
#!/bin/bash
\begin_inset Newline newline
\end_inset
cd
$(
dirname
$1)
\begin_inset Newline newline
\end_inset
SumatraPDF
.
exe
$(
basename
$1)
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
This is needed because
SumatraPDF
is a native Windows application and does not understand the
posix
paths used by the
Cygwin
version of LyX.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Reverse search is triggered by double-click.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Chapter
Special Document Classes
\end_layout
\begin_layout Section
A&A Paper
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
by
\noun on
Peter
Sütterlin
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsection
Introduction
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
This section describes how LyX can be used to write articles for submission
to the scientific journal
\emph on
Astronomy and Astrophysics
\emph default
(
www
.
edpsciences
.fr/
aa
/
\begin_inset Flex URL
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
http://www.edpsciences.fr/aa/
\end_layout
\end_inset
) using Version 5.
01
of the document class
\family typewriter
aa
.
cls
\family default
.
This package can be downloaded from the ftp site
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
\begin_inset VSpace medskip
\end_inset
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
\align center
\begin_inset Flex URL
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
ftp://ftp.edpsciences.org/pub/aa/readme.html
\end_layout
\end_inset
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
\begin_inset VSpace medskip
\end_inset
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
A manual comes together with that package, and this text is not meant to
replace the original manual but merely a short guide how to realize the
correct form of your paper.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Please note that the publisher of the journal was changed from Springer
to EDP Sciences starting January 1,
2001
.
That change implicated also some slight changes of the style files, namely
the removal of the thesaurus command.
The LyX class
aa
supports the newest version of these style files, V 5.
01
.
If you have an older version installed, please upgrade.
For compatibility, the old (version 4) layout has been kept as
\family sans
article (A&A
V4
)
\family default
.
Please refer to the comments in
\family typewriter
LyXDir
/layouts/
aapaper
.layout
\family default
.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsection
Getting started
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
It is recommended you start from the example template distributed with LyX.
If you are not using a template, note the following settings:
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
Select
\family sans
article (A&A)
\family default
in the
\family sans
Document\SpecialChar \menuseparator
Settings
\family default
dialog (OK, that one was obvious).
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
Don't change the option
\family sans
Page
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
style
\family default
: Leave it set to
\family sans
default
\family default
.
The whole layout is done by the macros, you shouldn't change anything.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsection
The header block
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
First thing to enter is the header information.
It consists of seven entries, of which some are optional.
They are
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
Title
\family default
: [required]
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
Subtitle
\family default
: [optional]
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
Author
\family default
: [required]
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
Address
\family default
: [required]
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
Offprints
\family default
: [optional] if more than one author: whom to contact for offprint requests.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
Mail
\family default
: [optional] mail address for contacts.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
Date
\family default
: [required].
Suggested format is
\family typewriter
Received: ; Accepted
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
There is no need to issue the
\family typewriter
\backslash
maketitle
\family default
command, this is done automatically by LyX when the header is finished.
Although the order of the single header entries doesn't matter it is advised
to keep the above sequence, just to get the best optics and meets the layout
of the real document.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
If you want to place footnotes in the header block, e.
\begin_inset space \thinspace{}
\end_inset
g.
\begin_inset space \space{}
\end_inset
to state your present address, just use the standard footnote via the menu
\family sans
Insert\SpecialChar \menuseparator
Footnote.
\family default
LyX will
automagically
use the term
\family typewriter
\backslash
thanks{}
\family default
in that case.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
In addition to these topics, the macros use three additional
LaTeX
commands that have no counterpart in LyX:
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family typewriter
\backslash
and
\family default
to separate different names for more than one author and institute, respectivel
y.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family typewriter
\backslash
inst{<
nr
>}
\family default
to mark corresponding author/institute pairs.
The institutes are numbered sequentially as they appear in the
\family sans
Address
\family default
field, so you have to put a marker to each author.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family typewriter
\backslash
email{address}
\family default
to supply an email address for fast contact.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
In all cases, the appropriate command has to be entered in LyX and marked
as
LaTeX
code.
See the examples.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsection
The abstract
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
The abstract should immediately follow the header block.
With version 5 the abstract environment was changed to a command, and there
is now a
resctriction
to only one paragraph.
In addition, it should contain an entry with the keywords.
This is not yet implemented for LyX, therefore you have to enter the
LaTeX
command
\family typewriter
\backslash
keywords{}
\family default
by hand and mark it as
LaTeX
code.
Refer to the example paper.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsection
Supported environments
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
The A&A paper layout supports the following environments for structuring
your text:
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
Standard
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
Section
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
Subsection
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
Subsubsection
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
Itemize
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
Enumerate
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
Description
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
Caption
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
Abstract
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
Acknowledgment
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
Bibliography
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
LaTeX
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsection
Commands not supported by LyX
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Some commands are not yet supported by the
\family sans
paper (A&A)
\family default
layout for LyX.
Some have already been mentioned.
For the sake of completeness, they are listed all together here:
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family typewriter
\backslash
and
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family typewriter
\backslash
email
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family typewriter
\backslash
appendix
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family typewriter
\backslash
authorrunning
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family typewriter
\backslash
inst{}
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family typewriter
\backslash
keywords{}
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family typewriter
\backslash
object{}
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family typewriter
\backslash
titlerunning
{}
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
If you want to use any of these commands, you have to enter them yourself.
\series bold
Do not forget to mark them as
LaTeX
code!
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsection
Figure and Table Floats
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
LyX provides support for the necessary float environments
\family sans
figure, figure*, table
\family default
and
\family sans
table*
\family default
, therefore we won't tell much about it here.
Refer to the
\emph on
User's
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
Guide
\emph default
.
Just remember that tables should be left-aligned.
For that, select the table and change the alignment in
\family sans
Edit\SpecialChar \menuseparator
Paragraph
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
Settings.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
There is only one special thing: the figures with caption besides the figure.
To create such a figure, you have to do the following:
\end_layout
\begin_layout Enumerate
Create a wide figure float:
\family sans
Insert\SpecialChar \menuseparator
Float\SpecialChar \menuseparator
Figure
\family default
, then right click in the figure and select
\family sans
\bar under
S
\bar default
pan
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
columns
\family default
.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Enumerate
Enter your caption text.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Enumerate
Press
\family sans
Return
\family default
to move the cursor above the caption.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Enumerate
Insert your figure
\end_layout
\begin_layout Enumerate
Position the cursor behind the figure and insert a horizontal fill:
\family sans
Insert\SpecialChar \menuseparator
Special
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
Character\SpecialChar \menuseparator
Horizontal
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
Fill
\family default
.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Enumerate
Switch to
LaTeX
mode:
\family sans
M-c
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
t
\family default
.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Enumerate
Enter
\family typewriter
\backslash
parbox
[b]{
55mm
}{
\family default
.
\series bold
Do not close the brace!
\end_layout
\begin_layout Enumerate
Position the cursor behind the caption text, switch to
LaTeX
mode and insert the closing brace:
\family sans
M-c
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
t
\family default
\family typewriter
}
\family default
.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Also, refer to the figures in the example paper.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsection
Referee layout
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
For submission, the paper has to be
formated
in a special double-spacing layout.
For this purpose, you have to give the option
\family typewriter
referee
\family default
to the
documentclass
.
This must be done using the extra class options field in the
\family sans
Document\SpecialChar \menuseparator
Settings
\family default
dialog.
Just enter the string
\family typewriter
referee
\family default
there.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsection
The example paper
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
The
\family sans
Examples
\family default
directory contains an example paper written with LyX.
It is the example paper from the original macro package, translated to
LyX.
Use it for inspiration, and compare the original
LaTeX
code with LyX way of writing.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Section
AASTeX
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
by
\noun on
Mike
Ressler
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsection
Introduction
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
AASTeX
is a set of macros produced by the American Astronomical Society to facilitate
electronic manuscript submission to the three journals they publish: the
Astrophysical Journal (including the Letters and Supplement), the Astronomical
Journal, and the Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific.
LyX has
proven
to be an excellent tool for generating these documents, especially given
its equation, citation, and figure handling capabilities.
LyX requires version 5.0 (or higher) of these macros; preferably 5.2, which
is the version described here, or higher.
Versions prior to 5.0 are intended for use with
LaTeX2
.
09
and are fundamentally incompatible with LyX.
The
AASTeX
package may be downloaded from the
AASTeX
Web site
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
\begin_inset VSpace medskip
\end_inset
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
\align center
\begin_inset Flex URL
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/AAS/AASTeX
\end_layout
\end_inset
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
\begin_inset VSpace medskip
\end_inset
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
A complete user guide is contained in that package and you should familiarize
yourself with it thoroughly before embarking on writing a paper in LyX.
LyX will not reduce the need to figure out all the
AASTeX
commands, it will only reduce the drudgery of typing everything in.
It is your responsibility to ensure that the final exported
LaTeX
document conforms completely to the requirements of the journal to which
you are submitting your paper.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsection
Starting a New Paper
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
I strongly suggest that you start with the
AASTeX
template file.
Click on
\family sans
File\SpecialChar \menuseparator
New from
\family default
\family sans
Template
\family default
, enter the new file name, then choose the
\family typewriter
aastex
.
lyx
\family default
template.
This will show the most common fields found in a manuscript.
Simply overwrite the existing text (including the brackets,
\family typewriter
<>
\family default
) with the correct information.
Many of the
AASTeX
commands and environments can be implemented directly in LyX, but some
cannot: most noticeably
\family typewriter
\backslash
altaffilmark
\family default
and
\family typewriter
\backslash
altaffiltext
\family default
, which should stick out like a sore thumb if you actually just opened the
template file.
For commands such as these, the
LaTeX
code must be entered directly and marked as such.
Such commands are referred to as TeX code, or Evil Red Text.
I tried to minimize the amount of TeX code needed in an
AASTeX
document, but there is still a bit more required than any of us would like.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsection
Finishing Your Paper
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
When the paper is finished to your satisfaction and previews/prints correctly,
there are a few
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
postprocessing
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
actions which need to be done before you submit it to the journals.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Enumerate
Export your paper as a
LaTeX
file (
\family sans
File\SpecialChar \menuseparator
Export\SpecialChar \menuseparator
LaTeX
\family default
).
\end_layout
\begin_layout Enumerate
Edit the resulting
\family typewriter
.
tex
\family default
file with your favorite text editor
\end_layout
\begin_deeper
\begin_layout Enumerate
remove the comment lines before the
\family typewriter
\backslash
documentclass
\family default
command
\end_layout
\begin_layout Enumerate
remove the
\family typewriter
\backslash
usepackage
...{
fontenc
}
\family default
line if it appears (usually just after
\family typewriter
\backslash
documentclass
\family default
}; also remove the
\family typewriter
\backslash
secnumdepth
\family default
line if it appears.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Enumerate
remove everything between (and including) the
\family typewriter
\backslash
makeatletter
\family default
and
\family typewriter
\backslash
makeatother
\family default
commands, except for any commands you specifically put into the
LaTeX
preamble (which should appear immediately after the
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
User specified
LaTeX
commands
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
comment in the
\family typewriter
.
tex
\family default
file).
\end_layout
\end_deeper
\begin_layout Enumerate
Run the resulting file through
LaTeX
to make sure it still processes correctly.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Enumerate
Reread the journal requirements to make sure your
filenames
and formats are correct.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Enumerate
Submit it.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsection
Comments On Specific Commands
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
I will not describe the detailed usage of the individual
AASTeX
commands: the
AASTeX
User Guide (
\family typewriter
aasguide
.
tex
\family default
) gives a good description of each.
Thus it's probably easiest for me to go down the list as found in the guide
and offer comments where necessary.
So let's begin \SpecialChar \ldots{}
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsubsection
Things that work as expected
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
\begin_inset ERT
status open
\begin_layout Plain Layout
\backslash
begin{sloppypar}
\end_layout
\end_inset
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Because they work as you might expect, I simply list them and the section
they are found in:
\family typewriter
\backslash
documentclass
\family default
(2.1.1),
\family typewriter
\backslash
begin{document}
\family default
(2.2),
\family typewriter
\backslash
title
\family default
(2.3),
\family typewriter
\backslash
author
\family default
(2.3),
\family typewriter
\backslash
affil
\family default
(2.3),
\family typewriter
\backslash
abstract
\family default
(2.4),
\family typewriter
\backslash
keywords
\family default
(2.5),
\family typewriter
\backslash
section
\family default
(2.7),
\family typewriter
\backslash
subsection
\family default
(2.7),
\family typewriter
\backslash
subsubsection
\family default
(2.7),
\family typewriter
\backslash
paragraph
\family default
(2.7),
\family typewriter
\backslash
facility
\family default
(2.
10
),
\family typewriter
\backslash
begin{
displaymath
}
\family default
(2.
12
),
\family typewriter
\backslash
begin{equation}
\family default
(2.
12
),
\family typewriter
\backslash
begin{
eqnarray
}
\family default
(2.
12
),
\family typewriter
\backslash
begin{
mathletters
}
\family default
(2.
12
),
\family typewriter
\backslash
begin{
thebibliography
}
\family default
(2.
13
.1),
\family typewriter
\backslash
bibitem
\family default
(2.
13
.2), all the cite commands and their variations (2.
13
.2), the generic
graphicx
figure commands (2.
14
.1),
\family typewriter
\backslash
begin{table}
\family default
(2.
15
.4),
\family typewriter
\backslash
begin{tabular}
\family default
(2.
15
.4),
\family typewriter
\backslash
caption
\family default
(2.
15
.4),
\family typewriter
\backslash
label
\family default
(2.
15
.4, amongst other places),
\family typewriter
\backslash
tablerefs
\family default
(2.
15
.5),
\family typewriter
\backslash
tablecomments
\family default
(2.
15
.5),
\family typewriter
\backslash
url
\family default
(2.
17
.4),
\family typewriter
\backslash
end{document}
\family default
(2.
18
).
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
The following style options also work correctly:
\family typewriter
longabstract
\family default
(2.4),
\family typewriter
preprint
\family default
(3.2.1),
\family typewriter
preprint2
\family default
(3.2.2),
\family typewriter
eqsecnum
\family default
(3.3),
\family typewriter
flushrt
\family default
(3.4).
Simply put them in the
\family sans
Options
\family default
box in
\family sans
Layout\SpecialChar \menuseparator
Document
\family default
.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
\begin_inset ERT
status open
\begin_layout Plain Layout
\backslash
end{sloppypar}
\end_layout
\end_inset
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsubsection
Things that work, but require more comment
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
The following items work, but require a little more discussion:
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
These items are reserved for use by the journal editors, but you can put
them into the
LaTeX
preamble if you feel compelled to do so:
\family typewriter
\backslash
received
\family default
,
\family typewriter
\backslash
revised
\family default
,
\family typewriter
\backslash
accepted
\family default
,
\family typewriter
\backslash
ccc
\family default
,
\family typewriter
\backslash
cpright
\family default
(all from 2.1.3)
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
These items may be placed in the
LaTeX
preamble, and are included as blanks in the template file:
\family typewriter
\backslash
slugcomment
\family default
(2.1.4),
\family typewriter
\backslash
shorttitle
\family default
(2.1.5),
\family typewriter
\backslash
shortauthors
\family default
(2.1.5)
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family typewriter
\backslash
email
\family default
(2.3) – can only be used
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
standalone
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
, not in the middle of a paragraph.
Use TeX code if you need to embed it.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family typewriter
\backslash
and
\family default
(2.3) – will have extra {} after it.
This should not cause an error.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family typewriter
\backslash
notetoeditor
\family default
(2.6) – can only be used
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
standalone
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
, not in the middle of a paragraph.
Use TeX code if you need to embed it.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family typewriter
\backslash
placetable
\family default
(2.8) – can't insert a cross-reference tag, you must type the tag name by
hand
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family typewriter
\backslash
placefigure
\family default
(2.8) – same as for
\family typewriter
\backslash
placetable
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family typewriter
\backslash
acknowledgements
\family default
(2.9) – will have extra {} after it.
This should not cause an error.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family typewriter
\backslash
appendix
\family default
(2.
11
) – will have extra {} after it.
This should not cause an error.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family typewriter
\backslash
figcaption
\family default
(2.
14
.2) – you can insert an optional
filename
argument by placing the cursor at the beginning of the text and selecting
\family sans
Insert\SpecialChar \menuseparator
Short Title
\family default
.
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
Short Title
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
inserts an optional argument of the type needed by
\family typewriter
\backslash
figcaption
\family default
.
Hopefully it will be renamed someday.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family typewriter
\backslash
objectname
\family default
(2.
17
.1) – same as
\family typewriter
\backslash
figcaption
\family default
for the catalog ID optional parameter
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family typewriter
\backslash
dataset
\family default
(2.
17
.1) – same as
\family typewriter
\backslash
figcaption
\family default
for the catalog ID optional parameter
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsubsection
Things not implemented, use TeX code
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
\begin_inset ERT
status open
\begin_layout Plain Layout
\backslash
begin{sloppypar}
\end_layout
\end_inset
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
\family typewriter
\backslash
altaffilmark
\family default
(2.3),
\family typewriter
\backslash
altaffiltext
\family default
(2.3),
\family typewriter
\backslash
eqnum
\family default
(2.
12
),
\family typewriter
\backslash
setcounter
{equation}
\family default
(2.
12
), Journal name abbreviations (2.
13
.4),
\family typewriter
\backslash
figurenum
\family default
(2.
14
.1),
\family typewriter
\backslash
epsscale
\family default
(2.
14
.1),
\family typewriter
\backslash
plotone
\family default
(2.
14
.1),
\family typewriter
\backslash
plottwo
\family default
(2.
14
.1),
\family typewriter
\backslash
tablenum
\family default
(2.
15
.4),
\family typewriter
\backslash
tableline
\family default
(2.
15
.4, insert it as the first element in the
lefthand
cell after where you want it.
Don't use any of LyX's rules in the table),
\family typewriter
\backslash
tablenotemark
\family default
(2.
15
.5),
\family typewriter
\backslash
tablenotetext
\family default
(2.
15
.5), much of Misc (2.
17
, except
\family typewriter
\backslash
objectname
\family default
,
\family typewriter
\backslash
dataset
\family default
,
\family typewriter
\backslash
url
\family default
, and
\family typewriter
\backslash
email
\family default
; see above),
\family typewriter
\backslash
singlespace
\family default
(3.1),
\family typewriter
\backslash
doublespace
\family default
(3.1),
\family typewriter
\backslash
onecolumn
\family default
(3.2),
\family typewriter
\backslash
twocolumn
\family default
(3.2)
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
\begin_inset ERT
status open
\begin_layout Plain Layout
\backslash
end{sloppypar}
\end_layout
\end_inset
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsubsection
Things that cannot be implemented
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
\SpecialChar \ldots{}
at least in any meaningful sort of way, so I suggest ignoring them.
They are the references environment (2.
13
.3), and the
deluxetable
environment (2.
15
).
If you really, really need to use
deluxetable
, I suggest editing it in a separate file with a text editor, then using
\family sans
Insert\SpecialChar \menuseparator
Child
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
Document
\family default
to include it in your LyX document.
See the
\family typewriter
aas
_sample.
lyx
\family default
file to see an example of this.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsection
FAQs, Tips, Tricks, and Other Ruminations
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsubsection
Getting LyX and
AASTeX
to cooperate
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
It can be a bit tricky to get LyX to recognize a new layout and document
class.
When all else fails, do this:
\end_layout
\begin_layout Enumerate
Make certain that
LaTeX
can find
AASTeX
.
Copy sample.
tex
(and perhaps table.
tex
) from the
AASTeX
distribution into a directory completely unrelated to
LaTeX
or
AASTeX
and run
LaTeX
on
\family typewriter
sample.
tex
\family default
.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Enumerate
Make certain that
\family typewriter
aastex
.layout
\family default
appears in LyX's
\family typewriter
layouts
\family default
folder
\end_layout
\begin_layout Enumerate
Rerun
\family sans
Tools\SpecialChar \menuseparator
Reconfigure
\family default
in LyX, then restart LyX.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Enumerate
Open a regular new file, not from a template.
Does
AASTeX
appear in the class list in
\family sans
Document\SpecialChar \menuseparator
Settings
\family default
?
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
If you get a warning from an existing
AASTeX
document about not being able to find the
AASTeX
layout or a message about
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
You should not mix title layouts with normal ones
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
, things haven't been installed correctly.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsubsection
LaTeX
error processing a table
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
LyX, by default, attempts to center the table caption/title.
This seems to produce a bad interaction in
AASTeX
so you should click somewhere in the caption/title, then select
\family sans
Edit\SpecialChar \menuseparator
Paragraph
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
Settings
\family default
, then set the
\family sans
Alignment
\family default
to
\family sans
Block
\family default
.
This took care of it for me.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsubsection
References
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
A couple of things: 1) I have noticed some funny spacing in the reference
entries in the text.
When you enter the bibliography item data, make sure their is
\emph on
no
\emph default
space between the last author and the parenthesis setting off the year;
\emph on
e.
\begin_inset space \thinspace{}
\end_inset
g.
\begin_inset space \space{}
\end_inset
\emph default
type
\family typewriter
Ressler
(
1992
)
\family default
, not
\family typewriter
Ressler
(
1992
)
\family default
.
2) Entering the references at all is not obvious.
The easiest thing is to start typing your first reference at the end of
the document, then mark it as type
\family sans
References
\family default
.
That will put a small gray box in front of what you just typed.
Click on the box to fill in the rest of the information.
For new references, go to the end of an existing reference and press return.
That will create a new line with its own box, etc.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsubsection
Including
EPS
files
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Even though
AASTeX
provides its own figure commands (
\family typewriter
\backslash
plotone
\family default
, for example), I much prefer
LaTeX's
standard figure commands (with the default
graphicx
).
You can insert the
\family typewriter
\backslash
plotone
\family default
, etc.
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
commands as TeX code into a Figure Float box if you desire, but I never
have much luck getting the layout right.
With the standard graphics, LyX will insert a
\family typewriter
\backslash
usepackage
{
graphicx
}
\family default
command into the
LaTeX
preamble and handle the figures in the standard
LaTeX2e
way, interspersing the figures in the text.
I believe
ApJ
accepts figures exactly this way now;
AJ
might still use the
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
stack everything at the end
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
technique.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsubsection
Things I could have done, but didn't
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
There are a few
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
pretty
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
things I could have implemented, but chose not to.
For instance, I saw no point in double-spacing the text in the LyX window,
even though it is double-spaced in the paper manuscript.
Also, I chose not to make separate layouts for the
preprint
and
preprint2
styles.
Since I assume you will spend most of your time in the plain manuscript
mode anyway, I decided not to chew up more disk space with this.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsection
Final Caveat
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Your mileage may vary.
I've now had papers published by both
ApJ
and
AJ
that have had
98
% of the effort done in LyX; the last 2% was the
LaTeX
post-processing and a few cleanups.
I have had no trouble with the submission process, and I'm sure the journals
were never aware that there might be a difference.
So, go forth and publish!
\end_layout
\begin_layout Section
AMS
LaTeX
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
by
\noun on
David Johnson; updated by Richard Heck
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
\begin_inset VSpace bigskip
\end_inset
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
\noindent
The
AMS
LaTeX
layouts are set up to conform to suggested styles for mathematical papers
to be submitted to American Mathematical Society publications.
The layouts are not tailored to a specific journal, but easily can be.
You should refer to the
AMS
documentation for specific instructions for each journal (usually it will
entail only changing a single line in the TeX output).
That documentation is available on the Web at
\begin_inset Flex URL
status open
\begin_layout Plain Layout
http://www.ams.org
\end_layout
\end_inset
or by ftp at
\begin_inset Flex URL
status open
\begin_layout Plain Layout
ftp://ftp.ams.org/pub/tex/amslatex/
\end_layout
\end_inset
.
