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.\" Man page for LyX.
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.\" tbl lyx.1 | nroff -man | less
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.\"
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.TH LYX 1 "Jan 2003" "Version 1.4" "LyX 1.4"
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.SH NAME
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lyx \- A Document Processor
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.\"
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.\" setup
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.de Cr
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.ie n (c)
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.el \(co
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..
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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\fBlyx\fR [ \fIcommand\-line switches\fR ] [ \fIname[.lyx] ...\fR ]
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.br
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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\fBLyX\fR is too complex to be described completely in the "man" page
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format. If your system is properly configured, you can access the full
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documentation within \fBLyX\fR under the Help menu.
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\fBLyX\fR is a document preparation system. It excels at letting you
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create complex technical and scientific articles with mathematics,
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cross\-references, bibliographies, indices, etc. It is very good at
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documents of any length in which the usual processing abilities are
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required: automatic sectioning and pagination, spellchecking, and so
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forth. It can also be used to write a letter to your mom, though
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granted, there are probably simpler programs available for that. It is
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definitely not the best tool for creating banners, flyers, or
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advertisements, though with some effort all these can be done, too.
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Some examples of what it is used for: memos, letters, dissertations
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and theses, lecture notes, seminar notebooks, conference proceedings,
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software documentation, books (on PostgreSQL, remote sensing,
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cryptology, fictional novels, poetry, and even a children's book or
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two), articles in refereed scientific journals, scripts for plays and
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movies, business proposals... you get the idea.
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Currently, \fBLyX\fR uses either the XForms or Qt library as a
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toolkit. \fBLyX\fR should run everywhere, where these libraries run.
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This is on all major Unix platforms as well as Windows, Mac OS X
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(which actually is a unix platform) and OS/2.
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.SH OPTIONS
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\fBLyX\fR supports the following command\-line switches.
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.TP 6
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.BI \-help
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summarizes LyX usage
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.TP
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.BI \-version
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provides version information on the build of LyX.
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.TP
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.BI \-sysdir " directory"
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sets system directory. Normally not needed.
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.TP
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.BI \-userdir " directory"
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sets user directory. Needed if you want to use LyX with different lyxrc
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settings.
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.TP
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.BI \-dbg " feature[,feature...]"
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where feature is a name or number.
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Use "\fBlyx \-dbg\fR" to see the list of available debug features.
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.TP
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\fB \-x [\-\-execute]\fP \fIcommand
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where command is a lyx command.
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.TP
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\fB \-e [\-\-export]\fP \fIfmt
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where fmt is the export format of choice.
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.TP
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\fB \-i [\-\-import]\fP \fIfmt file.xxx
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where fmt is the import format of choice and file.xxx is the file to be imported.
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.SH XFORMS FRONTEND OPTIONS
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When compiled with the XForms frontend, \fBLyX\fR understands the
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following generic command line options from the \fBForms Library\fR,
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which can also be specified as X resources (e. g. in .Xdefaults) with
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class name \fBLyX\fR.
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.TP 6
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.BI \-geometry " WxH+X+Y"
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specifies the preferred size and position of the main \fBLyX\fR
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window; see \fIX(1)\fR.
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.TP
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.BI \-display " host:display"
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specifies the server to connect to.
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.TP
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.BI \-bw " borderwidth"
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specifies the border width to use to built\-in objects.
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.TP
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.BI \-visual " visualName"
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requests a visual by name such as TrueColor etc. By default the
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.B Forms Library
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always selects the visual that has the most depth.
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.TP
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.BI \-depth " depth"
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requests a specific depth. Try "\fB\-depth\fR best" or "\fB\-depth\fR
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8" if you get a bad match.
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.TP
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.BI \-debug " level"
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generates some info about the state of the
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.B XForms.
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where
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.I level
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is an integer between 1\-5 and controls the amount of
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information to output. Depending on the options used
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when the
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.B Forms Library
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was built, a level more than 3 might not be available.
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.TP
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.B \-sync
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runs the application in synchronous mode with debug level set to 4.
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.TP
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.B \-private
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requests a private colormap for the application.
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.TP
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.B \-shared
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requests a shared colormap even if the application needs more
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colors than available. For those colors that can't be allocated
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in the shared colormap, substitutions are made so the closest
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matching color is used.
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.TP
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.B \-stdcmap
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requests a standard colormap.
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.TP
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.B \-name " newname"
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specifies the application name under which resources are to be
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obtained, rather than the default executable file name.
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.SH ENVIRONMENT
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.TP
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.B LYX_DIR_14x
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can be used to specify which system directory to use.
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.PP
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The system directory is determined by searching for the file
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"chkconfig.ltx". Directories are searched in this order:
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.br
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1) \-sysdir command line parameter
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.br
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2) LYX_DIR_14x environment variable
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.br
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3) Maybe <path of binary>/TOP_SRCDIR/lib
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4) <path of binary>/../share/<name of binary>/
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.br
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5) hardcoded lyx_dir (usually /usr/local/share/lyx on UNIX and %X11ROOT%\\XFree86\\lib\\X11\\lyx on OS/2 with XFree)
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.TP
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.B LYX_USERDIR_14x
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can be used to specify which user directory to use.
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.PP
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The user directory is, in order of precedence:
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.br
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1) \-userdir command line parameter
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.br
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2) LYX_USERDIR_14x environment variable
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.br
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3) $HOME/.<name of binary> if no explicit setting is made
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.TP
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.B LYX_LOCALEDIR
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can be used to tell LyX where to look for the translations of its GUI
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strings in other languages.
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.SH FILES
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.nf
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.ta \w'\fILIBDIR\fR/lyxrc.in 'u
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~/.lyx/preferences Personal configuration file
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~/.lyx/lyxrc.defaults Personal autodetected configuration file
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\fILIBDIR\fR/lyxrc System wide configuration file
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\fILIBDIR\fR/lyxrc.defaults System wide autodetected configuration file
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\fILIBDIR\fR/configure Updates \fBLyX\fR if config has changed
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\fILIBDIR\fR/bind/ Keybindings
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\fILIBDIR\fR/clipart/ Clipart pictures
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\fILIBDIR\fR/doc/ Documentation in \fBLyX\fR format.
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\fILIBDIR\fR/examples/ Example documents
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\fILIBDIR\fR/images/ Images used as icons or in popups
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\fILIBDIR\fR/kbd/ Keyboard mappings
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\fILIBDIR\fR/layouts/ Layout descriptions
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\fILIBDIR\fR/templates/ Templates for documents
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\fILIBDIR\fR/tex/ Extra TeX files
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.Sp
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.fi
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.I LIBDIR
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is the system directory. This is usually /usr/local/share/lyx on UNIX and %X11ROOT%\\XFree86\\lib