These layouts are appropriate, and useful, for any mathematical writing.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
There are two basic
AMS
LaTeX
layouts:
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
amsart
: The standard
AMS
article format.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
amsbook
: the standard
AMS
book (really, monograph) format.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
The layouts themselves contain only the minimum necessary to use the
AMS
classes.
They do not, in particular, contain any of the `
theorem'
environments used for setting theorems, lemmas, and the like.
These are contained, instead, in the
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:Code
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
Theorems (
AMS
)
\end_layout
\end_inset
module, which is loaded by default when when you select one of the
AMS
classes.
(It can also be used with other classes and can be removed, if you would
rather use something else.) Less commonly used environments are in the
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:Code
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
Theorems (
AMS
-Extended)
\end_layout
\end_inset
module, which must be loaded manually.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
By default, theorems and the like are numbered consecutively throughout
the document, but this may be modified by loading the module
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:Code
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
Theorems (Order by Section)
\end_layout
\end_inset
or, if you are using
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:Code
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
book (
AMS
)
\end_layout
\end_inset
, the module
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:Code
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
Theorems (Order by Chapter)
\end_layout
\end_inset
.
These will number the results as
\begin_inset Formula $n.m$
\end_inset
, where the first number refers to the section (or chapter) and the second
refers to the total number of results so far in that section (or chapter).
Many environments are also available unnumbered.
These are indicated by an asterisk at the end.
If you happen to want
\emph on
only
\emph default
unnumbered results, the the module
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:Code
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
Theorems (Starred)
\end_layout
\end_inset
provides that option.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Note that these modules do not
\emph on
have
\emph default
to be used with the
AMS
classes.
It is perfectly possible to use the
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:Code
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
Theorems (
AMS
)
\end_layout
\end_inset
module, and the others mentioned, with other classes, such as
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:Code
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
article
\end_layout
\end_inset
,
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:Code
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
report
\end_layout
\end_inset
,
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:Code
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
book (
KOMA
-script)
\end_layout
\end_inset
, and so forth.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsection
What these layouts provide
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
There is a long list of included environments provided by these layouts.
In
AMS
-
LaTeX
, there is, in fact, an opportunity to define an unlimited variety of `
theorem'
environments.
However, the
AMS
recommends the environments that are available in LyX.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
The following environments—as well as the standard environments, such as
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:Noun
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
section
\end_layout
\end_inset
,
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:Noun
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
bibliography
\end_layout
\end_inset
,
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:Noun
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
title
\end_layout
\end_inset
,
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:Noun
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
author
\end_layout
\end_inset
, and
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:Noun
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
date
\end_layout
\end_inset
—are provided by
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:Code
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
article (
AMS
)
\end_layout
\end_inset
and
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:Code
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
book (
AMS
)
\end_layout
\end_inset
:
\end_layout
\begin_layout Description
Address This should be the author's permanent address.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Description
Current
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
Address This should be the author's temporary address at the time of submission,
if different from the Address.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Description
Email Author's e-mail address
\end_layout
\begin_layout Description
URL Author's Web address, if desired.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Description
Keywords Key words or phrases used to identify specific topics discussed
in the paper.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Description
Subjectclass
These refer to the
AMS
Subject Classifications, published and described in
\emph on
Mathematical Reviews
\emph default
.
These are also available
online
at the
AMS
cites listed above.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Description
Thanks
\end_layout
\begin_layout Description
Dedicatory
\end_layout
\begin_layout Description
Translator
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
The following environments are provided by both the
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:Code
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
Theorems
\end_layout
\end_inset
and
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:Code
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
Theorems (
AMS
)
\end_layout
\end_inset
modules, in the latter case in both starred (unnumbered) and
unstarred
(numbered) versions.
These same environments are provided only in the starred versions by the
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:Code
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
Theorems (Starred)
\end_layout
\end_inset
module:
\end_layout
\begin_layout Theorem
This is typically used for the statements of major results.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Corollary*
This is used for statements which follow fairly directly from previous statement
s.
Again, these can be major results.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Lemma
These are smaller results needed to prove other statements.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Proposition
These are less major results which (hopefully) add to the general theory
being discussed.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Conjecture
These are statements provided without justification, which the author does
not know how to prove, but which seem to be true (to the author, at least).
\end_layout
\begin_layout Definition*
Guess what this is for.
The font is different for this environment than for the previous ones.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Example*
Used for examples illustrating
proven
results.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Problem
It's not really known what this is for.
You should figure it out.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Exercise*
Write a description for this one.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Remark
This environment is also a type of theorem, usually a lesser sort of observation.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Claim*
Often used in the course of giving a proof of a larger result.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Case
Generally, these are used to break up long arguments, using specific instances
of some condition.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Case
The numbering scheme for cases is on its own, not together with other numbered
statements.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Proof
At the end of this environment, a QED symbol (usually a square, but it can
vary with different styles) is placed.
If you want to have other environments within this one—for example, Case
environments—and have the QED symbol appear only after them, then the other
environments need to be nested within the proof environment.
See the section
\emph on
Nesting Environments
\emph default
of the
\emph on
User's Guide
\emph default
for information on nesting.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
And these environments are provided by
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:Code
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
Theorems (
AMS
-Extended)
\end_layout
\end_inset
:
\end_layout
\begin_layout Criterion*
A required condition.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Algorithm*
A general procedure to be used.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Axiom*
This is a property or statement taken as true within the system being discussed.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Condition*
Sometimes used to state a condition assumed within the present context of
discussion.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Note*
Similar to a Remark.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Notation*
Used for the explanation of, yes, notation.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Summary
Do we really need to tell you?
\end_layout
\begin_layout Acknowledgement*
Acknowledgement
.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Conclusion*
Sometimes used at the end of a long train of argument.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Fact
Used in a way similar to Proposition, though perhaps lower on the scale.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
In addition, the
AMS
classes automatically provide the
AMS
LaTeX
and
AMS
fonts packages.
They need to be available on your system in order to use these environments.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Section
AGU
journals (
\family sans
aguplus
\family default
)
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
by
\shape smallcaps
Martin Vermeer
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsection
Description
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
These are the layout files for some of the journals of the American Geophysical
Society.
It is assumed that you have both the
AGU's
own class files and
AGUplus
installed (everything to be found at
\begin_inset Flex URL
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
ftp://ftp.agu.org/journals/latex/journals
\end_layout
\end_inset
).
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsection
New styles
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Redefined are
\family sans
Paragraph
\family default
,
\family sans
Paragraph*
\family default
.
They are still called this in the LyX GUI, though their
LaTeX
equivalents in the
AGU
classes are
\family sans
Subsubsubsection
\family default
and
\family sans
Subsubsubsection
*
\family default
.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Newly defined styles are
\family sans
Left_Header
\family default
,
\family sans
Right_Header
\family default
,
\family sans
Received
\family default
,
\family sans
Revised
\family default
,
\family sans
Accepted
\family default
,
\family sans
CCC
\family default
,
\family sans
PaperId
\family default
,
\family sans
AuthorAddr
\family default
,
\family sans
SlugComment
\family default
.
These are mostly manuscript attributes and defined in the
AGU
class documentation.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
I suspect this is still badly incomplete.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsection
New floats
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
\family sans
Planotable
\family default
and
\family sans
Plate
\family default
.
We also have a new
\family sans
Table_Caption
\family default
.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsection
Supported journals
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\emph on
Journal of Geophysical Research
\emph default
:
\family typewriter
jgrga
.layout
\family default
— Martin Vermeer
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Add your own, it isn't so hard! Look at the
\family typewriter
jgrga
.layout
\family default
example and
\family typewriter
aguplus
.inc
\family default
.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsection
Bugs and things to remember
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
In order to use the new layouts, you must remember to do the following for
a new document:
\end_layout
\begin_layout Enumerate
\emph on
Turn off babel
\emph default
.
This can be done in the
\family sans
Layout\SpecialChar \menuseparator
Document
\family default
or
\family sans
Document\SpecialChar \menuseparator
Settings
\family default
menu item.
(
AGU
articles are always in English, right? So
\emph on
don't
\emph default
choose a language.)
\end_layout
\begin_layout Enumerate
Enter
\family typewriter
jgrga
\family default
into the document's
\family sans
Extra Options
\family default
field.
(Yes, this is a bug.)
\end_layout
\begin_layout Enumerate
Make sure you use the
\family typewriter
agu
.
bst
\family default
bibliography style, by entering
\family sans
agu
\family default
into the second field of the
BibTeX
inset.
None of the standard styles will do.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Section
Broadway
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
by
\shape smallcaps
Garst
Reese
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsection
Introduction
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Broadway is for writing plays.
The format is more decorative than Hollywood, and much less standardized.
This format should be suitable for workshops.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsection
Special problems
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
The same as in Hollywood.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsection
Special features
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Insert the
\family sans
Speaker
\family default
names as labels then cross-reference the label to insert the name.
The cross-reference dialog will show the current cast of characters.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsection
Paper size and Margins
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
USLetter
, left 1.
6in
, right 0.
75in
, top 0.
5in
, bottom 0.
75in
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsection
Environments
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
The following environments are available.
You can use
broadway
.bind to get the bind keys shown at the right.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
Standard
\begin_inset Newline newline
\end_inset
\family default
You should not have to use this, but it is here for anything that does not
fit otherwise.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
Narrative
\begin_inset space \hfill{}
\end_inset
M-z n
\begin_inset Newline newline
\end_inset
\family default
Used to describe stage setting and the action.
First use of speaker names in all
CAPs
.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
ACT
\begin_inset space \hfill{}
\end_inset
M-z a
\begin_inset Newline newline
\end_inset
\family default
Automatically numbered.
On screen it will be
arabic
, but will print as Roman.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
ACT*
\begin_inset space \hfill{}
\end_inset
M-z S at
\begin_inset Newline newline
\end_inset
\family default
Subtitle for
\family sans
ACT.
\family default
It is just centered text.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
SCENE
\begin_inset space \hfill{}
\end_inset
M-z S-S
\begin_inset Newline newline
\end_inset
\family default
Not automatically numbered.
You supply the number.
This is because I couldn't figure out how.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
AT_RISE:
\begin_inset space \hfill{}
\end_inset
M-z S-R
\begin_inset Newline newline
\end_inset
\family default
A special case of Narrative to describe the setting and action as the curtain
rises.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
Speaker
\begin_inset space \hfill{}
\end_inset
M-z s
\begin_inset Newline newline
\end_inset
\family default
The speaker's (actor's) title, centered in all CAPS.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
Parenthetical
\begin_inset space \hfill{}
\end_inset
M-z p
\begin_inset Newline newline
\end_inset
\family default
Instructions to the speaker.
The parentheses are automatically inserted.
The ( will appear on screen, but both will be in the printed play.
This environment is only used within
\family sans
Dialogue
\family default
.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
Dialogue
\begin_inset space \hfill{}
\end_inset
M-z d
\begin_inset Newline newline
\end_inset
\family default
What the Speaker says.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
CURTAIN
\begin_inset space \hfill{}
\end_inset
M-z S-C
\begin_inset Newline newline
\end_inset
\family default
The curtain comes down.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
Title
\begin_inset space \hfill{}
\end_inset
M-z S-T
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
Author
\begin_inset space \hfill{}
\end_inset
M-z S-A
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
Right_Address
\begin_inset space \hfill{}
\end_inset
M-z r
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Hello there.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Section
Dinbrief
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
The document class
\family sans
dinbrief
\family default
can be used to type letters according to German conventions.
A template file is included in
\family typewriter
.../
lyx
/share/templates
\family default
for you to use as a starting point.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Section
EGS
journals (
\family sans
egs
\family default
)
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
by
\shape smallcaps
Martin Vermeer
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsection
Description
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
This is the layout file for the European Geophysical Society journals.
The needed
\family typewriter
egs
.
cls
\family default
can be downloaded from the web site of the
EGS
under
\begin_inset Flex URL
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
www.copernicus.org
\end_layout
\end_inset
.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsection
New styles
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
\family sans
Right_address, Latex_Title,
Affil
, Journal,
msnumber
,
FirstAuthor
, Received, Accepted
\family default
,
\family sans
Offsets
\family default
.
The current layout file is unfortunately very
unmodular
and would benefit from using the various
\family typewriter
std*.inc
\family default
file inclusions.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Section
Elsevier
Journals
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
By
\noun on
Rod
Pinna
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Elsevier
Science Publishers B.V.
provides a standard
LaTeX
document class (
\family typewriter
elsart
.
cls
\family default
) for submitting articles to their various journals.
The style file can be downloaded directly from their web site:
\begin_inset Flex URL
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
http://authors.elsevier.com/
\end_layout
\end_inset
.
Instructions are supplied along with the class file, which details the
requirements of the publishers.
LyX includes package that allows for the use of this class, by a layout
and a template file.
Installation of the class file is the same as for any other
LaTeX
package; instructions are provided in the
Elsevier
documentation.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
To make use of
\family typewriter
elsart
.
cls
\family default
, a file
\family typewriter
elsart
.layout
\family default
is supplied.
As the
Elsevier
class file is based mainly on the standard article class, most of the normal
functionality is provided.
The
Elsevier
class defines a number of mathematical environments, which are similar
to the
AMS
environments.
These commands are all described in the
Elsevier
documentation, and are available in LyX.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
The easiest way to use the
Elsevier
style is to base documents on the included template file.
It is best not to use options such as fancy headings or the geometry package,
as elements such as these are defined by
Elsevier
in their style file.
Ideally, no extra packages except those mentioned in the
Elsevier
documentation should be used.
Essentially,
Elsevier
require as
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
clean
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
a
LaTeX
file as possible, as their intention is to take the supplied file and replace
the class file with one for the particular journal to which the paper has
been submitted.
This also means that not too much time should be spent on the
formating
of the document.
When it comes to be published, this will change anyway.
The rest of the usage for this layout is substantially the same as for
the normal article class.
For details of what
Elsevier
do and don't allow, refer to their documentation.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Section
Foils [aka
\family sans
FoilTeX
\family default
]
\begin_inset CommandInset label
LatexCommand label
name "sec:foiltex"
\end_inset
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
by
\noun on
Allan Rae
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsection
Introduction
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
This section describes how to use LyX to make slides for overhead projectors.
There are two document classes that can do this: the default slides class
and the
\family sans
FoilTeX
\family default
slides class.
This section documents the latter.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
I'm going to say this again, nice and clear, so that there's no misunderstanding
:
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
\begin_inset VSpace bigskip
\end_inset
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
\align center
\size large
This section documents the class
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
\family sans
slides (
FoilTeX
)
\family default
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
\emph on
only.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
\begin_inset VSpace bigskip
\end_inset
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
If you're looking for the documentation for
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
\family sans
slides (default)
\family default
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
, check out section
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
\begin_inset CommandInset ref
LatexCommand ref
reference "sec:slitex"
\end_inset
.
If your machine doesn't have the
\family sans
foils
\family default
class [
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
\family sans
slides (
FoilTeX
)
\family default
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
] installed, you'll probably have to use the default
\family sans
slides
\family default
class, which isn't quite as good as
\family sans
foils.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
The
\family sans
foils
\family default
class is designed for use with version 2.1 of the
\family sans
foils.
cls
\family default
LaTeX
class file which is now an integral part of
LaTeX2e
.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsection
Getting Started
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Obviously, to use this document class, you need to select
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
\family sans
slides (
FoilTeX
)
\family default
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
from the
\family sans
Class
\family default
entry in the
\family sans
Document
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
Layout
\family default
dialog.
There are some settings in the
\family sans
Document
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
Layout
\family default
dialog that you should know about that are specific to this class:
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
Don't change the options
\family sans
Sides
\family default
and
\family sans
Columns
\family default
on the
\family sans
Document
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
Layout
\family default
dialog.
They're ignored by the
\family sans
foils
\family default
class.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
The default font size is
20
\begin_inset space \thinspace{}
\end_inset
pt with the other options being
17
\begin_inset space \thinspace{}
\end_inset
pt,
25
\begin_inset space \thinspace{}
\end_inset
pt and
30
\begin_inset space \thinspace{}
\end_inset
pt.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
The default font is
\family sans
sans
\family default
\family sans
serif
\family default
but all math equations are still typeset in the usual roman font.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
FoilTeX
\family default
supports
A4
and Letter paper sizes as well as a special size for working with
35
\begin_inset space \thinspace{}
\end_inset
mm slides.
It doesn't support
A5
,
B5
, legal or executive paper sizes.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
Don't bother changing the
\family sans
Float Placement
\family default
settings because they are ignored anyway.
All floats appear where they are defined in the text.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
The
\family sans
Pagestyle
\family default
setting behaves a bit differently for this class.
\family sans
FoilTeX
\family default
provides extensive footer and header capabilities including a user-defined
logo.
See section
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
\begin_inset CommandInset ref
LatexCommand ref
reference "sec:foilfoot"
\end_inset
for more details.
The title page is treated differently to all other pages in the document
and is
\emph on
always
\emph default
unnumbered and
\emph on
always
\emph default
has the logo centered at the bottom of the page (if one is defined).
The possible page style choices and what they do are as follows:
\end_layout
\begin_deeper
\begin_layout Labeling
\labelwidthstring MMMMMMM
\family sans
\series bold
empty
\family default
\series default
The final output contains no page numbers, or other headers or footers
(except footnotes of course).
\end_layout
\begin_layout Labeling
\labelwidthstring MMMMMMM
\family sans
\series bold
plain
\family default
\series default
The final output contains page numbers centered at the bottom of the page.
No other headings or footers (other than footnotes).
\end_layout
\begin_layout Labeling
\labelwidthstring MMMMMMM
\series bold
foilheadings
\series default
Page numbers in lower right corner.
Additional headers and footers are also shown.
This is also the default.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Labeling
\labelwidthstring MMMMMMM
\series bold
fancy
\series default
Gives you access to the
\family sans
fancyheadings
\family default
package although its use with
\family sans
FoilTeX
\family default
is discouraged by the writer of the
\family sans
FoilTeX
\family default
package because of some potential page layout clashes.
\end_layout
\end_deeper
\begin_layout Subsubsection
Extra Options
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
The following options may be used in the extra class options in the
\family sans
Document\SpecialChar \menuseparator
Settings
\family default
dialog.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Labeling
\labelwidthstring MMMMMMx
\series bold
35mmSlide
\series default
This sets up the page layout for 7.
33
\begin_inset space \thinspace{}
\end_inset
in by
11
\begin_inset space \thinspace{}
\end_inset
in paper, which is about the same aspect ratio as a
35
\begin_inset space \thinspace{}
\end_inset
mm slide, making it a bit easier to work with this medium.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Labeling
\labelwidthstring MMMMMMx
\series bold
headrule
\series default
Places a rule across the page below the header on every page except the
title page.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Labeling
\labelwidthstring MMMMMMx
\series bold
footrule
\series default
Places a rule across the page above the footer on every page except the
title page.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Labeling
\labelwidthstring MMMMMMx
\series bold
dvips
\series default
This is automatically set each time you create a new
\family sans
foils
\family default
document.
This option tells
\family sans
FoilTeX
\family default
to use the
dvips
driver to rotate those pages that are set as landscape foils.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Labeling
\labelwidthstring MMMMMMx
\series bold
landscape
\series default
Simply changes the page dimensions to those of a landscape page but doesn't
do any rotation.
Thus if you use this option you need to use an external program to rotate
each page or feed your paper through your printer as landscape.
Note that this option effectively reverses the roles of the
\family sans
Foilhead
\family default
and
\family sans
Rotatefoilhead
\family default
environments (don't worry these are described in the next section).
\end_layout
\begin_layout Labeling
\labelwidthstring MMMMMMx
\series bold
leqno
\series default
Equation numbers on the left.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Labeling
\labelwidthstring MMMMMMx
\series bold
fleqn
\series default
Flush-left equations.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsection
Supported Environments
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Most of the environments commonly supported in other classes are also supported
by the
\family sans
foils
\family default
class.
There are several additional environments provided by
\family sans
FoilTeX
\family default
as well as a couple added by LyX.
The following environments are shared with other classes:
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
\begin_inset ERT
status open
\begin_layout Plain Layout
\backslash
begin{multicols}{2}
\end_layout
\end_inset
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
Standard
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
Itemize
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
Enumerate
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
Description
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
List
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
LyX-Code
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
Verse
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
Quote
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
Quotation
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
Title
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
Author
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
Date
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
Abstract
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
Bibliography
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
Address
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
RightAddress
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
Caption
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
Comment
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
\begin_inset ERT
status open
\begin_layout Plain Layout
\backslash
end{multicols}
\end_layout
\end_inset
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
That is, all the major environments apart from the sectioning environments.
Since foils are essentially self-contained sections, with a title and body,
\family sans
FoilTeX
\family default
provides specific commands for starting new foils and these are:
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
Foilhead
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
Rotatefoilhead
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
LyX also provides slightly modified versions of these two environments called:
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
ShortFoilhead
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
ShortRotatefoilhead
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
and the differences will be explained in the next section.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Since foils are often used in presenting ideas or new theorems and such
\family sans
FoilTeX
\family default
also provides a comprehensive box of goodies for presenting them:
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
\begin_inset ERT
status open
\begin_layout Plain Layout
\backslash
begin{multicols}{2}
\end_layout
\end_inset
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
Theorem
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
Lemma
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
Corollary
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
Proposition
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
Definition
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
Proof
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
Theorem*
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
Lemma*
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
Corollary*
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
Proposition*
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
Definition*
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
\begin_inset ERT
status open
\begin_layout Plain Layout
\backslash
end{multicols}
\end_layout
\end_inset
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
The starred versions are unnumbered while the
unstarred
versions are numbered.
There are also two list environments added by LyX and these are:
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
TickList
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
CrossList
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
\family sans
FoilTeX
\family default
provides some powerful header and footer capabilities that are best set
in the preamble although they may be set at any point in a document.
If you want to change these settings in your document the best place to
do so is at the very top of a foil, i.
\begin_inset space \thinspace{}
\end_inset
g.
\emph on
\begin_inset space \space{}
\end_inset
\emph default
straight after the
foilhead
.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
For this purpose, the following command styles are provided [
\shape smallcaps
Martin Vermeer
\shape default
]:
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
\begin_inset ERT
status open
\begin_layout Plain Layout
\backslash
begin{multicols}{2}
\end_layout
\end_inset
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
My
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
Logo
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
Restriction
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
Right
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
Footer
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
Right
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
Header
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
Left
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
Header
\end_layout
\begin_deeper
\begin_layout Standard
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
\end_layout
\end_deeper
\begin_layout Standard
\begin_inset ERT
status open
\begin_layout Plain Layout
\backslash
end{multicols}
\end_layout
\end_inset
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
There are also a few commands provided by
\family sans
FoilTeX
\family default
that aren't directly supported by LyX but I'll tell you what they do and
how to use them in section
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
\begin_inset CommandInset ref
LatexCommand ref
reference "sec:unsuppfoils"
\end_inset
.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsection
Building a Set of Foils
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
This section will give a simple introduction to using the different environments
to build a set of foils.
If you want to see an example set of foils, take a look at the
\family typewriter
Foils.
lyx
\family default
file you find in LyX's
\family typewriter
examples
\family default
folder.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsubsection
Give It a Title Page
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Unlike other classes that provide
\family sans
Title
\family default
,
\family sans
Author
\family default
,
\family sans
Date
\family default
and
\family sans
Abstract
\family default
environments,
\family sans
foils
\family default
creates the title on a page of its own.
If you leave out the
\family sans
Date
\family default
environment
LaTeX
will substitute the current date (every time you regenerate the output).
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsubsection
Start a New Foil
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
As I mentioned earlier, there are four ways of starting a new foil.
For portrait foils you should use
\family sans
Foilhead
\family default
or
\family sans
ShortFoilhead
.
\family default
The difference between these two environments is the amount of space between
the title of the foil (the
foilhead
) and the body of the foil.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Landscape foils are generated using the
\family sans
Rotatefoilhead
\family default
and
\family sans
ShortRotatefoilhead
\family default
environments.
Again the only difference is the spacing between
foilhead
and body.
Both of the short versions have 0.5 inches less separation between the
foilhead
and the body.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
One problem with the support for landscape foils is the requirement that
you have to use the
\family typewriter
dvips
\family default
driver to generate the
PostScript
output otherwise the foils won't be rotated.
It is possible to get landscape foils even if you haven't got the
\family typewriter
dvips
\family default
driver provided you can feed your foils sideways through your printer ;-)
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsubsection
Theorems, Lemmas, Proofs and more
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Due to a small bug in LyX you can't have two of the same type of these environme
nts directly following each other.
They must be separated by something.
If you try, you will just be extending the previous environment as if you
had merged the two environments together.
So, how do you get around this problem? The simplest option is to insert
some text between the two environments or add a
\family sans
LaTeX
\family default
environment between the two with just a
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
\family typewriter
%
\family default
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
in it.
This will force LyX to produce two separate environments and hence the
correct
LaTeX
output.
An example is provided in the example file included with the LyX distribution.
Remember, this problem only occurs if you are trying to place two of the
same type of theorem-like environments one directly after the other.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsubsection
Lists
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
You get all the commonly supported list styles found in other classes as
well as two new ones.
I'll only describe the new ones here.
If you want to find out more about the other list environments check out
the
\emph on
User's Guide.
\emph default
If you intend to use itemized lists you might also want to read about the
\family sans
Itemize
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
Bullet
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
Selection
\family default
dialog described above in section
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
\begin_inset CommandInset ref
LatexCommand ref
reference "sec:bullet"
\end_inset
.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
The two new list styles,
\family sans
TickList
\family default
and
\family sans
CrossList
\family default
, are designed to make it easier for you to create lists of
do's
and
don'ts
or right and wrong by providing dedicated environments that use a tick
or a cross as the label of the list.
These lists are in fact dedicated variants of the
\family sans
Itemize
\family default
environment.
They do however require that you have the
\family typewriter
psnfss
\family default
packages installed.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsubsection
Figures and Tables
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
\family sans
FoilTeX
\family default
redefines the floating tables and figures so that they appear exactly where
they are in the text rather than pushing them to the top of the page or
to some user specified location.
In fact if you change the float placement settings they are simply ignored.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsubsection
Page Headers and Footers
\begin_inset CommandInset label
LatexCommand label
name "sec:foilfoot"
\end_inset
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
\family sans
My
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
Logo
\family default
and
\family sans
Restriction
\family default
are two commands used to control the left-footer text string.
The first is meant to allow you to include a graphic logo on your foils
and defaults to
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
-Typeset by
\family sans
FoilTeX
\family default
-
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
.
While the second is meant to provide a classification for the audience,
\emph on
e.
\begin_inset space \thinspace{}
\end_inset
g.
\emph default
\begin_inset space \space{}
\end_inset
Confidential.
It is empty by default.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
The remaining page corners can be filled by
\family sans
Right
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
Footer
\family default
(which defaults to page numbers),
\family sans
Right
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
Header
\family default
(top right) and
\family sans
Left
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
Header
\family default
(top left).
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsection
Unsupported
\family sans
FoilTeX
\family default
Goodies
\begin_inset CommandInset label
LatexCommand label
name "sec:unsuppfoils"
\end_inset
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
All the commands mentioned below need to be set in a
\family sans
LaTeX
\family default
environment or as
\family sans
TeX
\family default
within another environment.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsubsection
Lengths
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
All lengths are adjusted using the
\family typewriter
\backslash
setlength
{
\family default
\emph on
lengthname
\family typewriter
\emph default
}{
\family default
\emph on
newlength
\family typewriter
\emph default
}
\family default
command.
Where
\emph on
lengthname
\emph default
should be replaced by the name given to the length you want to change and
\emph on
newlength
\emph default
is the length value.
All lengths should be specified in units of length such as inches (
\family typewriter
in
\family default
), millimeters (
\family typewriter
mm
\family default
) or points (
\family typewriter
pt
\family default
) or relative to some document or font-based length such as
\family typewriter
\backslash
textwidth
\family default
.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
It's possible to change the spacing between a
foilhead
and the body of the foil by adjusting the length specified by
\family typewriter
\backslash
foilheadskip
\family default
.
For example, to make
\emph on
all
\emph default
foilheads
0.5
\begin_inset space \space{}
\end_inset
in closer to their bodies put the following in the preamble:
\family typewriter
\backslash
setlength
{
\backslash
foilheadskip
}{-0.
5in
}
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
The spacings around floats can be adjusted by setting these lengths:
\end_layout
\begin_layout Labeling
\labelwidthstring MMMMMMMMMMM
\family typewriter
\backslash
abovefloatskip
\family default
Separation between the text and the top of the float
\end_layout
\begin_layout Labeling
\labelwidthstring MMMMMMMMMMM
\family typewriter
\backslash
abovecaptionskip
\family default
Separation between the float and the caption
\end_layout
\begin_layout Labeling
\labelwidthstring MMMMMMMMMMM
\family typewriter
\backslash
belowcaptionskip
\family default
Separation between the caption and the following text
\end_layout
\begin_layout Labeling
\labelwidthstring MMMMMMMMMMM
\family typewriter
\backslash
captionwidth
\family default
You can make the captions narrower than the surrounding text by adjusting
this length.
Best done relative to
\family typewriter
\backslash
textwidth
\family default
.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
There are also several title page related lengths that you may find useful
if you have a long title or several authors:
\end_layout
\begin_layout Labeling
\labelwidthstring MMMMMMMMMMM
\family typewriter
\backslash
abovetitleskip
\family default
Separation from headers to
\family sans
Title
\end_layout
\begin_layout Labeling
\labelwidthstring MMMMMMMMMMM
\family typewriter
\backslash
titleauthorskip
\family default
between
\family sans
Title
\family default
and
\family sans
Author
\family default
environments
\end_layout
\begin_layout Labeling
\labelwidthstring MMMMMMMMMMM
\family typewriter
\backslash
authorauthorskip
\family default
between multiple
\family sans
Author
\family default
lines
\end_layout
\begin_layout Labeling
\labelwidthstring MMMMMMMMMMM
\family typewriter
\backslash
authordateskip
\family default
between the
\family sans
Author
\family default
and the
\family sans
Date
\end_layout
\begin_layout Labeling
\labelwidthstring MMMMMMMMMMM
\family typewriter
\backslash
dateabstractskip
\family default
between the
\family sans
Date
\family default
and the
\family sans
Abstract
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
The last length related command affects all the list environments.
If you place
\family typewriter
\backslash
zerolistvertdimens
\family default
\emph on
inside
\emph default
a list environment then all the vertical spacing between the list items
is removed.
Note that this is a command not a length so it doesn't require
\family typewriter
\backslash
setlength
\family default
like the stuff mentioned above.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsubsection
Headers and Footers
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
The
\family typewriter
\backslash
LogoOn
\family default
and
\family typewriter
\backslash
LogoOff
\family default
commands control whether the logo in the
\family sans
MyLogo
\family default
definition appear on a given page.
If you put
\family typewriter
\backslash
LogoOff
\family default
in the preamble then none of the foils will have the logo on them.
If you don't want the logo on a particular page place the
\family typewriter
\backslash
LogoOff
\family default
directly after the
foilhead
of that page and the
\family typewriter
\backslash
LogoOn
\family default
directly after the next
foilhead
.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
If you decide to use the
\family sans
fancy
\family default
page style setting in the
\family sans
Document
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
Layout
\family default
dialog you should probably add
\family typewriter
\backslash
let
\backslash
headwidth
\backslash
textwidth
\family default
to your preamble so headers and footers on landscape pages are correctly
placed when rotated.
This is due to some clashes between the page layouts provided by the
\family sans
fancyheadings
\family default
package and the
\family sans
foils
\family default
class.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Section
Hollywood (Hollywood spec scripts)
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
by
\shape smallcaps
Garst
Reese
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsection
Introduction
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Getting the format of a Hollywood script right is a
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
rite of passage.
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
It is designed to make the readers focus on content and to be easy and
familiar for the actors to read.
Each page of a script should be one minute of film.
Nothing goes in a script that you cannot see or hear on screen.
The courier
12
pt font should be used throughout.
No italics.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsection
Special problems
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Speakers'
lines should NEVER break in mid-sentence.
If a speaker's lines continue over a page break, repeat the
\family sans
Speaker
\family default
title followed by (
Cont'd
).
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsection
Special features
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Insert the
\family sans
Speaker
\family default
names as labels then cross-reference the label to insert the name.
The cross-reference dialog will show the current cast of characters.
You can use this to insert the speaker name in narratives also.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsection
Paper size and Margins
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
USLetter
, left 1.
6in
, right 0.
75in
, top 0.
5in
, bottom 0.
75in
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsection
Environments
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
The following environments are available.
You can use
hollywood
.bind to get the bind keys shown at the right.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
Standard
\begin_inset Newline newline
\end_inset
\family default
Used where nothing else works.
Try to avoid it.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
FADE_IN
\family default
:
\begin_inset space \hfill{}
\end_inset
\family sans
M-z S-I
\family default
\begin_inset Newline newline
\end_inset
Usually followed by something like
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
on Sally waking up.
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
INT:
\begin_inset space \hfill{}
\end_inset
M-z i
\begin_inset Newline newline
\end_inset
\family default
Introduces a new INTERIOR camera set-up.
Always followed by DAY or NIGHT, or something similar to define the lighting
required.
Everthing
on this line in CAPS.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
EXT:
\begin_inset space \hfill{}
\end_inset
M-z e
\begin_inset Newline newline
\end_inset
\family default
Introduces a new EXTERIOR camera set-up.
Everthing
on this line in CAPS.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
Speaker
\begin_inset space \hfill{}
\end_inset
M-z s
\begin_inset Newline newline
\end_inset
\family default
The character speaking.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
Parenthetical
\begin_inset space \hfill{}
\end_inset
M-z p
\begin_inset Newline newline
\end_inset
\family default
Instructions to the speaker.
The () are automatically inserted, but only the ( will show in LyX.
Both will be printed.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
Dialogue
\begin_inset space \hfill{}
\end_inset
M-z d
\begin_inset Newline newline
\end_inset
\family default
What the
\family sans
Speaker
\family default
says.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
Transition
\begin_inset space \hfill{}
\end_inset
M-z t
\begin_inset Newline newline
\end_inset
\family default
Camera movement instruction.
e.
\begin_inset space \thinspace{}
\end_inset
g.
\begin_inset space \space{}
\end_inset
CUT TO:
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
FADE OUT:
\begin_inset space \hfill{}
\end_inset
M-z S-I
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
Author
\begin_inset space \hfill{}
\end_inset
M-z S-A
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
Title
\begin_inset space \hfill{}
\end_inset
M-z S-T
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
Right_Address
\begin_inset space \hfill{}
\end_inset
M-z r
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsection
Script jargon
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
(O.S) — off screen
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
(V.0) — voice over
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
b.
\begin_inset space \thinspace{}
\end_inset
g.
— background
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
C.U.
— close-up
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
PAN — camera movement
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
INSERT — cut to close-up of
\end_layout
\begin_layout Section
ijmpc
and
ijmpd
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
by
\noun on
Panayotis
Papasotiriou
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsection
Overview
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
The
ijmpc
package is a set of macros that facilitates electronic manuscript submission
to the
\emph on
International Journal of Modern Physics C
\emph default
.
Similarly, the
ijmpd
package is for creating manuscripts to be submitted to the
\emph on
International Journal of Modern Physics D
\emph default
.
Both journals are published by World Scientific.
The corresponding document classes are named
\family typewriter
ws
-
ijmpc
.
cls
\family default
and
\family typewriter
ws
-
ijmpd
.
cls
\family default
, respectively.
These files, together with instructions for the authors, can be downloaded
from the sites
\begin_inset Flex URL
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
http://www.worldscinet.com/ijmpc/mkt/guidelines.shtml
\end_layout
\end_inset
and
\begin_inset Flex URL
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
http://www.worldscinet.com/ijmpd/mkt/guidelines.shtml
\end_layout
\end_inset
.
Both packages are modified versions of the standard
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
article
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
package, and they are almost (but not exactly) identical.
Most of their features are supported by LyX.
I have used LyX successfully to write articles submitted to both journals
without any problem.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsection
Writing a paper
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
As usual, the easiest way to write a paper is to start with a template.
Click on
\family sans
File\SpecialChar \menuseparator
New from
\family default
\family sans
\bar under
T
\bar default
emplate
\family default
, then choose the
\family typewriter
ijmpc
.
lyx
\family default
or
\family typewriter
ijmpd
.
lyx
\family default
template.
This will give an (almost) empty document that includes the most common
fields found in a manuscript.
Simply overwrite the existing text (including the brackets,
\family typewriter
<>
\family default
) with your text.
You should keep in mind the following remarks.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Enumerate
LyX won't let you change the font size and the page style of the document,
because such modifications are not allowed by both packages.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Enumerate
The language of the document should not be changed.
Before previewing your paper, be sure that the babel package is not used.
To do this, click on
\family sans
Tools\SpecialChar \menuseparator
Preferences
\family default
, select the
\family sans
Lang Opts
\family default
tab, deselect the
\family sans
Use babel
\family default
checkbox
in the language settings, and click on
\family sans
Apply
\family default
(or
\family sans
Save
\family default
, if you wish to make this change permanent).
\end_layout
\begin_layout Enumerate
The
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
Keywords
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
style must be used to define keywords.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Enumerate
The
ijmpc
package provides a style named
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
Classification Codes
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
, which can be used to define classification codes, such as
PACS
numbers.
Note that this facility is not supported by the
ijmpd
package.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Enumerate
Several new environments are available:
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
Definition
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
,
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
Step
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
,
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
Example
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
,
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
Remark
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
,
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
Notation
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
,
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
Theorem
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
,
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
Proof
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
,
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
Corollary
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
,
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
Lemma
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
,
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
Proposition
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
,
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
Prop
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
,
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
Question
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
,
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
Claim
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
, and
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
Conjecture
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
.
Their use is more or less obvious.
LyX supports all these environments; it will use the proper label, text
style, and numbering scheme for each of them.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Enumerate
Both packages use basic citations; the
natbib
package should not be used.
In LyX, citation references are shown as usual; in the output, citations
are shown as superscripts.
If you want to use a citation as normal text, you should use the
\family typewriter
refcite
\family default
command, e.
\begin_inset space \thinspace{}
\end_inset
g.
\begin_inset space \space{}
\end_inset
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
See Ref.
\begin_inset space \space{}
\end_inset
\family typewriter
\backslash
refcite
{key}
\family default
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Enumerate
There is no
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
Acknowledgments
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
section in both packages.
To put acknowledgments, just use the
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
Section*
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
environment.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Enumerate
Appendices may be added to the paper,
\emph on
after
\emph default
the Acknowledgments and
\shape italic
before
\shape default
the References.
LyX provides a special environment, called
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
Appendices Section
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
which marks the beginning of the appendices.
This environment should be left blank; it just sends a
LaTeX
command, but nothing is really printed.
In LyX, the word
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
Appendix
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
is printed with blue letters, as a signal that all sections after that
point are appendices.
To write an appendix, use the
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
Appendix
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
environment.
LyX will number each appendix with capital letters, as required by both
journals.
Note that
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
Appendices Section
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
\emph on
must
\emph default
be present before the first appendix; if not, all appendices will be numbered
as normal sections in the output.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Enumerate
The
ijmpc
and the
ijmpd
packages use the
\family typewriter
tbl
\family default
command to implement table captions.
As a result, a table created by LyX is printed correctly, but its caption
is ignored.
However, you can use some TeX code to overpass this problem, so that captions
are printed as expected.
To do so, create a float table as usual, remove the caption, and replace
it with the TeX code
\family typewriter
\backslash
tbl
{
\emph on
your table caption
\emph default
}{
\family default
(sic); you must also the TeX code
\family typewriter
}
\family default
immediately after the tabular material.
Study the example table included in the template files to see how this
trick is implemented.
Alternatively, If you need table captions, you should implement the whole
table float in a
\family typewriter
.
tex
\family default
file, then include this file to the LyX document (
\family sans
Insert\SpecialChar \menuseparator
File\SpecialChar \menuseparator
Child
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
Document
\family default
).
Details on how to create a table float can be found in the files
\family typewriter
ws
-
ijmpc
.
tex
\family default
and
\family typewriter
ws
-
ijmpd
.
tex
\family default
, included in the corresponding packages.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsection
Preparing a paper for submission
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Before you submit your paper you must export the LyX document as a
LaTeX
file (
\family sans
File\SpecialChar \menuseparator
Export\SpecialChar \menuseparator
LaTeX
\family default
)
\begin_inset Foot
status open
\begin_layout Plain Layout
Actually you have the choice between
LaTeX
(plain) and
pdflatex
.
If you intend to use
pdflatex
to prepare the paper, you should use the
pdflatex
option so that included graphics are converted to
PDF
format, ready for use by
pdflatex
.
\end_layout
\end_inset
, then make the following changes to the resulting
\family typewriter
.
tex
\family default
file.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Enumerate
Remove the comment lines before the
\family typewriter
\backslash
documentclass
\family default
command.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Enumerate
Remove everything between (and including) the
\family typewriter
\backslash
makeatletter
\family default
and
\family typewriter
\backslash
makeatother
\family default
commands, except for any commands you specifically put into the
LaTeX
preamble.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
The modified
\family typewriter
.
tex
\family default
file should be saved and processed through
LaTeX
as many times as necessary.
You may also want to check the resulting
\family typewriter
.
dvi
\family default
document.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsection
Use of TeX code
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
The use of TeX code is reduced to two commands, which must be placed at
the top of the document.
If you started writing your paper by using the
\family typewriter
ijmpc
.
lyx
\family default
or the
\family typewriter
ijmpd
.
lyx
\family default
template, the TeX code needed is already in its place; you usually don't
need to delete it.
You may only modify the first TeX code to specify the information printed
to the top of odd and even pages (
authors'
names and short paper's title, respectively).
This TeX code must have the form
\family typewriter
\backslash
markboth
{
Authors'
Names}{Short Paper's Title}
\family default
.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Section
iopart
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
by
\noun on
Uwe
Stöhr
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsection
Overview
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
The
iopart
package provides a document class to create electronic manuscript submission
to the journals published by the Institute of Physics.
Instructions for the authors how to create a paper using the
iopart
class can be downloaded together with the
iopart
package from the site
\begin_inset Flex URL
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
ftp://ftp.iop.org/pub/journals/latex2e
\end_layout
\end_inset
.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsection
Writing a paper
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
The easiest way to write a paper is to start with the file
\emph on
IOP
-article.
lyx
\emph default
that is available in LyX's examples files folder.
Open this file, save it under a new name, and start writing.
The example file explains how to use the special text environments.
Here are the most important advices:
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
To be able to compile your document to a
PDF
, PS, or
DVI
, assure that the two options
\family sans
Use
AMS
math package
\family default
in the document settings under
\family sans
Math Options
\family default
are not used!
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\size normal
The title environment defines the kind of your paper.
So use one of the following environments for the title:
\end_layout
\begin_deeper
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
\size normal
Title
\family default
for a Paper
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
\size normal
Review
\family default
for a Review
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
\size normal
Topical
\family default
for a Topical review
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
\size normal
Comment
\family default
for a Comment
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
\size normal
Note
\family default
for a Note
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
\size normal
Paper
\family default
for a Paper (same as Title)
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
\size normal
Prelim
\family default
for a Preliminary communication
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
\size normal
Rapid
\family default
for a Rapid communication
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
\size normal
Letter
\family default
for a Letter to the editor
\end_layout
\end_deeper
\begin_layout Itemize
\size normal
All title environments except of
\family sans
Letter
\family default
can have an optional short title.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
There is a general title environment
\family sans
Article
\family default
which is not directly supported by the LyX.
This can be used as TeX code when your document doesn't fit into one of
the other title types.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
For more
informations
like hints for special table and formula formatting, look at the
IOP
author guidelines.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Section
Kluwer
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
by
\noun on
Panayotis
Papasotiriou
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsection
Overview
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
The
Kluwer
package is a set of macros produced by
Kluwer
Academic Publishers that facilitates electronic manuscript submission to
the journals they publish.
Most known of them (at least in my domain of interest) are
\emph on
Astrophysics and Space Science
\emph default
and
\emph on
Solar Physics
\emph default
, but there are many others (see a complete list at
\begin_inset Flex URL
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
http://www.wkap.nl/jrnllist.htm/JRNLHOME
\end_layout
\end_inset
).
The
Kluwer
package may be downloaded from the site
\begin_inset Flex URL
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
http://www.wkap.nl/kaphtml.htm/STYLEFILES
\end_layout
\end_inset
.
A complete user guide is contained in that package (but it can also be
downloaded separately).
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
LyX supports many features of the package but not everything.
However, the TeX code needed is reduced to some
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
peculiar
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
commands of the package (see
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
\begin_inset CommandInset ref
LatexCommand ref
reference "subsec:kluwer_peculiarities"
\end_inset
).
I have recently used LyX to write an article submitted to the
\emph on
Astrophysics and Space Science
\emph default
without any problem.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsection
Writing a paper
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
The easiest way to write a paper is to start with the
Kluwer
template file.
Click on
\family sans
File\SpecialChar \menuseparator
New from
\family default
\family sans
Template
\family default
, then choose the
\family typewriter
kluwer
.
lyx
\family default
template.
This will give an (almost) empty document that includes the most common
fields found in a manuscript and a short description of their use.
As in most templates, simply overwrite the existing text (including the
brackets,
\family typewriter
<>
\family default
) with the correct information.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsection
Preparing a paper for submission
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
As in the
AASTeX
package, before you submit your paper to a journal you must
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
postprocess
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
it as follows.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Enumerate
Export your paper as a
LaTeX
file.
To do this, click on
\family sans
File\SpecialChar \menuseparator
Export\SpecialChar \menuseparator
LaTeX
\family default
.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Enumerate
Edit the resulting
\family typewriter
.
tex
\family default
file with a text editor and make the following changes
\end_layout
\begin_deeper
\begin_layout Enumerate
remove the comment lines before the
\family typewriter
\backslash
documentclass
\family default
command,
\end_layout
\begin_layout Enumerate
remove everything between (and including) the
\family typewriter
\backslash
makeatletter
\family default
and
\family typewriter
\backslash
makeatother
\family default
commands, except for any commands you specifically put into the
LaTeX
preamble.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Save the resulting
\family typewriter
.
tex
\family default
file.
\end_layout
\end_deeper
\begin_layout Enumerate
Run the
\family typewriter
.
tex
\family default
file through
LaTeX
as many times as necessary (usually up to three).
\end_layout
\begin_layout Enumerate
View the resulting
\family typewriter
.
dvi
\family default
document using, e.
\begin_inset space \thinspace{}
\end_inset
g.
\begin_inset space \space{}
\end_inset
\family sans
xdvi
\family default
, and check if everything is OK (it should, if you didn't make any mistake).
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsection
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
Peculiarities
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
of the
Kluwer
package
\begin_inset CommandInset label
LatexCommand label
name "subsec:kluwer_peculiarities"
\end_inset
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
The
Kluwer
package has the following
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
peculiarities
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Enumerate
It is possible to write multiple articles in the same
LaTeX
file
\begin_inset Foot
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
I can't imagine any good reason to do this.
\end_layout
\end_inset
.
Each article must be included in the environment
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
article
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
.
Unfortunately, this environment cannot be omitted, even if you write just
one article.
Therefore, each article starts with the command
\family typewriter
\backslash
begin{article}
\family default
and, obviously, ends with the command
\family typewriter
\backslash
end{article}
\family default
.
Although this can be implemented in LyX, I didn't included it, since it
looks ugly and can confuse the novice user.
Therefore, you need to enter them directly and mark them as
LaTeX
code (the well-known
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
TeX code
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
).
\end_layout
\begin_layout Enumerate
Information given at the beginning of the article (i.
\begin_inset space \thinspace{}
\end_inset
g.
\begin_inset space \space{}
\end_inset
title, subtitle, author, institution, running title, running author, abstract
and keywords) must be included in an environment called
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
opening
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
.
This is not implemented in LyX, so you must enter title, subtitle etc.
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
between two TeX code lines (
\family typewriter
\backslash
begin{opening}
\family default
and
\family typewriter
\backslash
end{opening}
\family default
).
\end_layout
\begin_layout Enumerate
According to the user manual, the label of each bibliography item must be
written as
\family typewriter
\backslash
protect
\backslash
citeauthoryear
{
\family default
\emph on
author(s)
\family typewriter
\emph default
}{
\family default
\emph on
year
\family typewriter
\emph default
}
\family default
.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
The
\family typewriter
kluwer
.
lyx
\family default
template takes care of all these
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
peculiarities
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
.
If you start a new paper using this template you don't need to do anything
special.
Just
\end_layout
\begin_layout Enumerate
don't delete the TeX code included in the template, and
\end_layout
\begin_layout Enumerate
copy the example bibliography item included in the template and modify it
as necessary to enter new bibliography items.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Section
Koma
-Script
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
by
\noun on
Bernd
Rellermeyer
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsection
Overview
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
The LyX document classes
\emph on
article (
koma
-script)
\emph default
,
\emph on
report (
koma
-script)
\emph default
,
\emph on
book
\emph default
\emph on
(
koma
-script)
\emph default
, and
\emph on
letter
\emph default
\emph on
(
koma
-script)
\emph default
correspond to the
LaTeX
document classes
\family typewriter
scrartcl
.
cls
\family default
,
\family typewriter
scrreprt
.
cls
\family default
,
\family typewriter
scrbook
.
cls
\family default
, and
\family typewriter
scrlettr
.
cls
\family default
, resp.
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
of the
Koma
-Script family.
They are replacements for the standard document classes
\family typewriter
article.
cls
\family default
,
\family typewriter
report.
cls
\family default
,
\family typewriter
book.
cls
\family default
and
\family typewriter
letter.
cls
\family default
, resp., and fit better to European typography conventions in a number of
points.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
Standard character size is
11pt
in
\emph on
article (
koma
-script)
\emph default
,
\emph on
report (
koma
-script)
\emph default
, and
\emph on
book (
koma
-script)
\emph default
, and
12pt
in
\emph on
letter (
koma
-script)
\emph default
.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
Headings, labels of the description environment, and a number of elements
of the
\emph on
letter (
koma
-script)
\emph default
document class are set in a bold sans serif font.
\begin_inset Foot
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
There is a big difference between the bold sans serif old cm fonts and new
ec
fonts, especially in the appearance of headings.
In comparison, the
ec
bold sans serif fonts look a bit thin.
Here the
LaTeX
package
\family typewriter
cmsd
.sty by
\family default
\shape smallcaps
Walter Schmidt
\shape default
helps to produce the
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
usual
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
appearance when using the
ec
fonts.
\end_layout
\end_inset
The numbering of chapter headings is made in the same way as the numbering
of section headings, that is without the extra line
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
Chapter\SpecialChar \ldots{}
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
.
In addition, the appearance of the headings can be modified by using a
number of options (in LyX to be entered in the field
\family sans
Extra
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
Options
\family default
of the dialog
\family sans
Layout\SpecialChar \menuseparator
Document
\family default
).
A detailed German description of these options can be found in the
Koma
-Script documentation
\emph on
scrguide
\emph default
.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
The main means in the
Koma
-Script document classes to design the type area are the options
\family sans
BCOR
\family default
and
\family sans
DIV
\family default
(in LyX to be entered in the extra class options field in the dialog
\family sans
Document\SpecialChar \menuseparator
Settings
\family default
).
They make a clearer modification of page margins possible as do the options
of the dialog
\family sans
Document\SpecialChar \menuseparator
Settings
\family default
.
A detailed German description of these and other type area options can
be found in the
Koma
-Script documentation
\emph on
scrguide
\emph default
.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
The
LaTeX
document classes of the
Koma
-Script family define a number of additional commands.
Those part of it which makes sense in LyX is implemented in corresponding
paragraph types.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
A detailed German description of the
LaTeX
document classes of the
Koma
-Script family can be found in the
Koma
-Script documentation
\emph on
scrguide
\emph default
.
\begin_inset Foot
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
There is an English translation
\emph on
screnggu
\emph default
, but it is not a complete one.
\end_layout
\end_inset
The following sections describe only those aspects, which are relevant
in LyX.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsection
article (
koma
-script), report (
koma
-script), and book (
koma
-script)
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
The document classes
\emph on
article (
koma
-script)
\emph default
,
\emph on
report (
koma
-script)
\emph default
, and
\emph on
book
\emph default
\emph on
(
koma
-script)
\emph default
are implemented in the layout files
\family typewriter
scrartcl
.layout
\family default
,
\family typewriter
scrreprt
.layout
\family default
, and
\family typewriter
scrbook
.layout
\family default
, resp.
They contain all the paragraph types of the corresponding standard document
classes
\emph on
article
\emph default
,
\emph on
report
\emph default
, and
\emph on
book
\emph default
, resp., partly modified, with the exception of the LyX specific
\family sans
List
\family default
-type, which is replaced by the new
\family sans
Labeling
\family default
-type having the same functionality.
Beside the
\family sans
Labeling
\family default
-Type there is a number of new paragraph types added.
They are
\emph on
not
\emph default
part of
\emph on
letter (
koma
-script)
\emph default
.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
Addpart
,
Addchap
\family default
,
\family sans
Addsec
\family default
: are equivalents to
\family sans
Part*, Chapter*
\family default
and
\family sans
Section*
\family default
, resp., additionally inserting an entry in the table of contents.
\family sans
Addpart
\family default
and
\family sans
Addchap
\family default
are not contained in
\emph on
article (
koma
-script)
\emph default
.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
Addchap
*
\family default
,
\family sans
Addsec
*
\family default
: behave exactly as
\family sans
Addchap
\family default
and
\family sans
Addsec
\family default
, resp., additionally clearing running heads.
\family sans
Addchap
*
\family default
is not contained in
\emph on
article (
koma
-script)
\emph default
.
\begin_inset Foot
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
There is also an
\family typewriter
\backslash
addpart
*
\family default
command in
\emph on
book (
koma
-script)
\emph default
and in
\emph on
report (
koma
-script)
\emph default
, but since this is identical to
\family sans
Part*
\family default
, is has not been implemented in LyX.
\end_layout
\end_inset
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
Minisec
\family default
: generates a heading directly above the following paragraph in the standard
character size without affecting the structure of the document.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
Captionabove
\family default
and
\family sans
Captionbelow
\family default
are special captions which respect the different space settings needed
for captions placed above or below an element (if you follow strict typographic
rules, you might want to place table captions always above the table).
You can also use the class option
\family typewriter
tablecaptionsabove
\family default
, which will switch
\family sans
caption
\family default
to
\family sans
captionabove
\family default
for tables and
\family sans
captionbelow
\family default
for figures.
You need at least
Koma
-Script version 2.
8q
to use this.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
Dictum
\family default
: can be used to set a
bonmot
, e.
\begin_inset space \thinspace{}
\end_inset
g.
\begin_inset space \space{}
\end_inset
at the beginning of a chapter.
If you use the optional argument (
\family sans
Insert\SpecialChar \menuseparator
Short
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
Title
\family default
), you can insert the dictum's author there.
Dictum and author are separated by a line.
You need at least
Koma
-Script version 2.
8q
to use this.
\family sans
Dictum
\family default
is not contained in
\emph on
article (
koma
-script)
\emph default
.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
The following types, together with the standard types
\family sans
Title
\family default
,
\family sans
Author
\family default
, and
\family sans
Date
\family default
, form the title area of the document.
They must be entered ahead of the first
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
ordinary
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
paragraph.
\begin_inset Foot
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
The corresponding
LaTeX
commands must appear before the
\family typewriter
\backslash
maketitle
\family default
command.
\end_layout
\end_inset
When such a type is used more than once, the latter usage overwrites the
former one, that means, for every type only the latest usage is valid.
The order of the different types however has, like
\family sans
Title
\family default
,
\family sans
Author
\family default
, and
\family sans
Date
\family default
, no effect on the appearance of the produced document.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
Subject
\family default
: produces a centered paragraph above the ordinary title (
\family sans
Title
\family default
,
\family sans
Author
\family default
,
\family sans
Date
\family default
) for the subject of the document.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
Publishers
\family default
: produces a centered paragraph below the ordinary title (
\family sans
Title
\family default
,
\family sans
Author
\family default
,
\family sans
Date
\family default
) for the
publishers'
name.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
Dedication
\family default
: in
\emph on
report (
koma
-script)
\emph default
and
\emph on
book (
koma
-script)
\emph default
produces a centered paragraph on its own page behind the title page, or
in
\emph on
article (
koma
-script)
\emph default
produces a centered paragraph below the ordinary title (
\family sans
Title
\family default
,
\family sans
Author
\family default
,
\family sans
Date
\family default
,
\family sans
Publishers
\family default
) for a dedication.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
Titlehead
\family default
: produces a left aligned paragraph above the ordinary title (
\family sans
Title
\family default
,
\family sans
Author
\family default
,
\family sans
Date
\family default
,
\family sans
Subject
\family default
) for a document`s head.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
Uppertitleback
\family default
: produces in a double-sided print in
\emph on
report (
koma
-script)
\emph default
and
\emph on
book (
koma
-script)
\emph default
a left-aligned paragraph at the top of the title page`s back or has no
effect in a single-sided print or in
\emph on
article (
koma
-script)
\emph default
.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
Lowertitleback
\family default
: produces in a double-sided print in
\emph on
report (
koma
-script)
\emph default
and
\emph on
book (
koma
-script)
\emph default
a left-aligned paragraph at the bottom of the title page`s back or has
no effect in a single-sided print or in
\emph on
article (
koma
-script)
\emph default
.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
Extratitle
\family default
: produces a special
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
dirty
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
page ahead of the actual document containing a paragraph without special
formatting.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
The layout files for the document classes
\emph on
article (
koma
-script)
\emph default
,
\emph on
report (
koma
-script)
\emph default
, and
\emph on
book (
koma
-script)
\emph default
do include the file
\family typewriter
scrmacros
.inc
\family default
.
This is thought of as a place to define your own types.
Copy
scrmacros
\family typewriter
.inc
\family default
in your personal layout directory and edit the file!
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsection
letter (
koma
-script)
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
\begin_inset ERT
status open
\begin_layout Plain Layout
\backslash
begin{sloppypar}
\end_layout
\end_inset
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
\noindent
The document class
\emph on
letter (
koma
-script)
\emph default
is implemented in the layout file
\family typewriter
scrlettr
.layout
\family default
.
It contains all the paragraph types of the corresponding standard document
class
\emph on
letter
\emph default
, partly modified, with the exception of the LyX specific types
\family sans
LyX-Code
\family default
and
\family sans
Comment
\family default
and the
\family sans
List
\family default
type, which is replaced by the new
\family sans
Labeling
\family default
type.
In addition, it contains, in contrast to the standard document class, the
standard types
\family sans
LaTeX
\family default
,
\family sans
Quotation
\family default
,
\family sans
Quote
\family default
, and
\family sans
Verse
\family default
.
Furthermore, there are a number of new letter specific types.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
\begin_inset ERT
status open
\begin_layout Plain Layout
\backslash
end{sloppypar}
\end_layout
\end_inset
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
The appearance of the letter produced by this document class can be controlled
by a number of
LaTeX
commands, which you can put in the
LaTeX
preamble.
\begin_inset Foot
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
For example, the standard appearance of the letter`s heading, consisting
of name and address, is quite self-willed.
An
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
ordinary
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
heading is produced by the following
LaTeX
commands in the preamble:
\end_layout
\begin_layout LyX-Code
\backslash
firsthead
{
\backslash
parbox
[b]{
\backslash
textwidth
}
\end_layout
\begin_layout LyX-Code
{
\backslash
ignorespaces
\backslash
fromname
\backslash
\backslash
\backslash
ignorespaces
\backslash
fromaddress
}}
\end_layout
\begin_layout LyX-Code
\backslash
nexthead
{
\backslash
parbox
[b]{
\backslash
textwidth
}
\end_layout
\begin_layout LyX-Code
{
\backslash
ignorespaces
\backslash
fromname
\backslash
hfill
\backslash
ignorespaces
\backslash
pagename
\backslash
\backslash
thepage
}}
\end_layout
\end_inset
A detailed German description of such
LaTeX
commands can be found in the
Koma
-Script documentation
\emph on
scrguide
\emph default
.
With it, the letter's author can produce his personal letter layout.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
The types
\family sans
Letter
\family default
and
\family sans
Opening
\family default
define the beginning of the letter and must be used in every letter.
To emphasize them in the LyX document class, they are marked with the letter
\shape italic
L
\shape default
or
\shape italic
O
\shape default
, resp.
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
in the left margin.
It is possible to write any number of letters in one file.
An
\family sans
Opening
\family default
type produces a new letter using the same addressee and a
\family sans
Letter
\family default
type produces a new addressee.
The types
\family sans
Closing
\family default
,
\family sans
PS
\family default
,
\family sans
CC
\family default
, and
\family sans
Encl
\family default
are ordinary paragraph types and can also be used several times in one
and the same letter.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
Letter
\family default
: produces a paragraph for the addressee and implicitly defines the beginning
of the letter.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
Opening
\family default
: produces a paragraph for the form of address and implicitly produces a
new letter.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
Closing
\family default
: produces a paragraph for a close.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
PS
\family default
: produces a paragraph for a postscript.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
CC
\family default
: produces a paragraph for a distribution list.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
Encl
\family default
: produces a paragraph for enclosures.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
The types
\family sans
Name
\family default
,
\family sans
Signature
\family default
,
\family sans
Address
\family default
,
\family sans
Telephone
\family default
,
\family sans
Place
\family default
,
\family sans
Backaddress
\family default
,
\family sans
Specialmail
\family default
,
\family sans
Location
\family default
,
\family sans
Title
\family default
, and
\family sans
Subject
\family default
are input types provided with a label to enter information, which will
be processed by the document class.
\begin_inset Foot
status open
\begin_layout Plain Layout
It could be seen as a matter of
inconsequence
, that the types
\family sans
Letter
\family default
and
\family sans
Opening
\family default
described above are not such input types as well.
Because of the special meaning of those types, however, I have implemented
them as ordinary paragraph types with a one letter mark in the left margin.
Moreover, it would affect my feeling of symmetry, if the
\family sans
Opening
\family default
type and the
\family sans
Closing
\family default
type had such a serious different appearance.
\end_layout
\end_inset
The types must be used ahead of the corresponding
\family sans
Opening
\family default
type.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
An implementation of these types in a WYSIWYG fashion does not seem to make
sense, because the real appearance of the produced letter does not only
depend on the usage of the particular type, but also on other factors.
For example, a signature entered in the
\family sans
Signature
\family default
type will in the standard behavior appear in the produced letter only,
when in the same letter also a
\family sans
Closing
\family default
type is used.
The entered value of the
\family sans
Telephone
\family default
type will in the standard behavior not appear in the produced letter at
all.
The possibility to design the letter`s heading freely is already indicated
in a footnote above.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
The input types can also be used as empty paragraphs.
This makes sense e.
\begin_inset space \thinspace{}
\end_inset
g.
\begin_inset space \space{}
\end_inset
for the
\family sans
Signature
\family default
type.
If the
\family sans
Signature
\family default
type is not used at all, in the standard behavior the value of the
\family sans
Name
\family default
type is used as signature, whereas if an empty
\family sans
Signature
\family default
type is used, no signature value is defined.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
By using the input types it is possible to write a letter template, containing
filled input types with your personal dates (name, address, etc.) and empty
input types for other dates you want to enter.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
Name
\family default
: sender's name, in the standard behavior appears as a centered paragraph
in small caps in the letter`s heading.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
Signature
\family default
: sender's signature, in the standard behavior appears below the
\family sans
Closing
\family default
type.
If no
\family sans
Signature
\family default
type is used, the value of the
\family sans
Name
\family default
type appears instead.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
Address
\family default
: sender's address, in the standard behavior appears in a centered paragraph
in the letter`s heading below the sender's name.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
Telephone
\family default
: sender's telephone number, in the standard behavior only sets the
LaTeX
variable
\family typewriter
\backslash
telephonenum
\family default
.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
Place
\family default
: place of the letter`s making.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
Date
\family default
: date of the letter`s making.
\family sans
Place
\family default
and
\family sans
Date
\family default
, in the standard behavior, produce the place and the date in a right-aligned
line below the addressee's field.
If an empty
\family sans
Date
\family default
type is used, neither place nor date appear, independent of the value of
the
\family sans
Place
\family default
type.
If no
\family sans
Date
\family default
type is used, the date of the letter `s production is used.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
Backaddress
\family default
: sender`s back address, in the standard behavior appears above the addressee's
field in a small sans serif font.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
Specialmail
\family default
: special mail information, in the standard behavior appears underlined
above the addressee's field below the back address.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
Location
\family default
: additional information, in the standard behavior appears on right side
below the addressee`s field.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
Title
\family default
: the letter's title, in the standard behavior appears in a big, bold, sans
serif font above the subject.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
Subject
\family default
: the letter's subject, in the standard behavior appears in a bold font
above the
\family sans
Opening
\family default
paragraph.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
The types
\family sans
Yourref
\family default
,
\family sans
Yourmail
\family default
,
\family sans
Myref
\family default
,
\family sans
Customer
\family default
, and
\family sans
Invoice
\family default
produce a business letter like line above the
\family sans
Title
\family default
line containing the fields
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
Your ref.
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
,
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
Your letter of
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
,
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
Our ref.
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
,
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
Customer no.
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
,
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
Invoice no.
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
, and
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
Date
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
.
For the date field, the value of the
\family sans
Date
\family default
type is used.
If one of these
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
business letter types
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
is used, the value of the
\family sans
Place
\family default
type however does not appear, but only the
LaTeX
variable
\family typewriter
\backslash
fromplace
\family default
is set.
The ordinary output of place and date in a right-aligned line below the
addressee`s field is suppressed.
The types are implemented as input types provided with a label and must
be used ahead of the corresponding
\family sans
Opening
\family default
type.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
Yourref
\family default
: Your ref.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
Yourmail
\family default
: Your letter of.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
Myref
\family default
: Our ref.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
Customer
\family default
: Customer no.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
Invoice
\family default
: Invoice no.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsection
The new letter class: letter (
koma
-script v.2)
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
by
\noun on
Jürgen Spitzmüller
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
\begin_inset VSpace medskip
\end_inset
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
\noindent
Koma
-Script version 2.8 has introduced a new letter class
\family typewriter
scrlttr2
\family default
which supersedes the now unsupported
\family typewriter
scrlettr
\family default
.
It has — on the
LaTeX
side — a completely new interface and is not compatible with the old class.
Therefore, LyX supports both, though it is recommended to use the new class.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
This class covers the same functionality as
\emph on
letter (
koma
-script),
\emph default
and a few more.
The basic items are
\family sans
Address
\family default
(receiver's address, same as
\family sans
Letter
\family default
in the old layout),
\family sans
Opening
\family default
, and
\family sans
Closing
\family default
.
\family sans
NextAddress
\family default
will start a new letter (i.
\begin_inset space \thinspace{}
\end_inset
g.
\begin_inset space \space{}
\end_inset
you can write several letters per document).
New elements are sender's
\family sans
E-Mail
\family default
,
\family sans
URL
\family default
,
\family sans
Fax
\family default
,
\family sans
Bank
\family default
and the possibility to use a
\family sans
Logo
\family default
(via
\family sans
Insert\SpecialChar \menuseparator
Graphics
\family default
) in the header.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
The biggest improvement is, though, that the letter's layout is configurable
at almost any needs.
This can be done via the preamble or with a special style file (Letter
Class Option, extension
\family typewriter
*.
lco
\family default
), that will be read in as a class option.
\begin_inset Foot
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
The
KOMA
package comes with some default
\family typewriter
*.
lco
\family default
files.
There is, for instance, a
\family typewriter
DIN.
lco
\family default
file that follows
german
typesetting rules, or a
\family typewriter
KOMAold
.
lco
\family default
that provides the default layout of the old
\family typewriter
scrlettr
\family default
class.
The latter can be loaded with the class option
\family typewriter
KOMAold
\family default
, inserted via the
\family sans
\bar under
L
\bar default
ayout\SpecialChar \menuseparator
\bar under
D
\bar default
ocument\SpecialChar \menuseparator
Extra Options
\family default
field.
\end_layout
\end_inset
Have a look at the
\emph on
koma
-
letter2
\emph default
template that is included in LyX for examples.
A detailed description is to be found in the
Koma
-Script documentation (
\emph on
scrguide
\emph default
).
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsection
Problems
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Visualizing the
Koma
-Script document classes in LyX, the LyX internals cause some problems.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
The chapter number of a
\family sans
Chapter
\family default
type appears on a line of its own above the chapter heading instead of
appearing in the same line ahead of it.
The cause for that is the LyX internal behavior for the
labeltype
\family sans
Counter_Chapter
\family default
in the layout file.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
The headings of the types
\family sans
Addchap
\family default
and
\family sans
Addsec
\family default
are only put in the
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
true
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
LaTeX
table of contents, but not in the LyX table of contents (
\family sans
Document\SpecialChar \menuseparator
Table
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
of
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
Contents
\family default
).
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
The paragraphs in a
\emph on
letter
\emph default
document class appear in a skip separation mode, not indented.
This is the standard behavior, no special
LaTeX
commands are needed for that.
But in the
\family sans
Document\SpecialChar \menuseparator
Settings
\family default
dialog the corresponding radio button indicates
\family sans
Indent
\family default
.
A
\family sans
Skip
\family default
value always has the effect that extra
LaTeX
commands are inserted in the document to produce the gap, which is not
what is wanted in this case.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Section
Latex8
(
IEEE
Conference Papers)
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
by
\noun on
Allan Rae
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsection
Introduction
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Since this class is specifically for writing submissions to
IEEE
sponsored conferences I strongly recommend that you get a copy of their
Authors Kit.
The
\family sans
latex.sty
\family default
package and associated bibliography style file is included in the kit.
The Authors Kit is usually sent out by email once your initial submission
has been accepted.
There is a lot of useful information in the Authors Kit explaining formatting
restrictions and so on and I will assume you have read this since that
means I don't have to repeat it all here.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsection
Getting Started
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
[AR\SpecialChar \@.
more to come]
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsection
Supported Environments
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
Standard
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
Title
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
Author
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
E-mail
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
Affiliation
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
Abstract
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
Section
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
SubSection
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
Caption
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsection
Differences Between Screen and Paper
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
There are slight differences in appearance mainly with the presentation
of section counters.
On screen the trailing period of the section counter is missing but it
will appear in the output so don't let this worry you.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Section
Memoir
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
By
\noun on
Jürgen Spitzmüller
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsection
Overview
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Memoir is a very powerful and constantly evolving class.
It has been designed with regard to fictional and non-fictional literature.
Its aim is to let the user have maximum control over the typesetting of
his document.
Memoir is based on the standard book class, but it can also emulate the
article class (see below).
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Peter Wilson, the developer of Memoir, is known as the author of lots of
useful packages in the
LaTeX
world.
Most of them have been merged with Memoir.
Therefore, it is much easier to layout the table of contents, appendices,
chapter designs and such.
LyX, though, does not support all of these goodies
natively
.
Some of them might be added to forthcoming releases
\begin_inset Foot
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
You are invited to send suggestions to
\begin_inset Flex URL
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
lyx-devel@lists.lyx.org
\end_layout
\end_inset
.
\end_layout
\end_inset
, lots will probably never, due to the limitations of LyX's framework.
Of course you can still use all features with the help of some native
LaTeX
commands (TeX code
\begin_inset Foot
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
Cf.
\begin_inset ERT
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
\backslash
\end_layout
\end_inset
section
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
\begin_inset CommandInset ref
LatexCommand ref
reference "sec:Inserting-TeX-Code"
\end_inset
for details.
\end_layout
\end_inset
).
In this section, we can only list those features which are
natively
supported by LyX.
For detailed descriptions (and for the rest of features) we are recommending
to have a look at the detailed manual of the Memoir class
\begin_inset Foot
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
Cf.
\begin_inset ERT
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
\backslash
\end_layout
\end_inset
\begin_inset Flex URL
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
CTAN:/macros/latex/memoir/memman.pdf
\end_layout
\end_inset
.
\end_layout
\end_inset
, which is not only a user guide for the class, but also both a comprehensive
description on good typesetting and a superb example for good typesetting
itself.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsection
Basic features and restrictions
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Memoir supports basically all features of the standard book classes.
There are, however, some differences, as follows:
\end_layout
\begin_layout Description
Font
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
sizes: Memoir has a broader range of font sizes: 9,
10
,
11
,
12
,
14
,
17
\end_layout
\begin_layout Description
Page
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
style: The fancy page style is not supported, due to a command clash between
Memoir and the
fancyhdr
package (they are both defining a command with the same name, which confuses
LaTeX
).
Instead, Memoir comes with a bunch of own page styles (see
\family sans
Layout\SpecialChar \menuseparator
Document\SpecialChar \menuseparator
Page
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
Style
\family default
).
If you want to use these for the chapter pages, you have to use the command
\family typewriter
\backslash
chapterstyle
\family default
in the main text or in preamble (e.
\begin_inset space \thinspace{}
\end_inset
g.
\begin_inset space \space{}
\end_inset
\family typewriter
\backslash
chapterstyle
{companion}
\family default
).
\end_layout
\begin_layout Description
Sectioning:
Sectionings
(chapter, section, subsection etc.) are coming with an optional argument
in the standard classes.
With this, you can specify an alternative version of the title for the
table of contents and the headers (for instance, if the title is too long).
In LyX, you can do this via
\family sans
Insert\SpecialChar \menuseparator
Short
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
Title
\family default
at the beginning of a chapter/section.
Memoir features a second optional argument and thus separates the table
of contents from the header.
You can define three variants of a title with this: one for the main text,
one for the table of contents, and one for the headers.
Simply insert two optional arguments if you need this feature, the first
one containing the short title for the Table of Contents, the second one
containing an alternative short title for the headers.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Description
TOC
/LOT/
LOF
: In the standard classes (and in many other classes), the table of contents,
the list of figures and the list of table start a new page automatically.
Memoir does not follow this route.
You have to insert a page break yourself, if you want to have one.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Description
Titlepage
: For some unknown reason, Memoir uses pagination on the title page (in
the standard classes, title pages are
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
empty
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
, i.
\begin_inset space \thinspace{}
\end_inset
g.
\begin_inset space \space{}
\end_inset
without
pagina
).
If you want an empty title page, type
\family typewriter
\backslash
aliaspagestyle
{title}{empty}
\family default
in the preamble.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Description
Article: With the class option
\emph on
article
\emph default
(to be inserted in
\family sans
Layout\SpecialChar \menuseparator
Document\SpecialChar \menuseparator
Extra
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
Options
\family default
), you can emulate article style.
That is, counters (footnotes, figures, tables etc.) will not be reset on
new chapters, chapters don't start a new page (but are—in contrary to
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
real
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
article classes—still allowed), parts, though, use their own page, as in
book.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Description
Oldfontcommands
: By default, Memoir does not allow the use of the deprecated font commands,
which have been used in the old
LaTeX
version 2.
09
(e.
\begin_inset space \thinspace{}
\end_inset
g.
\begin_inset space \space{}
\end_inset
\family typewriter
\backslash
rm
\family default
,
\family typewriter
\backslash
it
\family default
).
It produces an error and stops
LaTeX
whenever such a command appears.
The class option
\emph on
oldfontcommands
\emph default
reallows
the commands and spits out warnings instead (which does at least not stop
LaTeX
).
Since a lot of packages and particularly
BibTeX
style files are still using those commands, we have decided to use this
option by default.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsection
Extra features
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
We will only describe the features supported by LyX (which is not much currently
).
Please consult the Memoir manual
\begin_inset Foot
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
Cf.
\begin_inset ERT
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
\backslash
\end_layout
\end_inset
\begin_inset Flex URL
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
CTAN:/macros/latex/memoir/memman.pdf
\end_layout
\end_inset
.
\end_layout
\end_inset
for details.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Description
Abstract: You may wonder why an abstract is an extra feature.
Well, it is in book class.
Usually books don't have abstracts.
Memoir, however, has.
You can use it wherever and how often you like.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Description
Chapterprecis
: You may know this from belletristic: The contents of a chapter is shortly
described below the title and also in the table of contents (e.
\begin_inset space \thinspace{}
\end_inset
g.
\begin_inset space \space{}
\end_inset
\emph on
Our hero arrives in
Troia
; he loses some friends; he finds others
\emph default
).
Chapterprecis
does exactly this.
It is therefore only sensible below a chapter.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Description
Epigraph: An epigraph is a smart slogan or motto at the beginning of a chapter.
The epigraph environment provides an elegant way of typesetting such a
motto.
The motto itself (text) and its author (source) are divided by a short
line.
Unfortunately, we have to fool LyX a bit here again, since the environment
needs two arguments (text and source).
In this case, we have to use curly brackets (in TeX mode) between the two
arguments:
\emph on
\emph default
\family typewriter
}{
\family default
\emph on
.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Description
Poemtitle
: Memoir has lots of possibilities to typeset poetry (up to very complex
figurative poems).
LyX can only support a few of them.
One is
poemtitle
, which is a centered title for poems, which will also be added to the table
of contents (verse is the standard environment for poems.
Memoir has some enhanced versions of verse, but you need to use TeX code,
because they have to be nested inside regular verse environments, which
is not possible with LyX).
\end_layout
\begin_layout Description
Poemtitle
*: Same as
poemtitle
, but it adds no entry to the table of contents.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Section
Article (
mwart
), book (
mwbk
) and report (
mwrep
)
\begin_inset OptArg
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
The
\family typewriter
mw
\family default
Classes
\end_layout
\end_inset
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
by
\noun on
Tomasz
Luczak
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
The LyX document classes
\emph on
article (
mwart
)
\emph default
,
\emph on
report (
mwrep
)
\emph default
and
\emph on
book
\emph default
\emph on
(
mwbk
)
\emph default
correspond to the
LaTeX
document classes
\family typewriter
mwart
.
cls
\family default
,
\family typewriter
mwrep
.
cls
\family default
and
\family typewriter
mwbk
.
cls
\family default
, resp.
They are replacements for the standard document classes
\family typewriter
article.
cls
\family default
,
\family typewriter
report.
cls
\family default
and
\family typewriter
book.
cls
\family default
, resp., and fit better to Polish typography conventions in a number of points.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Basic differences:
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
Unnumbered titles (with star, e.
\begin_inset space \thinspace{}
\end_inset
g.
\begin_inset space \space{}
\end_inset
\family sans
Section*
\family default
) are added into table of contents,
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
Additional page styles:
\end_layout
\begin_deeper
\begin_layout Description
uheadings
header with separated lines,
\end_layout
\begin_layout Description
myheadings
custom header, contents headers via commands:
\family typewriter
\backslash
markright
\family default
and
\family typewriter
\backslash
markboth
\family default
,
\end_layout
\begin_layout Description
myuheadings
custom header with separated lines,
\end_layout
\begin_layout Description
outer page number is placed on outer side of page
\end_layout
\end_deeper
\begin_layout Itemize
Options
\end_layout
\begin_deeper
\begin_layout Description
rmheadings
serif titles — default,
\end_layout
\begin_layout Description
sfheadings
sansserif
titles,
\end_layout
\begin_layout Description
authortitle
on title page first placed is author next title — default,
\end_layout
\begin_layout Description
titleauthor
on title page first placed is title next author,
\end_layout
\begin_layout Description
withmarginpar
reserve place on page for margins.
\end_layout
\end_deeper
\begin_layout Section
Paper
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
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.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Section
RevTeX4
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
by
\noun on
Amir
Karger
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
\begin_inset VSpace bigskip
\end_inset
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
\noindent
The
\family sans
Revtex
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
4
\family default
textclass
works with the American Physical
Sociey's
RevTeX
4.0 (the
\begin_inset Formula $\beta$
\end_inset
release of May,
1999
) class.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
LyX has a
\family sans
Revtex
\family default
textclass
, which works with
RevTeX
3.1.
However,
v3
.1 is basically obsolete, as it works with
LaTeX
2.
09
.
That means that it doesn't interact very well with LyX, which requires
LaTeX2e
, although it has been kludged to work.
Since
RevTeX
4.0 has been designed to work much more cleanly with
LaTeX2e
, LyX with the
\family sans
RevTeX
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
4
\family default
textclass
should also be pretty easy to use.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
These documents are supposed to be used in
\emph on
addition
\emph default
to the
RevTeX
4.0 documents, so we don't describe any of the special
RevTeX
macros, and assume you'll know what to put in the preamble if necessary.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsection
Installation
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
All you need to do is install
RevTeX
4, as described in the package's
README
file.
The package can be found at The
RevTeX
4 Web Site
\begin_inset Flex URL
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
http://publish.aps.org/revtex4/
\end_layout
\end_inset
.
Install it somewhere that
LaTeX
can see it.
Test it by trying to
LaTeX
a short
RevTeX
4 document in some random directory (i.
\begin_inset space \thinspace{}
\end_inset
g.
\begin_inset space \space{}
\end_inset
not the directory where you installed the class file.) Then, if you reconfigure
LyX, it will find the class file and let you use the
RevTeX4
textclass
.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Probably the easiest way to get started is either to import a
RevTeX
4 document using
\family typewriter
tex2lyx
\family default
, or to use the
\family sans
Revtex
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
4
\family default
template, found in the templates directory.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsection
Preamble Matter
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Optional arguments to
\family typewriter
\backslash
documentclass
\family default
, like
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
preprint
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
and
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
aps
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
, go in the
\family sans
E
\bar under
x
\bar default
tra
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
Options
\family default
field in the
\family sans
Document
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
Layout
\family default
dialog, as usual.
Remember that in
RevTeX
, at least one optional argument is required!
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Other preamble matter, like
\family typewriter
\backslash
draft
\family default
etc.
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
goes in the
\family sans
LaTeX
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
Preamble
\family default
dialog, also as usual.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsection
Layouts
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
The layouts basically correspond to the commands in
RevTeX4
.0.
For example, the Email layout corresponds to
\family typewriter
\backslash
email{}
\family default
.
Note that (at least as of
RevTeX
4.0 Beta), the
\family sans
Address
\family default
and
\family sans
Affiliation
\family default
layouts are exactly equivalent, so you shouldn't need to use both.
\begin_inset Foot
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
In case you're curious, both were included so that
\family typewriter
tex2lyx
\family default
would be able to translate both
\family typewriter
\backslash
address
\family default
and
\family typewriter
\backslash
affiliation
\family default
.
\end_layout
\end_inset
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsection
Important Notes
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
There are a couple of important unique aspects of
RevTeX
4 which might cause bugs that will be even more confusing in LyX.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
In
RevTeX
, the
\family typewriter
\backslash
thanks
\family default
command goes
\emph on
outside
\emph default
the
\family typewriter
\backslash
author
\family default
command.
The LyX equivalent is that there is a separate Thanks layout.
Do
\emph on
not
\emph default
write footnotes in the
\family sans
Author
\family default
layout, or weird things may happen.
See the
RevTeX
4 documentation for more details.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Also, the
\family sans
Author
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
Email
\family default
,
\family sans
Author
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
URL
\family default
, and
\family sans
Thanks
\family default
layouts must be placed
\emph on
in between
\emph default
the
\family sans
Author
\family default
layout and the corresponding
\family sans
Address
\family default
(or equivalent
\family sans
Affiliation
\family default
) layout.
If you put the
\family sans
Thanks
\family default
after the
\family sans
Address
\family default
, the
LaTeX
won't compile.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsection
Drawbacks
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
The main problem with this layout is that you can't use the optional arguments
to layouts like Email and Title.
(The problem is not unique to this layout; you can't use optional arguments
to the Section layouts either.) This means that after you export that file
to
LaTeX
(which you'll need to do eventually to send it in to
APS
), you'll need to edit the
LaTeX
file with a text editor to add the optional arguments to set, e.
\begin_inset space \thinspace{}
\end_inset
g.
\begin_inset space \space{}
\end_inset
the running title for the page headers.
Lacking these layouts makes the
\family typewriter
\backslash
altaffiliation
\family default
(and the equivalent
\family typewriter
\backslash
altaddress
\family default
) useless, so the corresponding layouts don't exist, and will have to be
added by hand.
\begin_inset Foot
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
\emph on
Note from
JMarc
:
\emph default
actually, LyX 1.3.0 supports some forms of optional arguments, but this layout
has not been updated yet to take advantage of it.
\end_layout
\end_inset
\end_layout
\begin_layout Section
Springer Journals (
\family sans
svjour
\family default
)
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
by
\noun on
Martin Vermeer
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsection
Description
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
These are the layout files for some of the journal formats used by Springer
Verlag
and listed on
\begin_inset Flex URL
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
http://www.springer.de/author/tex/help-journals.html
\end_layout
\end_inset
, where you should also go to fetch the class files (yes, these are
LaTeX2e
now!).
It is a modular system: the things common to all journals are implemented
in
\family typewriter
svjour
.inc
\family default
, which journal-specific layout files (such as, e.
\begin_inset space \thinspace{}
\end_inset
g.
\begin_inset space \space{}
\end_inset
\family typewriter
svjog
.layout
\family default
for Journal of Geodesy) can include.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
This means that implementing support for any other Springer journal on this
list is as simple as writing your own
\family typewriter
sv
\family default
<
myjournal
>
\family typewriter
.layout
\family default
file following the outline given in
\family typewriter
svjog
.layout
\family default
.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
It is reasonably well tested only for the Journal of Geodesy.
\family typewriter
svjour
\family default
and
\family typewriter
svjog
\family default
come with the standard LyX distribution.
Install the relevant class file (downloaded from Springer) in a proper
directory, reconfigure
LaTeX
(in the
teTeX
case by running
\family typewriter
texhash
\family default
, as root if necessary — doesn't LyX take care of this?), reconfigure LyX
and it should work.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsection
New styles
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
A large number of theorem-like styles —
\family sans
Claim, Conjecture,
\family default
\family sans
\SpecialChar \ldots{}
Theorem
\family default
.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
\family sans
Headnote, Dedication, Subtitle, Running_
LaTeX
_Title, Author_Running, Institute, Mail, Offprints, Keywords,
Acknowledgements
,
Acknowledgement
\family default
.
See the Springer class file documentation for details.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsection
Supported journals
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\emph on
Journal of Geodesy
\emph default
:
\family typewriter
svjog
.layout
\family default
— Martin Vermeer
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\emph on
Probability Theory and Related Fields
\emph default
:
\family typewriter
svprobth
.layout
\family default
— Jean-Marc
Lasgouttes
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Add your own, it isn't so hard!
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsection
Credits
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
These files are partly based on the older
\family typewriter
ejour2
.layout
\family default
, which was again based on a tinkered-with version of an old
LaTeX
2.
09
style file from Springer.
All this, and the
\family typewriter
ejour2
\family default
layout, are now defunct.
Jean-Marc
Lasgouttes
helped out big in making me find my way around the LyX layout file mechanism.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsection
Bugs
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Probably.
But probably less than in the old hacked-
LaTeX
\family typewriter
ejour2
\family default
.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Limitations e.
\begin_inset space \thinspace{}
\end_inset
g.: does not display the number for theorem-like layouts, just #.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Section
Slides [aka
\noun on
SliTeX
\noun default
]
\begin_inset CommandInset label
LatexCommand label
name "sec:slitex"
\end_inset
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
by
\noun on
John Weiss
\noun default
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsection
Introduction
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
This section describes how to use LyX to make slides for overhead projectors.
There are two document classes that can do this: the default slides class
and the
\family sans
FoilTeX
\family default
slides class.
This section documents the former.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
I'm going to say this again, nice and clear, so that there's no misunderstanding
:
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
\begin_inset VSpace bigskip
\end_inset
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
\align center
\size large
This section documents the class
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
\family sans
slides (default)
\family default
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
\emph on
only.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
\begin_inset VSpace bigskip
\end_inset
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
If you're looking for the documentation for
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
\family sans
slides (
FoilTeX
)
\family default
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
, check out section
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
\begin_inset CommandInset ref
LatexCommand ref
reference "sec:foiltex"
\end_inset
.
The
\family sans
foils
\family default
class [
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
\family sans
slides (
FoilTeX
)
\family default
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
] is actually somewhat better than the default
\family sans
slides
\family default
class,
\begin_inset Foot
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
\SpecialChar \ldots{}
or so I've been told repeatedly by its advocates.
Having never used it, I have no idea if this claim is true or not.
\end_layout
\end_inset
which this section documents.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
This class is the
LaTeX2e
improvement of the old
\noun on
SliTeX
\noun default
package.
Every
LaTeX2e
distribution includes this class [which I'll just refer to as
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
\family sans
slides
\family default
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
from now on], so you're bound to have it.
As I noted earlier, there are other classes, such as
\family sans
foils
\family default
, which also produce slides for overhead projectors and do a better job
at it.
However, there are some things which
\family sans
slides
\family default
can do which the others can't, such as generate overlays.
Read on to learn more!
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsection
Getting Started
\begin_inset CommandInset label
LatexCommand label
name "sec:slidesetup"
\end_inset
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Obviously, to use this document class, you need to select
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
\family sans
slides (default)
\family default
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
from the class list in the
\family sans
Document\SpecialChar \menuseparator
Settings
\family default
dialog.
There are some other special things you should know about this class:
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
Don't bother changing the options
\family sans
Sides and Columns
\family default
.
They're not supported by the
\family sans
slides
\family default
class, anyways.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
The option
\family sans
Page
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
style
\family default
behaves a bit differently for this class.
The possible choices and what they do are as follows:
\end_layout
\begin_deeper
\begin_layout Description
\family sans
plain
\family default
The final output contains page numbers in the lower right corner.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Description
\family sans
headings
\family default
Like
\family sans
plain
\family default
, but also prints out any time markers you've put in.
This is the default.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Description
\family sans
empty
\family default
The final output contains no page numbers, time markers, or alignment markers.
\end_layout
\end_deeper
\begin_layout Itemize
The
\family sans
slides
\family default
class has an extra option:
\family typewriter
clock
\family default
.
To use it, put
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
\family typewriter
clock
\family default
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
in the extra class options.
\end_layout
\begin_deeper
\begin_layout Standard
Using this options allows you to add time markers to
\family sans
Note
\family default
s.
See section
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
\begin_inset CommandInset ref
LatexCommand ref
reference "sec:slideNote"
\end_inset
for more details.
\end_layout
\end_deeper
\begin_layout Standard
You can also use the template file
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
\family typewriter
slides.
lyx
\family default
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
to automatically set up a document to use the
\family sans
slides
\family default
class [using
\family sans
File\SpecialChar \menuseparator
New
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
from
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
Template
\family default
to open your new document].
The template file also contains some examples of the special paragraph
environments used by this class.
I'll describe those next.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsection
Paragraph Environments
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsubsection
Supported Environments
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
The first thing you'll notice when you start up a new
\family sans
slides
\family default
document is the font size and type: it's the equivalent of the size
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
\family sans
Largest
\family default
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
in the
\family sans
Sans
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
Serif
\family default
font.
This is also what's used in the output.
Think of this as a
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
visual cue
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
to remind you that this is a slide.
Your final slides will use a larger font; ergo, you'll have less space.
Of course, the larger default screen font isn't WYSIWYG, only a reminder.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
The next thing that becomes obvious is the changes to the paragraph environment
pull-down box [at the far-left end of the toolbar].
Most of the paragraph environments you're used to seeing are missing.
There are also five new ones.
That's because the
\family sans
slides
\family default
class itself only supports certain paragraph environments:
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
Standard
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
Itemize
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
Enumerate
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
Description
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
List
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
Quotation
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
Quote
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
Verse
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
Caption
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
LyX-Code
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
Comment
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
All of the other standard environments, including the section-heading environmen
ts, aren't used in the
\family sans
slides
\family default
class.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
On the other hand, you'll notice the following new environments:
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
Slide
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
Overlay
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
Note
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
InvisibleText
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
VisibleText
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
These five are kind of quirky, due to a
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
feature
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
in LyX.
You see, LyX doesn't permit you to nest any other paragraph environment
into an empty environment.
Now, that's fine and dandy, but it means that you wouldn't be able to start
a slide with anything except plain text.
To deal with this, I've performed a little
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
LaTeX
magic.
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsubsection
Quirks of the New Environments
\begin_inset CommandInset label
LatexCommand label
name "sec:slideQuirk"
\end_inset
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
All five of the new paragraph environments are somewhat quirky due to inherent
limitiations
in the current version of LyX.
As I just mentioned, LyX forbids environments that begin with another environme
nt.
To get around this, the
\family sans
Slide
\family default
environment isn't a paragraph environment as described in the
\emph on
User's Guide
\emph default
.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
You should consider
\family sans
Slide
\family default
,
\family sans
Overlay
\family default
, and
\family sans
Note
\family default
to be
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
pseudo-environments.
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
They look like a section heading or a
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
\family sans
Caption
\family default
,
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
but really begin a [and, if necessary, end the previous] paragraph environment.
Likewise, treat
\family sans
InvisibleText
\family default
and
\family sans
VisibleText
\family default
as
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
pseudo-commands.
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
These two perform some action.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
A common feature of all five environments,
\family sans
Slide
\family default
,
\family sans
Overlay
\family default
,
\family sans
Note
\family default
,
\family sans
InvisibleText
\family default
and
\family sans
VisibleText
\family default
, is a rather long-
ish
label.
The text following this label — ordinarily the contents of the paragraph
environment — is utterly irrelevant for
\family sans
Slide
\family default
,
\family sans
Overlay
\family default
,
\family sans
Note
\family default
,
\family sans
InvisibleText
\family default
and
\family sans
VisibleText
\family default
.
LyX completely ignores it.
In fact, you can leave these five environments completely empty.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
While you don't
\emph on
have
\emph default
to put any text after the rather long-
ish
label, you might want to.
This could be a short description of the contents of the
\family sans
Slide
\family default
, for example.
In that case, enter in your descriptive comment and hit
\family sans
Return
\family default
as you normally would.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
If, on the other hand, you don't want to enter in any descriptive text,
you'll hit another LyX quirk.
LyX, like nature, abhors a vacuum, and will not let you start a new paragraph
environment until you put something in the old one.
So, do this:
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
Start entering the text that will
\emph on
follow
\emph default
the new
\family sans
Slide
\family default
,
\family sans
Overlay
\family default
,
\family sans
Note
\family default
,
\family sans
InvisibleText
\family default
or
\family sans
VisibleText
\family default
.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
Now move to the beginning of that paragraph.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
Next, hit
\family sans
Return
\family default
.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
Finally, change this new, empty paragraph to a
\family sans
Slide
\family default
,
\family sans
Overlay
\family default
,
\family sans
Note
\family default
,
\family sans
InvisibleText
\family default
or
\family sans
VisibleText
\family default
.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Some future version of LyX will, hopefully, resolve this quirkiness\SpecialChar \ldots{}
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsection
Making a Presentation with
\family sans
Slide
\family default
,
\family sans
Overlay
\family default
and
\family sans
Note
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsubsection
Using the
\family sans
Slide
\family default
Environment
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
If you're expecting this section to teach you how to actually make a presentatio
n, you'll be sorely disappointed.
Naturally, I'll describe all of the ways the
\family sans
slides
\family default
class can assist you in preparing the materials for a presentation.
Filling in the contents, however, is up to you.
[Then again, that
\emph on
is
\emph default
the LyX philosophy.]
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Choosing the
\family sans
Slide
\family default
environment [in the manner described in section
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
\begin_inset CommandInset ref
LatexCommand ref
reference "sec:slideQuirk"
\end_inset
] tells LyX to begin a new slide [duh].
The label for this environment/
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
pseudo-command
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
is an
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
ASCII line,
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
in cool blue, followed by the label,
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
NewSlide
:
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
.
Any text or paragraph environments that follow this one go on the new slide.
It's that simple.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Slides are probably the only time you'll need to forcibly end pages in LyX
(this can be specified in the
\family sans
Paragraph Layout
\family default
dialog).
In fact, you'll want to, once you finish entering the contents of one slide.
If you've entered more text than can physically fit on a slide, the extra
overflows onto a new slide.
I don't recommend doing this, however, since the overflow slide won't have
any page number on it.
Furthermore, it may interfere with any
\family sans
Overlay
\family default
you've made to accompany the
oversized
\family sans
Slide
\family default
.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
The
\family sans
Overlay
\family default
and
\family sans
Note
\family default
environments work the same way as the
\family sans
Slide
\family default
environment.
They both create an
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
ASCII line
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
followed by a label [
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
NewOverlay
:
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
and
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
NewNote
:
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
, respectively].
The color is a stunning magenta instead of blue, and the
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
ASCII line
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
will look different, in style and in length.
The label fonts of all three also differ from one another.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
As with a
\family sans
Slide
\family default
, if the contents of a
\family sans
Note
\family default
or
\family sans
Overlay
\family default
exceed the physical size of a slide or sheet of paper, the extra will overflow
onto a new sheet.
Again, you should avoid this.
It defeats the whole purpose of
\family sans
Note
\family default
s and
\family sans
Overlay
\family default
s.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsubsection
Using
\family sans
Overlay
\family default
with
\family sans
Slide
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
The idea behind an
\family sans
Overlay
\family default
is a slide that sits atop another slide.
Perhaps you wish to discuss a figure on the main
\family sans
Slide
\family default
before displaying the text associated with it.
One way to accomplish this is tape a flap of dark paper over the part of
the
\family sans
Slide
\family default
you want to display later.
This method fails, however, if you wish to overlap one graph with another,
for example.
You would then have to fumble while speaking to align the two separate,
overlapping
\family sans
Slide
\family default
s to align the two graphs.
The use of an
\family sans
Overlay
\family default
environment in both cases makes life much easier.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Each
\family sans
Overlay
\family default
receives the page number of its
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
parent
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
\family sans
Slide
\family default
, appended by
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
\family typewriter
-a
\family default
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
.
\begin_inset Foot
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
Presumably,
mutliple
\family sans
Overlay
\family default
s would have
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
\family typewriter
-a
\family default
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
,
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
\family typewriter
-b
\family default
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
,
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
\family typewriter
-c
\family default
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
, etc.
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
appended to the page number of the parent
\family sans
Slide
\family default
.
\end_layout
\end_inset
Clearly, you want the contents of both the
\family sans
Slide
\family default
and the
\family sans
Overlay
\family default
to each fit on a single physical slide! You should probably consider an
\family sans
Overlay
\family default
as
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
part of
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
a
\family sans
Slide
\family default
.
Indeed, the LyX
\family sans
slides
\family default
class provides a visual cue for this: the label at the start of an
\family sans
Overlay
\family default
is shorter than that at the start of a
\family sans
Slide
\family default
.
Lastly, when you generate printable output, you'll find alignment markers
in all four corners of both the
\family sans
Overlay
\family default
page and its parent
\family sans
Slide
\family default
.
These will assist you in lining up the two physical slides.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
The major problem in overlaying two slides is aligning the contents of the
two transparencies.
How much space should you leave for that graph on the second slide? Worse
still, what if you want a graph and a sentence on second slide, but there
is text on the main transparency that goes in between them? You could try
and insert vertical space of the right size.
The better way is to use
\family sans
InvisibleText
\family default
and
\family sans
VisibleText
\family default
.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
As their names imply,
\family sans
InvisibleText
\family default
and
\family sans
VisibleText
\family default
are two command-like paragraph environments that make all subsequent text
invisible and visible, respectively.
Note from section
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
\begin_inset CommandInset ref
LatexCommand ref
reference "sec:slideQuirk"
\end_inset
that you don't place anything
\emph on
into
\emph default
these two environments, however.
When you create an
\family sans
InvisibleText
\family default
, it inserts a centered, sky-blue label into the page reading
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
.
For paragraphs following this label, the parts of the
\family sans
Slide
\family default
[or
\family sans
Overlay
\family default
; it doesn't matter which] where they would be contain instead blank space.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
For
\family sans
VisibleText
\family default
, the corresponding centered label is
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
in blazing green.
Paragraphs following this label behave normally.
Note that the beginning of a new
\family sans
Slide
\family default
,
\family sans
Overlay
\family default
, or
\family sans
Note
\family default
automatically shuts off an
\family sans
InvisibleText
\family default
.
It's therefore not necessary to use
\family sans
VisibleText
\family default
at the end of a
\family sans
Slide
\family default
.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
By now, it should be obvious how to create overlay transparencies using
the proper combination of
\family sans
InvisibleText
\family default
and
\family sans
VisibleText
\family default
on a
\family sans
Slide
\family default
and
\family sans
Overlay
\family default
:
\end_layout
\begin_layout Enumerate
Create a
\family sans
Slide
\family default
, including everything that will appear on it, whether on the main slide
or on the
\family sans
Overlay
\family default
.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Enumerate
Before each figure or paragraph that will appear only on the
\family sans
Overlay
\family default
, insert an
\family sans
InvisibleText
\family default
environment.
If necessary, insert a
\family sans
VisibleText
\family default
environment after the
\family sans
Overlay
\family default
-only text.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Enumerate
Start an
\family sans
Overlay
\family default
immediately following the
\family sans
Slide
\family default
.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Enumerate
Copy the contents of this
\family sans
Slide
\family default
into the
\family sans
Overlay
\family default
.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Enumerate
Within the
\family sans
Overlay
\family default
, change all of the
\family sans
InvisibleText
\family default
lines to
\family sans
VisibleText
\family default
and vice-
versa
.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
That's it.
You've just made an
\family sans
Overlay
\family default
.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
There's one problem with the way I've designed the LyX
\family sans
slides
\family default
class: you can't make text in the middle of a paragraph invisible, nor
make text in the middle of an invisible paragraph visible again.
To accomplish this feat, you'll need to use some
inlined
LaTeX
codes.
\begin_inset Foot
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
The commands of interest are:
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family typewriter
{
\backslash
invisible \SpecialChar \ldots{}
}
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family typewriter
{
\backslash
visible \SpecialChar \ldots{}
}
\end_layout
\begin_layout Plain Layout
\SpecialChar \ldots{}
and need to be marked as TeX.
The text whose
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
visibility
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
you wish to change goes in between the brackets [and after the
\family typewriter
\backslash
invisible
\family default
or
\family typewriter
\backslash
visible
\family default
command].
If you don't know how to mark text as TeX, see the appropriate section
of the
\emph on
User's Guide
\emph default
.
\end_layout
\end_inset
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsubsection
Using
\family sans
Note
\family default
with
\family sans
Slide
\family default
\begin_inset CommandInset label
LatexCommand label
name "sec:slideNote"
\end_inset
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Like an
\family sans
Overlay
\family default
, a
\family sans
Note
\family default
is associated with a
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
parent
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
\family sans
Slide
\family default
.
Here, too, the LyX
\family sans
slides
\family default
class provides visual cues.
The label for a
\family sans
Note
\family default
is shorter than that of a
\family sans
Slide
\family default
[yet longer than that of an
\family sans
Overlay
\family default
] and, like the label of an
\family sans
Overlay
\family default
is shockingly magenta.
Additionally, the printed
\family sans
Note
\family default
has the page number of its
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
parent
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
\family sans
Slide
\family default
, appended by
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
\family typewriter
-
\family default
1
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
,
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
\family typewriter
-
\family default
2
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
,
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
\family typewriter
-
\family default
3
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
, etc.
You can have multiple
\family sans
Note
\family default
s associated with a single
\family sans
Slide
\family default
, and, as with
\family sans
Slide
\family default
and
\family sans
Overlay
\family default
, you'll probably want to break up long
\family sans
Note
\family default
s so that they fit on a single sheet of paper.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
The purpose of a
\family sans
Note
\family default
is obvious: it contains anything additional you might want to say about
a
\family sans
Slide
\family default
.
It could also be used as a sheet of reminders for a particular
\family sans
Slide
\family default
.
In the case of the latter, you might want to make use of time markers.
Currently, the LyX
\family sans
slides
\family default
class has no
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
native
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
support for time markers, a
\noun on
SliTeX
\noun default
feature.
So, you'll have to resort to using the
LaTeX
codes.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
To use time markers, you'll need to specify the extra class option
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
\family typewriter
clock
\family default
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
[see section
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
\begin_inset CommandInset ref
LatexCommand ref
reference "sec:slidesetup"
\end_inset
].
This option turns on timing marks, which will appear in the lower-left-hand
corner of every
\family sans
Note
\family default
you generate.
To set what appears in the time marker, you use the
LaTeX
commands
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
\family typewriter
\backslash
settime
{}
\family default
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
and
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
\family typewriter
\backslash
addtime
{}
\family default
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
.
The arguments of both commands are time measured in seconds.
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
\family typewriter
\backslash
settime
{}
\family default
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
sets the time marker to a given time.
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
\family typewriter
\backslash
addtime
{}
\family default
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
increments the time marker by the specified amount.
Using time markers and
\family sans
Note
\family default
s in this fashion, you can remind yourself how much time to spend on a particula
r
\family sans
Slide
\family default
.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
There's one last feature to describe.
Clearly, you'd like to print out all of your
\family sans
Slide
\family default
s and
\family sans
Overlay
\family default
s on transparencies while printing all of your
\family sans
Note
\family default
s on plain paper.
However, a
\family sans
Note
\family default
\emph on
must
\emph default
follow the
\family sans
Slide
\family default
with which it is associated.
What's a person to do?
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Luckily, there are two
LaTeX
commands that allow you to select what to print out.
Both must be placed into the preamble of your document.
The command
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
\family typewriter
\backslash
onlyslides
{
\backslash
slides}
\family default
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
will cause the output to contain only the
\family sans
Slide
\family default
s and
\family sans
Overlay
\family default
s.
Correspondingly, the command
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
\family typewriter
\backslash
onlynotes
{
\backslash
notes}
\family default
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
prevents the output of anything but
\family sans
Note
\family default
s.
I'd advise placing both commands in the preamble and initially comment
both out.
You can then preview your entire presentation as you write.
When you're done writing, you can then
uncomment
one of the two to select what you want to print.
I like to
uncomment
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
\family typewriter
\backslash
onlyslides
{
\backslash
slides}
\family default
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
, print to a file with
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
\family typewriter
-slides
\family default
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
in its name, comment it back out, then
uncomment
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
\family typewriter
\backslash
onlynotes
{
\backslash
notes}
\family default
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
and print to a
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
\family typewriter
*-notes.
ps
\family default
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
file.
I can then send either file to a printer, loading transparencies or plain
paper as appropriate.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
You can also provide other arguments to the
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
\family typewriter
\backslash
onlyslides
{}
\family default
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
and
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
\family typewriter
\backslash
onlynotes
{}
\family default
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
commands.
See a good
LaTeX
book for details.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsection
The
\family sans
slides
\family default
Class Template File
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
I have also provided a template file,
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
\family typewriter
slides.
lyx
\family default
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
, with the
\family sans
slides
\family default
class.
To use it, begin your new presentation with
\family sans
\bar under
F
\bar default
ile\SpecialChar \menuseparator
New
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
from
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
\bar under
T
\bar default
emplate
\family default
.
Your new LyX presentation file will contain an example
\family sans
Slide
\family default
–
\family sans
Overlay
\family default
–
\family sans
Note
\family default
triplet.
The
\family sans
Slide
\family default
and
\family sans
Overlay
\family default
additionally contain an example of the use of
\family sans
InvisibleText
\family default
and
\family sans
VisibleText
\family default
.
Lastly, the preamble will contain:
\end_layout
\begin_layout LyX-Code
%
Uncomment
to print out only slides and overlays
\end_layout
\begin_layout LyX-Code
%
\end_layout
\begin_layout LyX-Code
%
\backslash
onlyslides
{
\backslash
slides}
\begin_inset Newline newline
\end_inset
\end_layout
\begin_layout LyX-Code
%
Uncomment
to print out only notes
\end_layout
\begin_layout LyX-Code
%
\end_layout
\begin_layout LyX-Code
%
\backslash
onlynotes
{
\backslash
notes}
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
One final thing: I created this class to support the
LaTeX2e
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
\noun on
SliTeX
\noun default
emulation
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
class, one of the built-in
LaTeX2e
classes.
Neither I nor the rest of the LyX Team endorse or oppose the use of this
built-in slide class.
It's here if you want it or need it.
There exist other
LaTeX2e
classes for creating presentations, such as the
\family sans
Foils
\family default
class [see section
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
\begin_inset CommandInset ref
LatexCommand ref
reference "sec:foiltex"
\end_inset
] or the
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
\family typewriter
seminar
\family default
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
package [present on some TeX distributions].
The latter is not yet supported under LyX.
\begin_inset Foot
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
Perhaps you can take on the task\SpecialChar \ldots{}
\end_layout
\end_inset
I know nothing about these other classes.
Try them out to see what sort of alternative they provide.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Chapter
LyX Features needing Extra Software
\end_layout
\begin_layout Section
Checking TeX
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
by
\noun on
Asger
Alstrup
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsection
Introduction
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
If you have the
\family typewriter
chktex
\family default
program installed
\begin_inset Foot
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
\family typewriter
chktex
\family default
is not yet available when you are using the
LaTeX
distribution
MiKTeX
.
\end_layout
\end_inset
, you'll find in the
\family sans
Tools
\family default
menu the entry:
\family sans
Check
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
TeX
\family default
.
You can get
\family typewriter
chktex
\family default
it from
CTAN
,
\begin_inset CommandInset href
LatexCommand href
target "http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/chktex.html"
\end_inset
.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
The
\family sans
ChkTeX
\family default
package is a program that was written by
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:Noun
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
Jens T.
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
Berger
Thielemann
\end_layout
\end_inset
in frustration because some constructs in
LaTeX
are sometimes non-intuitive, and easy to forget.
The program runs over your
LaTeX
file, checks the integrity of the file, and flags some common errors.
In other technical words, it is
\family typewriter
lint
\family default
for
LaTeX
.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Well, what is a syntax checker doing in LyX which is supposed to produce
correct
LaTeX
anyways? The answer is simple: Just as
\family typewriter
Lint
\family default
not only checks the
\emph on
syntax
\emph default
of C programs, but also does
\emph on
semantic
\emph default
checks for type-errors,
\family sans
ChkTeX
\family default
catches some common
\emph on
typographic
\emph default
errors, in addition to the syntactical ones.
Specifically,
\family sans
ChkTeX
\family default
is capable of detecting several common errors, such as
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
Ellipsis detection:
\begin_inset Newline newline
\end_inset
Use \SpecialChar \ldots{}
instead of ...
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
No space in front of/after parenthesis:
\begin_inset Newline newline
\end_inset
( wrong spacing )
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
Enforcement of normal space after common abbreviations:
\begin_inset Newline newline
\end_inset
e.
\begin_inset space \thinspace{}
\end_inset
g.
\begin_inset space \space{}
\end_inset
is too wide spacing.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
Enforcement of end-of-sentence space when the last sentence ends with a
capital letter:
\begin_inset Newline newline
\end_inset
This is a TEST.
And this is wrong spacing.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
Space in front of labels and similar commands:
\begin_inset Newline newline
\end_inset
The label should stick right up to the text to avoid falling to a wrong
page.
\begin_inset CommandInset label
LatexCommand label
name "sec:chktex"
\end_inset
\begin_inset Foot
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
This footnote is in danger of falling off to a wrong page
\end_layout
\end_inset
The label is separated too much.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
Space in front of references, instead of hard spaces:
\begin_inset Newline newline
\end_inset
In you are in bad luck, the text will break right between the referenced
text and reference number, and that's a pity.
See section
\begin_inset CommandInset ref
LatexCommand ref
reference "sec:chktex"
\end_inset
.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
Use of
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
x
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
instead of
\begin_inset Formula $\times$
\end_inset
between numbers:
\begin_inset Newline newline
\end_inset
2x2
looks cheap compared to
\begin_inset Formula $2\times2$
\end_inset
.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
and more \SpecialChar \ldots{}
It is an invaluable tool when you are
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
finishing up
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
your document before printing, and you should run it right after the obligatory
spelling check, and before you go fine tuning the typesetting.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsection
How to use it
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
If you have the program installed, usage is as simple as choosing
\family sans
Tools\SpecialChar \menuseparator
Check
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
TeX
\family default
.
This will make LyX generate a
LaTeX
file of your document, start
\family sans
ChkTeX
\family default
to check it, and then make LyX insert
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
error boxes
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
with the warnings from
\family sans
ChkTeX
\family default
, if there were any.
The warnings will be placed close to the point of the mistake, and you
can quickly find them by using the
\family sans
Navigate\SpecialChar \menuseparator
Error
\family default
menu item, or the shortcut key
\family sans
C-g
\family default
from the default
\family typewriter
cua
\family default
bind file.
Open the error boxes by clicking on them with the mouse, or use the shortcut
key
\family sans
C-i
\family default
from
\family typewriter
cua
\family default
bindings, or the corresponding
\family sans
C-o
\family default
for the alternate
\family typewriter
emacs
\family default
bind file.
Read the warning and correct the mistake, if it is a mistake.
If you have trouble understanding what the warning is about, you can safely
ignore it.
Remember that there is a hidden layer between the document on screen and
the technical details in invoking
\family sans
ChkTeX
\family default
, and this gap can make some warnings seem arcane or just right down plain
silly.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
This document is an excellent testing bed for the feature, and it should
provide quite a few warnings for you to fiddle with.
Since computers are only so smart, expect most of the warnings to be false
alarms, though.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsection
How to fine tune it
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Sometimes, you'll find that
\family sans
ChkTeX
\family default
makes more noise than suits your mood.
Then you can choose not to use it, wait until your mood changes, or try
to customize
\family sans
ChkTeX
\family default
to get better along with you.
Another choice in the most desperate situations is to use
\family sans
View\SpecialChar \menuseparator
Remove
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
All
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
Error
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
Boxes
\family default
, which will get rid of all warnings instantly.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Although
\family sans
ChkTeX
\family default
\emph on
is
\emph default
very configurable and extensible, you shouldn't expect to solve all problems
with
\family sans
ChkTeX
\family default
in LyX this way.
Since LyX has to generate a somewhat special
LaTeX
file to be able to match the line numbers from the
\family sans
ChkTeX
\family default
output
\begin_inset Foot
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
You can inspect the specific output from
\family sans
chktex
\family default
by using
\family sans
Edit\SpecialChar \menuseparator
View
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
LaTeX
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
Log
\family default
right after a
\family sans
chktex
\family default
run.
\end_layout
\end_inset
to the internal document structure, some of the warnings will not seen
to appear correctly.
There are two things you can do about this:
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
Fine tune the
\family sans
ChkTeX
\family default
invocation command line in
\family sans
Preferences
\family default
(tabs
\family sans
Outputs
\family default
,
\family sans
Misc
\family default
), or the global
\family sans
ChkTeX
\family default
installation configuration file (usually with the file
\family typewriter
chktexrc
\family default
).
See below to learn what warnings can be enabled and disabled on the command
line.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
Export your document as a raw
LaTeX
file using
\family sans
File\SpecialChar \menuseparator
Export\SpecialChar \menuseparator
LaTeX
\family default
and run
\family typewriter
chktex
\family default
manually on that.
Invoked in this way, it can be a hassle to find the corresponding place
in the document inside LyX, but with a little patience, you should be able
to do it.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Here follows the warning messages that can be enabled and disabled in
\family sans
Preferences
\family default
.
Use
\family typewriter
-n#
\family default
to disable a warning, and
\family typewriter
-w#
\family default
to enable a warning.
The emphasized entries are disabled by default, because the default is
"
\family typewriter
chktex
-
n1
-
n3
-
n6
-
n9
-
n22
-
n25
-
n30
-
n38
\family default
".
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Notice that you should only use the options that enable and disable warnings,
because LyX relies on some of the other command line parameters to be set
in a specific way to have a chance to communicate with
\family typewriter
chktex
\family default
.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Enumerate
\size small
\emph on
Command terminated with space.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Enumerate
\size small
Non-breaking space (
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
\family typewriter
~
\family default
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
) should have been used.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Enumerate
\size small
\emph on
You should enclose the previous parenthesis with
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
\family typewriter
{}
\family default
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Enumerate
\size small
Italic correction (
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
\family typewriter
\backslash
/
\family default
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
) found in non-italic buffer.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Enumerate
\size small
Italic correction (
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
\family typewriter
\backslash
/
\family default
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
) found more than once.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Enumerate
\size small
\emph on
No italic correction (
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
\family typewriter
\backslash
/
\family default
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
) found.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Enumerate
\size small
Accent command
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
\family typewriter
cmd
\family default
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
needs use of
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
\family typewriter
cmd
\family default
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Enumerate
\size small
Wrong length of dash may have been used.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Enumerate
\size small
\emph on
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
\family typewriter
%s
\family default
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
expected, found
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
\family typewriter
%s
\family default
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Enumerate
\size small
Solo
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
\family typewriter
%s
\family default
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
found.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Enumerate
\size small
You should use
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
\family typewriter
%s
\family default
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
to achieve an ellipsis.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Enumerate
\size small
Inter-word spacing (
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
\family typewriter
\backslash
\family default
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
) should perhaps be used.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Enumerate
\size small
Inter-sentence spacing (
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
\family typewriter
\backslash
@
\family default
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
) should perhaps be used.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Enumerate
\size small
Could not find argument for command.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Enumerate
\size small
No match found for
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
\family typewriter
%s
\family default
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Enumerate
\size small
Math mode still on at end of
LaTeX
file.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Enumerate
\size small
Number of
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
\family typewriter
char
\family default
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
doesn't match the number of
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
\family typewriter
char
\family default
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Enumerate
\size small
You should use either
\family typewriter
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
\family default
or
\family typewriter
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
\family default
as an alternative to
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
\family typewriter
"
\family default
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Enumerate
\size small
You should use "
\family typewriter
'
\family default
" (ASCII
39
) instead of "
\family typewriter
´
\family default
" (ASCII
180
).
\end_layout
\begin_layout Enumerate
\size small
User-specified pattern found.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Enumerate
\size small
This command might not be intended.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Enumerate
\size small
\emph on
Comment displayed.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Enumerate
\size small
Either
\family typewriter
''
\backslash
,'
\family default
or
\family typewriter
'
\backslash
,
''
\family default
will look better.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Enumerate
\size small
Delete this space to maintain correct page references.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Enumerate
\size small
\emph on
You might wish to put this between a pair of
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
\family typewriter
{}
\family default
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Enumerate
\size small
You ought to remove spaces in front of punctuation.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Enumerate
\size small
Could not execute
LaTeX
command.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Enumerate
\size small
Don't use
\family typewriter
\backslash
/
\family default
in front of small punctuation.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Enumerate
\family typewriter
\size small
$
\backslash
times$
\family default
may look prettier here.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Enumerate
\size small
\emph on
Multiple spaces detected in output.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Enumerate
\size small
This text may be ignored.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Enumerate
\size small
Use
\family typewriter
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
\family default
to begin quotation, not
\family typewriter
'
\family default
.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Enumerate
\size small
Use
\family typewriter
'
\family default
to end quotation, not
\family typewriter
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
\family default
.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Enumerate
\size small
Don't mix quotes.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Enumerate
\size small
You should perhaps use
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
\family typewriter
cmd
\family default
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
instead.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Enumerate
\size small
You should put a space in front of/after parenthesis.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Enumerate
\size small
You should avoid spaces in front of/after parenthesis.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Enumerate
\size small
\emph on
You should not use punctuation in front of/after quotes.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Enumerate
\size small
Double space found.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Enumerate
\size small
You should put punctuation outside inner/inside display math mode.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Enumerate
\size small
You ought to not use primitive TeX in
LaTeX
code.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Enumerate
\size small
You should remove spaces in front of
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
\family typewriter
%s
\family default
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
\end_layout
\begin_layout Enumerate
\size small
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
\family typewriter
%s
\family default
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
is normally not followed by
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
\family typewriter
%c
\family default
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
In later versions of LyX, we hope to provide a more complete interface to
this tool (and it's smaller cousin
\family typewriter
lacheck
\family default
) to exploit the full power of it.
But it's not exactly useless as it is now: go try it on one of your existing
documents of a certain length and be surprised.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Section
Version Control in LyX
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
by
\noun on
Lars
Gullik
Bjønnes
,
\noun default
updated by
\noun on
Pavel
Sanda
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsection
Introduction
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
A friend of mine wanted to try LyX for a group project.
When he didn't find support for version control or file locking, he dropped
it.
This angered me a bit, so I thought that I should at least make support
for
RCS
(with the possibility of
CVS
and/or
SCCS
as a future improvement.) This has now been done.
LyX now supports some of the most basic
RCS
commands.
If you need to something a bit more sophisticated you will have to do that
manually in an xterm.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Before you begin to use the version control features in LyX, you should
read
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
rcsintro
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
(a man file, read it with
\family typewriter
man
rcsintro
\family default
).
This file describes all the basic features of
RCS
.
You should especially notice the comment about a
RCS
directory, and the notion of a master
RCS
file (the file ending in
\family typewriter
,v
\family default
).
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Later basic
CVS
/
SVN
support was added.
You should be familiar with
CVS
/
SVN
usage before start using it under LyX.
Most of the log messages are not currently displayed after operations -
you can check them in terminal window if unsure.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
The implementation in LyX assumes a recent version of the GNU
RCS
or
CVS
/
SVN
package—no guarantees are made for older versions.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
For introducing your own external commands consult
vc
-command in the manual of LyX functions.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsection
RCS
commands in LyX
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
The following sections describe the
RCS
commands supported by LyX.
You can find them in the
\family sans
File\SpecialChar \menuseparator
Version
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
Control
\family default
submenu
.
LyX was tested against
RCS
5.7.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsubsection
\family sans
Register
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
If your document is not under revision control, this is the only item shown
in the menu.
And if it is under revision control, the
\family sans
Register
\family default
item is not visible.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
This command registers your document with
RCS
(unless you are under the directory managed by
CVS
)\SpecialChar \@.
You are asked interactively to supply an initial description of the document.
The document is now set in Read-Only mode and you have to
\family sans
Check
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
Out
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
For
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
Edit
\family default
, before making any changes to it.
A document under revision control has a
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
[
RCS
: ]
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
item tagged to the
filename
in the
minibuffer
.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
RCS
command that is run:
\family typewriter
ci
-q -u -i -t-""
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Read
\family typewriter
man
ci
\family default
to understand the switches.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsubsection
\family sans
Check In Changes
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
When you are finished editing a file, you check in your changes.
When you do this, you are asked for a description of the changes.
This is stored in the history log.
The version number is bumped, your changes are applied to the master
RCS
file, the document is unlocked and set to Read-Only mode.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
RCS
command:
\family typewriter
ci
-q -u -m""
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsubsection
\family sans
Check Out For Edit
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
By doing this you lock the document so that only you can edit it.
This will also make the document Read-Write only for you.
You will usually continue editing for a while and when you are finished
you check in your changes.
The status line is changed to reflect that you have locked the file.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
RCS
command:
\family typewriter
co -q -l
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsubsection
\family sans
Revert To Repository Version
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
This will discard all changes made to the document since the last check
in.
You get a warning before changes are discarded.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
RCS
command:
\family typewriter
co -f -u
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsubsection
\family sans
Undo Last
Checkin
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
This makes as if the last check in never happened.
No changes are made to the document loaded into LyX, but the last version
is removed from the master
RCS
file.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
RCS
command:
\family typewriter
rcs
-o
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsubsection
\family sans
Show History
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
This show the complete history of the
RCS
document.
The output of
\family typewriter
rlog
\family default
is shown in a browser.
See
\family typewriter
man
rlog
\family default
for more info.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsection
CVS
commands in LyX
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
CVS
is now partially supported by LyX.
You can find the commands in the
\family sans
File\SpecialChar \menuseparator
Version
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
Control
\family default
submenu
.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsubsection
\family sans
Register
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
If your document is not under revision control, this is the only item shown
in the menu.
And if it is under revision control, the
\family sans
\bar under
R
\bar default
egister
\family default
item is not visible.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
This command registers in
CVS
your document ONLY in case you have already the documents directory under
CVS
control (in particular
\family typewriter
CVS
/Entries
\family default
file exists).
This means you have to checkout the archive by yourself.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Then you are asked interactively to supply an initial description of the
document.
Don't forget that registered file is not yet
commited
.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
CVS
command that is run:
\family typewriter
cvs
-q add -m
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
"
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Read
\family typewriter
man
svn
\family default
to understand the switches.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsubsection
\family sans
Check In Changes
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
When you are finished editing a file, you commit your changes.
When you do this, you are asked for a description of the changes.
After that changes are
commited
.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
CVS
command:
\family typewriter
cvs
-q commit -m"" ""
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsubsection
\family sans
Revert To Repository Version
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
This will discard all changes made to the document since the last check
in.
You get a warning before changes are discarded.
Firstly the file is deleted, secondly
CVS
update command is run.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
CVS
command:
\family typewriter
cvs
update
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsubsection
\family sans
Show History
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
This show the complete history of the
CVS
document.
The output of
\family typewriter
cvs
log
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
\family default
is shown in a browser.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsection
SVN
commands in LyX
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
SVN
is now partially supported by LyX.
You can find the commands in the
\family sans
File\SpecialChar \menuseparator
Version
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
Control
\family default
submenu
.
Please note that if you use password protected access to repository via
ssh, you will be asked in terminal window.
LyX was tested against
SVN
1.4 and 1.5.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsubsection
\family sans
Register
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
If your document is not under revision control, this is the only item shown
in the menu.
And if it is under revision control, the
\family sans
\bar under
R
\bar default
egister
\family default
item is not visible.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
This command registers in
SVN
your document ONLY in case you have already the documents directory under
SVN
control (in particular
\family typewriter
.
svn
/entries
\family default
file exists).
This means you have to checkout the archive by yourself.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Then you are asked interactively to supply an initial description of the
document.
Don't forget that registered file is not yet
commited
.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
SVN
command that is run:
\family typewriter
snv
add -q
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Read
\family typewriter
man
svn
\family default
to understand the switches.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsubsection
\family sans
Check In Changes
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
When you are finished editing a file, you commit your changes.
When you do this, you are asked for a description of the changes.
After that changes are
commited
.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
SVN
command:
\begin_inset Foot
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
In case locking is not enabled.
See Section
\begin_inset CommandInset ref
LatexCommand ref
reference "subsec:SVN-File-Locking"
\end_inset
.
\end_layout
\end_inset
\family typewriter
svn
commit -q -m""
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsubsection
\family sans
Check Out For Edit
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Updates the changes of this file from the repository.
Be sure you understand
SVN
merging and conflicts resolving before using this function, because all
conflicts has to be done manually by you!
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
SVN
command:
\begin_inset Foot
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
Ditto.
\end_layout
\end_inset
\family typewriter
svn
update
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsubsection
\family sans
Revert To Repository Version
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
This will discard all changes made to the document since the last check
in.
You get a warning before changes are discarded.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
SVN
command:
\family typewriter
svn
revert -q
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsubsection
\family sans
Show History
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
This show the complete history of the
SVN
document.
The output of
\family typewriter
svn
log
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
\family default
is shown in a browser.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsubsection
File Locking
\begin_inset CommandInset label
LatexCommand label
name "subsec:SVN-File-Locking"
\end_inset
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
The file exchange through various revision control systems brings the problem
of merge conflicts in case two different users try to edit the same (parts
of) document.
When such conflict happens it needs manual resolving and one reasonable
alternative is to provide some kind of locking mechanism, which guarantees
that only one user is allowed to edit file at the given time.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
SVN
has two mechanisms to provide such kind of mutual exclusivity for file
access - locks and
automatical
setting of write permissions based on
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:Code
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
svn
:needs-lock
\end_layout
\end_inset
file
svn
property
\begin_inset Foot
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
http
://
svnbook
.red-bean.com/en/1.2/
svn
.advanced.locking.
html
\end_layout
\end_inset
.
In a case this property is detected for a given document LyX starts to
use
SVN
locks for document editing automatically and the whole check-in/out mechanism
switches to the same regimen as for
RCS
.
This in particular means there are two different modes how file is used
in LyX:
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
Unlocked state.
The loaded file is in the read-only mode.
For
editation
on needs to check-out.
\emph on
Check-out
\emph default
consists of update from repository and gaining write lock.
If the lock is not possible to obtain, we remain in unlocked state.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
Locked state.
The loaded file is in the
'normal'
edit mode.
No other user is allowed to edit the file.
\emph on
Check-in
\emph default
consists of
commiting
changes and releasing write-lock.
If no changes have been made to the document, no commit will be produced
\begin_inset Foot
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
Don't be puzzled by the fact that you will be asked for commit message anyway.
\end_layout
\end_inset
and only the write-lock will be released.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
SVN
commands:
\end_layout
\begin_layout Labeling
\labelwidthstring 00.00.0000
Check-in:
\family typewriter
svn
commit -q -m"" ""
\begin_inset Newline newline
\end_inset
svn
unlock ""
\end_layout
\begin_layout Labeling
\labelwidthstring 00.00.0000
Check-out:
\family typewriter
svn
update ""
\begin_inset Newline newline
\end_inset
svn
lock ""
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsection
SVN
and Windows Environment
\end_layout
\begin_layout Quote
My inclination is to say that if the user cannot figure out the command
line operations on their own fairly quickly, they would be well advised
to use
TortoiseSVN
.
---P.
A.
Rubin
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsubsection
Preparation
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
In addition to installing LyX, and having access to a Subversion repository,
the user will need to install the Subversion client program.
A Windows installer for the client program is available from
\begin_inset CommandInset href
LatexCommand href
name "CollabNet"
target "http://www.collab.net/nonav/downloads/subversion/"
\end_inset
.
The user may also want to install
\begin_inset CommandInset href
LatexCommand href
name "TortoiseSVN"
target "http://tortoisesvn.tigris.org/"
\end_inset
, which integrates Subversion operations into the context (
rightclick
) menu of Windows Explorer.
Operations done outside LyX will typically be more convenient using the
Explorer context menu.
Note that
TortoiseSVN
is not a replacement for the client program, which is what LyX itself will
use.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsubsection
Bringing a document under Subversion control
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Before a LyX document can be brought under version control in Subversion,
its parent directory needs to be under version control.
If the document is being added to a project already in the repository,
this is accomplished by checking the project out to the directory where
the new document will be placed.
If the project itself is not yet under version control (for instance, if
this document starts a new project), the directory must be imported into
the repository.
This is done outside LyX.
Both import and checkout are easily accomplished from the Explorer context
menu using
TortoiseSVN
, or alternatively can be done using the command line client at a DOS prompt.
The procedure for importing the project using
TortoiseSVN
is described below, assuming an existing repository and a new project being
started in
\family typewriter
C:
\backslash
new project
\family default
.
For information on using the Subversion client program, run
\family typewriter
svn
--help
\family default
in a DOS shell.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Enumerate
Locate
\family typewriter
C:
\backslash
new project
\family default
in Windows Explorer, right click it, and select
\family typewriter
TortoiseSVN
>
Repo
-browser
\family default
.
If necessary, adjust the URL for the repository, then click OK.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Enumerate
Right click the level of the repository under which you want to place the
new project folder (typically the top level) and click
\family typewriter
Create folder\SpecialChar \ldots{}
\family default
Supply a name for the project folder and click OK.
Add a message for the log file if desired, then click OK again.
The new project folder should appear in the repository.
Finally, click OK again to exit the repository browser.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Enumerate
Once again right click
\family typewriter
C:
\backslash
new project
\family default
, this time selecting
SVN
Checkout\SpecialChar \ldots{}
Select the URL of the project folder you just created in the repositor
y, and set the checkout directory to
\family typewriter
C:
\backslash
new project.
\family default
Click OK.
You will be warned about a non-empty folder; click OK to proceed.
You should now have a
\family typewriter
.
svn
\family default
directory under
\family typewriter
C:
\backslash
new project.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Enumerate
Create or open your document in LyX and click
\family sans
\bar under
F
\bar default
ile\SpecialChar \menuseparator
\bar under
V
\bar default
ersion
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
Control\SpecialChar \menuseparator
\bar under
R
\bar default
egister.
\family default
Add a log message and click OK to commit the document to version control.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
From this point onward, you should have full functionality in the
\family sans
\bar under
F
\bar default
ile\SpecialChar \menuseparator
\bar under
V
\bar default
ersion
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
Control
\family default
menu.
You also have the option of checking the document in and out, viewing its
history, etc.
using the
TortoiseSVN
context menu in Windows Explorer or the Subversion client program from
a command prompt.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsection
Further tuning
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
With the recent addition of the
vc
-command function LyX power users are allowed to create their own commands
for revision control.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
As an example you can see how two
TortoiseSVN
commands could be integrated directly:
\end_layout
\begin_layout Description
Commit:
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:Code
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
vc
-command DR "." "
TortoiseProc
/command:commit /path:$$p"
\end_layout
\end_inset
\end_layout
\begin_layout Description
Revert:
\begin_inset Flex CharStyle:Code
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
vc
-command DR "." "
TortoiseProc
/command:revert /path:$$p"
\end_layout
\end_inset
\end_layout
\begin_layout Section
Literate Programming
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Updated by
\noun on
Kayvan
Sylvan
\noun default
(
kayvan
@sylvan.com)
\noun on
,
\noun default
original documentation written by
\noun on
Edmar
Wienskoski
Jr.
\noun default
(
edmar
-w-
jr
@technologist.com)
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsection
Introduction
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
The main purpose of this documentation is to show you how to use LyX for
literate programming.
Where it is assumed that you are familiar with this programming technique,
and know what
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
tangling
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
and
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
weaving
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
means.
If that is not the case, please follow the web links provided in the following
sections.
There is a lot of good documentation out there covering old development
history to the latest tools tips.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
It is also assumed that you are familiar with LyX itself to a point that
you are comfortable changing your LyX preferences, and X resources file.
If that is not the case please refer to other LyX documentation to cover
your specific needs.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsection
Literate Programming
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
From the Literate Programming FAQ:
\end_layout
\begin_layout Quotation
Literate programming is the combination of documentation and source together
in a fashion suited for reading by human beings.
In fact, literate programs should be enjoyable reading, even inviting!
(Sorry Bob, I couldn't resist!) In general, literate programs combine source
and documentation in a single file.
Literate programming tools then parse the file to produce either readable
documentation or compilable source.
The WEB style of literate programming was created by D.
\begin_inset space \thinspace{}
\end_inset
g.
Knuth during the development of his TeX typesetting software.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Another excerpt says:
\end_layout
\begin_layout Quotation
\emph on
How is literate programming different from verbose commenting?
\end_layout
\begin_layout Quotation
There are three distinguishing characteristics.
In order of importance, they are:
\end_layout
\begin_deeper
\begin_layout Itemize
flexible order of elaboration
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
automatic support for browsing
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
typeset documentation, especially diagrams and mathematics
\end_layout
\end_deeper
\begin_layout Standard
Now that I sparked your curiosity, take a look in the references.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsubsection
References
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
The complete Literate Programming FAQ can be found at:
\end_layout
\begin_layout Quote
Literate Programming FAQ
\begin_inset Flex URL
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
http://shelob.ce.ttu.edu/daves/lpfaq/faq.html
\end_layout
\end_inset
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
The FAQ lists
23
(twenty three!) different literate programming tools.
Where some are specialized or
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
tailored
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
for particular programming languages, while other have general scope.
I selected
\noun on
Noweb
\noun default
for my own use for several reasons:
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
It can generate the documentation either in
LaTeX
or HTML.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
It has a open architecture, i.
\begin_inset space \thinspace{}
\end_inset
g.
\begin_inset space \space{}
\end_inset
it is easy to plug in new filters and to perform special processing that
you may need.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
There is a good selection of filters available already (the HTML is one
of them).
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
It is free.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
The
Noweb
web page can be found at:
\end_layout
\begin_layout Quote
Noweb
home page
\begin_inset Flex URL
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
http://www.cs.virginia.edu/~nr/noweb/
\end_layout
\end_inset
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Starting from there you can reach many other interesting links and even
some literate program examples.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsection
LyX and Literate Programming
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
The LyX support for Literate Programming is provided by using the generic
LyX converters mechanism.
This support is provided in a
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
Noweb
independent
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
way, i.
\begin_inset space \thinspace{}
\end_inset
g.
\begin_inset space \space{}
\end_inset
you will be able to use this new LyX feature with some other literate programmin
g tool of your choice by just changing your LyX preferences.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsubsection
Generating documents and code (weaving and tangling)
\end_layout
\begin_layout Paragraph
Selecting the document class
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
If you have installed
Noweb
and LyX successfully, whenever you open a new document or try to change
the document class of an existing one, you will find that there are three
new document classes available:
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
Article (
Noweb
)
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
Book (
Noweb
)
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
Report (
Noweb
)
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
You must select one of them to create your literate documents from.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Note that literate documents are not limited to these three classes.
New classes can be generated from other styles like letter or in combination
with other class variations like Article (
AMS
).
If you have special needs that cannot be covered by one of the existing
classes, let the LyX developers list (
lyx
-
devel
@lists.
lyx
.org) know and we will arrange to insert a new entry, or teach you how to
do it.
\begin_inset Foot
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
It is very simple, it involves the creation of a file with four lines, and
re-running of the auto configuration.
\end_layout
\end_inset
Moreover, if you use a literate tool other than
Noweb
you may need to create a new set of document classes for it.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Paragraph
Typing code in
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
LyX enables you to write code with a layout named
\noun on
Scrap
\noun default
.
\begin_inset Foot
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
The equivalent
Noweb
term is
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
Chunk
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
.
For historical reasons, I got used to the term
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
scrap
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
introduced by other literate tool named
Nuweb
, which I used for many years before rendering myself to
Noweb
.
\end_layout
\end_inset
Noweb
delimits scraps like this:
\end_layout
\begin_layout LyX-Code
<>=
\end_layout
\begin_layout LyX-Code
code
\end_layout
\begin_layout LyX-Code
more code
\end_layout
\begin_layout LyX-Code
even more code
\end_layout
\begin_layout LyX-Code
@
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
The problem is that whatever is written in between the << and the
\family typewriter
@
\family default
must be taken literally, i.
\begin_inset space \thinspace{}
\end_inset
g.
\begin_inset space \space{}
\end_inset
LyX should be prevented from making any special interpretation of what has
been written.
This is handled by a special layout named Scrap, that works like a normal
paragraph but has a free spacing capability.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
The down side of the Scrap paragraph layout is that consecutive paragraphs
of code will be spaced with one empty line in the source code and also
in the printed documentation.
The work around is to enter each line of code within a single Scrap, with
a newline (
ctrl
-return).
The example above will look like this:
\begin_inset Foot
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
If you have a printed version of this document you will not see any difference
between the previous example and this one.
\end_layout
\end_inset
\end_layout
\begin_layout LyX-Code
<>=
\begin_inset Newline newline
\end_inset
code
\begin_inset Newline newline
\end_inset
more code
\begin_inset Newline newline
\end_inset
even more code
\begin_inset Newline newline
\end_inset
@
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
This layout works fine.
The only real inconvenience is that you have to type
ctrl
-return instead of a plain return.
\begin_inset Foot
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
It is in my list of
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
improvements
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
to fix that.
\end_layout
\end_inset
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
As a special note, you can also use the
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
%def
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
construct of
Noweb
in your scraps to add items to
Noweb's
identifier cross-reference:
\end_layout
\begin_layout LyX-Code
<>=
\begin_inset Newline newline
\end_inset
def some_function(
args
):
\begin_inset Newline newline
\end_inset
"This is the doc string for this function."
\begin_inset Newline newline
\end_inset
print "My
args
: ",
args
\end_layout
\begin_layout LyX-Code
@ %def some_function
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
For an example of this usage and the resulting cross-reference output, look
at the Literate python program in
\emph on
LIBDIR
/examples/
listerrors
.
lyx
\emph default
which should make this all clear.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Paragraph
Generating the documentation
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
At this point you already have a new document file with a proper document
class, and with some code and text on it.
How do I print it? The answer is simple, you select
\family sans
View\SpecialChar \menuseparator
DVI
,
\family default
etc.
Just like you would do for a plain document.
No special procedure is required.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
To help orientate you, I will now explain what happens inside LyX:
\end_layout
\begin_layout Enumerate
When the
\family sans
Update\SpecialChar \menuseparator
DVI
\family default
menu option is chosen, a
LaTeX
file is generated.
\end_layout
\begin_deeper
\begin_layout Standard
If the document is of any literate class the generated file will be named
with an extension name defined by the
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
literate
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
format (defined in the Preferences panel), otherwise the file will have
the usual
\family typewriter
.
tex
\family default
extension.
\end_layout
\end_deeper
\begin_layout Enumerate
Note that the only difference so far is in the name of the file, no special
processing is required by LyX.
Given that you formatted the code using the Scrap layout that, by itself,
takes care of the business.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Enumerate
If the document is of any literate class LyX will then use the internal
LyX to
Noweb
converter, followed by the
Noweb
to
LaTeX
converter
\begin_inset Foot
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
The converters are defined in the
\family sans
Tools\SpecialChar \menuseparator
Preferences
\family default
panel, under the
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
Conversion
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
tab.
See section
\emph on
Converters
\emph default
of the
\emph on
Customization
\emph default
manual for general information about converters.
\end_layout
\end_inset
to generate the
LaTeX
file.
\end_layout
\begin_deeper
\begin_layout Standard
Otherwise it will just skip this step.
\end_layout
\end_deeper
\begin_layout Enumerate
Finally,
LaTeX
is invoked and the regular post processing continues as in a plain document.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Independence from a particular
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
literate tool
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
is easily achieved by changing the commands that are run by the various
converters.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Paragraph
Generating the code
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
When the build menu option is chosen or the corresponding button in the
toolbar is pressed, a
LaTeX
file is generated just like step 1 above.
Next, LyX invokes the
\family typewriter
Noweb
->Program
\family default
converter.
This converter needs to be defined by the user and is not installed by
default, though the Program format is.
This converter (like any other converter) will have two parts:
\end_layout
\begin_layout Enumerate
The converter program itself.
This program performs the conversion from the one format to the other (in
this case, from the
Noweb
format to the Program pseudo-format).
\end_layout
\begin_layout Enumerate
The error log parser.
This is a program whose sole purpose is to rewrite error messages in a
format that LyX understands.
This makes it possible for LyX to place error boxes in the right places
in the file buffer.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
The first part, the
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
Converter
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
setting, should be set to
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
\family typewriter
build-script $$i
\family default
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
.
This basically means that LyX will call
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
build-script
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
(a program or script) with the name of the
Noweb
file (normally a file in the LyX temp directory).
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
This is an implementation of
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
build-script
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
that you can place in a directory on your path:
\end_layout
\begin_layout LyX-Code
#!/bin/sh
\end_layout
\begin_layout LyX-Code
#
\end_layout
\begin_layout LyX-Code
notangle
-
Rbuild
-script $1 |
env
NOWEB
_SOURCE=$1 sh
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
The next part of the converter setting is the
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
Flags
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
which is to be set to
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
\family typewriter
parselog
=
listerrors
\family default
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
.
This will run any errors that are generated by the
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
build-script
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
process through the
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
listerrors
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
program.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
The converter code looks in
\emph on
MYLYXDIR
/scripts
\emph default
first, then in
\emph on
LIBDIR
/scripts
\emph default
then on the path for the
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
listerrors
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
program.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
The build will normally take place in LyX's temporary directory, so the
files produced by the conversion will be in that directory.
LyX will copy out what it regards as the `
main'
file, but the
\family typewriter
Noweb
->Program
\family default
conversion may produce several files, and so most of these would then be
deleted when LyX was closed.
The present solution is to use a `
copier'
,
\begin_inset Foot
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
See section
\emph on
Copiers
\emph default
of the
\emph on
Customization
\emph default
manual for information on these.
\end_layout
\end_inset
in this case, the
\family typewriter
ext_copy.
py
\family default
script in its default mode, so that the entire contents of the temporary
directory is copied.
More will get copied than is needed, to be sure, but nothing will be lost.
If, however, you know what extensions the generated files will have, this
can be improved by using the
\family typewriter
-e
\family default
option to
\family typewriter
ext_copy
\family default
.
This option takes a comma-separated list of extensions to copy.
So, for example, if the conversion will generate only files with the extensions
\family typewriter
.c
\family default
and
\family typewriter
.h
\family default
, then the correct definition would be:
\end_layout
\begin_layout LyX-Code
python -
tt
$$s/scripts/ext_copy.
py
-e c,h $$i $$o
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
The result will be that only files with these two extensions will be copied
out.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Paragraph
Build instructions in the document
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
The last piece of the integration between LyX and
noweb
is the
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
build-script
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
scrap.
Generally, the instructions for building your program should be embedded
in a scrap of its own.
The
noweb
-specific
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
build-script
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
above uses the
notangle
command to look for this scrap (called
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
build-script
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
) and runs its contents through
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
sh
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Typically, such a scrap would look something like this:
\end_layout
\begin_layout LyX-Code
<>=
\begin_inset Newline newline
\end_inset
#!/bin/sh
\begin_inset Newline newline
\end_inset
\begin_inset Newline newline
\end_inset
if [ -z "${
NOWEB
_SOURCE}" ]
\begin_inset Newline newline
\end_inset
then
\begin_inset Newline newline
\end_inset
NOWEB
_SOURCE=
myfile
.
nw
\begin_inset Newline newline
\end_inset
fi
\begin_inset Newline newline
\end_inset
[...
code to extract files ...]
\begin_inset Newline newline
\end_inset
[...
code to compile files ...]
\begin_inset Newline newline
\end_inset
@
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Look in
\emph on
LIBDIR
/examples/
listerrors
.
lyx
\emph default
or in
\emph on
LIBDIR
/examples/Literate.
lyx
\emph default
which implement two versions of the
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
listerrors
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
program for some illustrations of how all of these pieces go together or
in
\emph on
LIBDIR
/examples/
noweb2lyx
.
lyx
.
\emph default
Interestingly, these three files show off the language-
indepence
of the LyX literate programming support since they are written in Python,
C and Perl respectively.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsubsection
Configuring LyX
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
All the Literate Programming support is configured by the
\family sans
Tools\SpecialChar \menuseparator
Preferences
\family default
panel in the
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
Conversion
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
tab.
The important parts are:
\end_layout
\begin_layout Description
the
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
literate
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
format Set up via the Formats tab, this is where the
Noweb
-specific pieces are set up.
The
\family sans
GUI Name
\family default
is set to
\family typewriter
NoWeb
\family default
, the file extension is set to
\family typewriter
.
nw
\family default
.
This tells LyX to create a file with a
\family typewriter
.
nw
\family default
extension in the first step of the conversion process.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Description
the
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
\family sans
Program
\family default
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
format This is an empty format whose sole purpose is to be the endpoint
of a conversion (which then allows us to set up a converter for it).
\end_layout
\begin_layout Description
\family sans
NoWeb
\family default
->
\family sans
LaTeX
\family default
This converter performs the
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
weaving
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
of the literate document.
For
Noweb
, it is set to
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
\family typewriter
noweave
-delay -index $$i > $$o
\family default
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
\end_layout
\begin_layout Description
\family sans
NoWeb
\family default
->
\family sans
Program
\family default
This performs the
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
tangling step
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
.
As stated above, the Converter is set to
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
\family typewriter
build-script $$i
\family default
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
, with Flags set to
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
\family typewriter
originaldir
,
parselog
=
listerrors
\family default
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsubsection
Debug extensions
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
There is also a new function implemented in the LyX server, the
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
server-
goto
-file-row" function, to be used with
ddd
/
gdb
or other debugger.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
When debugging code with
ddd
/
gdb
, it is possible to invoke a text editor at the current execution position
with a single key stroke.
The default
ddd
configuration for that is shift-
ctrl
-V.
It happens that you can define the editor command line invocation in
ddd
by accessing the
\family sans
Edit\SpecialChar \menuseparator
Preferences\SpecialChar \menuseparator
Helpers
\family default
dialog and changing the "Edit Sources" entry.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
I take advantage of the new created LyX server function and this
ddd
feature, and set
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
Edit Sources
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
to:
\end_layout
\begin_layout LyX-Code
echo "
LYXCMD
:monitor:server-
goto
-file-row:@FILE@ @LINE@" >~/.
lyxpipe
.in
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
With this, whenever you are using
ddd
and find a point in the program that you want to edit, you just press shift-
ctrl
-V (in the
ddd
window), and
ddd
you forward this information to LyX through the LyX server and then the
LyX window will show the same file with the cursor at the same position
ddd
was pointing to.
No more guessing or long scrolling to locate a point in the program back
from debugging !
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Note however that you must enable the LyX server to get this feature working
(it is disabled by default).
You can enable it in
\family sans
Preferences
\family default
(tabs
\family sans
Inputs
\family default
,
\family sans
Paths
\family default
) by entering in the
\family sans
LyXserver
pipe
\family default
a path like
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
\family typewriter
/home//.
lyx
/
lyxpipe
\family default
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Read the LyX server documentation in the
\emph on
Customization Manual
\emph default
for further information.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsubsection
Toolbar extensions
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
There are six new buttons that can be added to your LyX toolbar.
Five of these buttons are short cuts to layout styles:
\family sans
Standard
\family default
,
\family sans
Section
\family default
,
\family sans
LaTeX
\family default
,
\family sans
LyX-Code
\family default
, and
\family sans
Scrap
\family default
.
The last one is a short cut to the
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
Build Program
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
File menu entry.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
LyX has a range of buttons that are available for tool bar customization.
In my toolbar I like to combine the six short cuts above with two more:
One for
\family sans
View
\family default
\SpecialChar \menuseparator
\family sans
Update
\family default
\SpecialChar \menuseparator
\family sans
DVI
\family default
and the other for
\family sans
View\SpecialChar \menuseparator
DVI
\family default
File menu entries.
Here is how it looks like:
\end_layout
\begin_layout LyX-Code
Toolbar
\end_layout
\begin_layout LyX-Code
Layouts
\end_layout
\begin_layout LyX-Code
Icon "layout Standard"
\end_layout
\begin_layout LyX-Code
Icon "layout Section"
\end_layout
\begin_layout LyX-Code
Icon "layout
LaTeX
"
\end_layout
\begin_layout LyX-Code
Icon "layout LyX-Code"
\end_layout
\begin_layout LyX-Code
Icon "layout Scrap"
\end_layout
\begin_layout LyX-Code
Separator
\end_layout
\begin_layout LyX-Code
Icon "buffer-view"
\end_layout
\begin_layout LyX-Code
Icon "buffer-typeset"
\end_layout
\begin_layout LyX-Code
Icon "build-program"
\end_layout
\begin_layout LyX-Code
Separator
\end_layout
\begin_layout LyX-Code
.
\end_layout
\begin_layout LyX-Code
.
\end_layout
\begin_layout LyX-Code
.
\end_layout
\begin_layout LyX-Code
End
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsubsection
Colors customization
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
There are a number of colors in LyX that can be customized in
\family sans
Preferences
\family default
.
One of the things that bothers people is the
LaTeX
font color.
The default color is red, since the scraps uses
LaTeX
font, and there is a lot of scraps in literate documents, you may get tired
of seeing everything in red.
You can change it by going to the tabs
\family sans
Look&Feel
\family default
,
\family sans
Colors.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
The next thing is the visible presence of the newline character in the screen.
You can choose the color of this particular character and make it blend
in the background.
I recommend you choosing a color that is close to the background but not
equal, that way you still can see it is there, but it is not bothering
you anymore.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Chapter
Secrets of the
LaTeX
Masters
\begin_inset CommandInset label
LatexCommand label
name "cha:secrets"
\end_inset
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Though LyX is a powerful tool, it cannot hope to support everything that
can be done with pure TeX/
LaTeX
.
However, many familiar dirty TeX and
LaTeX
tricks can be done within LyX, as long as you are not afraid to use that
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
TeX
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
button on the toolbar or add things to the
LaTeX
preamble.
This section lists some tips, tricks, and otherwise cool ideas to give
your document that extra little flair.
\emph on
Do try this at home
\emph default
, just start with something a little smaller and less important than your
dissertation!
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Most ideas in this section require less common files in your
LaTeX
installation.
If you have a system like
teTeX
, most will already be available.
A few, however, will need to be downloaded from one of the
CTAN
archives.
Often, there are several ways to do something, or several
LaTeX
style files which do the same thing.
We do not endorse one choice over another, we simply claim that we have
done a particular task with a particular file.
Put on your wizard hat, keep an eye out for dragons, and let us begin.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Section
Multiple Columns
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
by
\noun on
Lars
Gullik
Bjønnes
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsection
Purpose
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
The aim for this chapter
\begin_inset Foot
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
Editor's note:
Lars'
original chapter was a masterful description of how to use the
\family typewriter
multicol
\family default
package.
However, it was too long to flow smoothly in this document.
I have therefore chosen to excerpt the most important sections here (sorry,
Lars); you can read the original chapter (and more of the story!) in the
example file
\family typewriter
examples/
multicol
.
lyx
\family default
.
—
mer
\end_layout
\end_inset
is to show how the
LaTeX
package
\family typewriter
multicol
\family default
can be used in a LyX document.
As LyX doesn't support the
\family typewriter
multicol
\family default
package
natively
yet, we have to use some small hacks.
By reading this section it should be obvious how to do this.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsection
Limitations
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
The
\family typewriter
multicol
\family default
package allows switching between one and
multicolumn
format on the same page.
Footnotes are handled correctly (for the most part), but will be placed
at the bottom of the page and not under each column.
LaTeX's
float mechanism, however, is partly disabled in the current implementation.
At the moment only page-wide floats can be used within the scope of the
environment.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsection
Examples
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsubsection
Two columns
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
If you want to have two columns in your text, you have use
LaTeX
mode to insert
\family typewriter
\backslash
begin{
multicols
}{2}
\family default
at the point where you want the two column layout to start, and then
\family typewriter
\backslash
end{
multicols
}
\family default
where you want it to end.
Like this:
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
\begin_inset ERT
status open
\begin_layout Plain Layout
\backslash
begin{multicols}{2}
\end_layout
\end_inset
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
\noindent
\series bold
\size small
The Adventure of the Empty House
\series default
\begin_inset Newline newline
\end_inset
by
\noun on
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
\size small
It was in the spring of the year
1894
that all London was interested, and the fashionable world dismayed, by
the murder of the
Honourable
Ronald Adair under most unusual and inexplicable circumstances.
The public has already learned those particulars of the crime which came
out in the police investigation, but a good deal was suppressed upon that
occasion, since the case for the prosecution was so overwhelmingly strong
that it was not necessary to bring forward all the facts.
Only now, at the end of nearly ten years, am I allowed to supply those
missing links which make up the whole of that remarkable chain.
The crime was of interest in itself, but that interest was as nothing to
me compared to the inconceivable sequel, which afforded me the greatest
shock and surprise of any event in my adventurous life.
Even now, after this long interval, I find myself thrilling as I think
of it, and feeling once more that sudden flood of joy, amazement, and increduli
ty which utterly submerged my mind.
Let me say to that public, which has shown some interest in those glimpses
which I have occasionally given them of the thoughts and actions of a very
remarkable man, that they are not to blame me if I have not shared my knowledge
with them, for I should have considered it my first duty to do so, had
I not been barred by a positive prohibition from his own lips, which was
only withdrawn upon the third of last month.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
\begin_inset ERT
status open
\begin_layout Plain Layout
\backslash
end{multicols}
\end_layout
\end_inset
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsubsection
Multiple columns
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
The same pattern is used when you want more than two columns:
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
\begin_inset ERT
status open
\begin_layout Plain Layout
\backslash
begin{multicols}{3}
\end_layout
\end_inset
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
\size footnotesize
It can be imagined that my close intimacy with Sherlock Holmes had interested
me deeply in crime, and that after his disappearance I never failed to
read with care the various problems which came before the public.
And I even attempted, more than once, for my own private satisfaction,
to employ his methods in their solution, though with indifferent success.
There was none, however, which appealed to me like this tragedy of Ronald
Adair.
As I read the evidence at the inquest, which led up to a verdict of willful
murder against some person or persons unknown, I realized more clearly
than I had ever done the loss which the community had sustained by the
death of Sherlock Holmes.
There were points about this strange business which would, I was sure,
have specially appealed to him, and the efforts of the police would have
been supplemented, or more probably anticipated, by the trained observation
and the alert mind of the first criminal agent in Europe.
All day, as I drove upon my round, I turned over the case in my mind and
found no explanation which appeared to me to be adequate.
At the risk of telling a twice-told tale, I will recapitulate the facts
as they were known to the public at the conclusion of the inquest.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
\begin_inset ERT
status open
\begin_layout Plain Layout
\backslash
end{multicols}
\end_layout
\end_inset
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
You can have more than 3 columns if you want to, but that might not be very
pleasant for the eye.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsubsection
Columns inside columns
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
You can even have columns inside columns:
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
\begin_inset ERT
status open
\begin_layout Plain Layout
\backslash
begin{multicols}{2}
\end_layout
\end_inset
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
\size footnotesize
The
Honourable
Ronald Adair was the second son of the Earl of
Maynooth
, at that time governor of one of the Australian colonies.
Adair's mother had returned from Australia to undergo the operation for
cataract, and she, her son Ronald, and her daughter Hilda were living together
at
427
Park Lane.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
\begin_inset ERT
status open
\begin_layout Plain Layout
\backslash
begin{multicols}{2}
\end_layout
\end_inset
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
\size footnotesize
The youth moved in the best society–had, so far as was known, no enemies
and no particular vices.
He had been engaged to Miss Edith
Woodley
, of
Carstairs
, but the engagement had been broken off by mutual consent some months before,
and there was no sign that it had left any very profound feeling behind
it.
For the rest {sic} the man's life moved in a narrow and conventional circle,
for his habits were quiet and his nature unemotional.
Yet it was upon this easy-going young aristocrat that death came, in most
strange and unexpected form, between the hours of ten and eleven-twenty
on the night of March
30
,
1894
.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
\begin_inset ERT
status open
\begin_layout Plain Layout
\backslash
end{multicols}
\end_layout
\end_inset
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
\size footnotesize
Ronald Adair was fond of cards–playing continually, but never for such stakes
as would hurt him.
He was a member of the Baldwin, the Cavendish, and the Bagatelle card clubs.
It was shown that, after dinner on the day of his death, he had played
a rubber of whist at the latter club.
He had also played there in the afternoon.
\size default
\size footnotesize
The evidence of those who had played with him– Mr.
Murray, Sir John Hardy, and Colonel Moran–showed that the game was whist,
and that there was a fairly equal fall of the cards.
Adair might have lost five pounds, but not more.
His fortune was a considerable one, and such a loss could not in any way
affect him.
He had played nearly every day at one club or other, but he was a cautious
player, and usually rose a winner.
It came out in evidence that, in partnership with Colonel Moran, he had
actually won as much as four hundred and twenty pounds in a sitting, some
weeks before, from Godfrey
Milner
and Lord
Balmoral
.
So much for his recent history as it came out at the inquest.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
\begin_inset ERT
status open
\begin_layout Plain Layout
\backslash
end{multicols}
\end_layout
\end_inset
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Please do read the file
\family typewriter
examples/
multicol
.
lyx
\family default
for more advanced examples including column and header spacing, vertical
separator lines, and more.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Section
Numbering in the
\family sans
Enumerate
\family default
Paragraph Environment
\begin_inset OptArg
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
Numbering in Enumerate
\end_layout
\end_inset
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
by
\noun on
John Weiss
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
\begin_inset VSpace bigskip
\end_inset
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
\noindent
The default numbering for the
\family sans
Enumerate
\family default
paragraph environment begins with Arabic numbers and ends with uppercase
letters.
Suppose, however, you wanted a different type of numbering scheme.
Here's a quickie example of how to change the numbering scheme:
\end_layout
\begin_layout LyX-Code
\backslash
renewcommand
{
\backslash
labelenumi
}{
\backslash
Roman{
enumi
}.}
\end_layout
\begin_layout LyX-Code
\backslash
renewcommand
{
\backslash
labelenumii
}{
\backslash
Alph
{
enumii
}.}
\end_layout
\begin_layout LyX-Code
\backslash
renewcommand
{
\backslash
labelenumiii
}{
\backslash
arabic
{
enumiii
}.}
\end_layout
\begin_layout LyX-Code
\backslash
renewcommand
{
\backslash
labelenumiv
}{
\backslash
alph
{
enumiv
}.)}
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
\SpecialChar \ldots{}
which changes the numbering scheme to uppercase Roman numerals, uppercase
letters, Arabic numbers, and lowercase letter.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Additionally, the previous example also adds a little bit extra to the numbering
scheme.
For example, the first level label actually looks like:
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
I.
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
.
For ease of reading, we'll describe what the numbering schemes look like
using a notation something like this: <
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
I.
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
,
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
A.
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
,
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
1.
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
,
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
a.)
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
>.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
As you can see in the example, there is a label command for each nesting
level,
\family typewriter
\backslash
labelenumi
\family default
\SpecialChar \ldots{}
\family typewriter
\backslash
labelenumiv
\family default
, as well as a counter,
\family typewriter
enumi
\family default
\SpecialChar \ldots{}
\family typewriter
enumiv
\family default
.
There are also five
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
number printing
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
commands,
\family typewriter
\backslash
arabic
{}
\family default
,
\family typewriter
\backslash
roman{}
\family default
,
\family typewriter
\backslash
Roman{}
\family default
,
\family typewriter
\backslash
alph
{}
\family default
, and
\family typewriter
\backslash
Alph
{}
\family default
, each of which take one counter as an argument.
You can add characters before or after these, but there's no need to add
spaces.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
You can get really fancy with these.
For example:
\end_layout
\begin_layout LyX-Code
\backslash
renewcommand
{
\backslash
labelenumi
}{
\backslash
#
\backslash
Alph
{
enumi
}
\backslash
#}
\end_layout
\begin_layout LyX-Code
\backslash
renewcommand
{
\backslash
labelenumii
}{
\backslash
Alph
{
enumi
}.
\backslash
arabic
{
enumii
}}
\end_layout
\begin_layout LyX-Code
\backslash
renewcommand
{
\backslash
labelenumiii
}{
\backslash
alph
{
enumiii
}+}
\end_layout
\begin_layout LyX-Code
\backslash
renewcommand
{
\backslash
labelenumiv
}{(
\backslash
roman{
enumiv
})}
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
produces the somewhat out of hand numbering scheme: <
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
#A#
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
,
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
A.1
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
,
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
a+
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
,
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
(i)
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
>.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
\end_layout
\begin_layout Section
Dropped Capitals
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
by
\noun on
Mike
Ressler
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hose of you who like the style of old books probably also like
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dropped capitals
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—those large capital letters which begin each new chapter or section.
Implementing them with plain LyX/
LaTeX
is straightforward (assuming you know some plain TeX!) but does require
a lot of work and many iterations, as you can see by all the ugly TeX-mode
stuff at the beginning of this paragraph.
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here is a much easier way of doing this, of course.
The
\family typewriter
dropcaps
\family default
(or the newer
\family typewriter
dropping
\family default
) package from
CTAN
allows a simple way to add such letters to your documents.
Since this package is not a standard part of
teTeX
, I can't demonstrate it within this document, but if you copy this paragraph
to a new document, delete the
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\family typewriter
\backslash
verb
\family default
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
and the pluses from the TeX code at the beginning of the paragraph, and
add
\family typewriter
\backslash
usepackage
{
dropcaps
}
\family default
to your
LaTeX
preamble, you will get a nice Times Roman Italic
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T
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, whose height is three lines of text and which protrudes 1 em into the
margin.
(Make certain you have copied
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\end_inset
\family typewriter
dropcaps
.sty
\family default
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
into a directory where TeX can see it.) The first argument is the amount
of indentation; in this case the negative sign moves it into the margin.
The second argument is the height of the letter in number of lines of text.
The third argument is the font name: virtually anything which has a
tfm
file should work (wade through the
\family typewriter
.../
texmf
/fonts/
tfm
\family default
directory for possibilities).
My personal favorite is
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\family typewriter
yinit
\family default
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, a fancy German font specifically designed for dropped capitals.
The fourth argument is the letter (or letters) to be dropped.
The
\family typewriter
dropping
\family default
package also offers the
\family typewriter
\backslash
bigdrop
\family default
command, as well as a slightly simplified
\family typewriter
\backslash
dropping
\family default
command.
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Non-standard Paragraph Shapes
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by
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Mike
Ressler
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newdimen
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varunit}{4.5in}
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parshape 19 0.45
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varunit
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varunit
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0.00
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varunit
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varunit
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varunit
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varunit
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varunit
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varunit 0.300
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varunit
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varunit
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There are times when the tyranny of rectangular paragraphs must be overthrown.
In such situations, a call to the delightful plain TeX command
\family typewriter
\backslash
parshape
\family default
is called for.
As you can see, completely arbitrary shapes can be laid out with a suitable
set of
linelength
definitions.
While this
parshape
may look a bit silly and useless, one could conceive of situations such
as finely tuned dropped capitals, word wrapping around non-rectangular
graphics, etc.
which will benefit from such handcrafting.
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The syntax is
\family typewriter
\backslash
parshape
numlines
#
1indent
#
1length
#
2indent
#
2length
\SpecialChar \ldots{}
#
nindent
#
nlength
\family default
, where
\family typewriter
numlines
\family default
is the number of lines of text which define the paragraph.
If there turn out to be fewer lines, the shape is truncated; if there are
more, the excess lines have the same dimensions as the last line of the
definition.
The
\family typewriter
#
nindent
\family default
and
\family typewriter
#
nlength
\family default
entries specify the indentation of the line from the left margin, and the
length of the line as measured from that point.
The shape applies only to the current paragraph; everything is reset to
normal for the next paragraph.
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Summary
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As you can see, the examples in this section range from the useful to the
whimsical.
While I don't expect that anyone will ever need the paragraph shape demonstrate
d in the last section, the important point is that you can do almost anything
you want in LyX if you are willing to figure out how to do it in TeX and
LaTeX
.
TeX is a fantastically powerful typesetting system and all that power is
available to you since LyX uses it as its
backend
.
Happy
LyXing
!
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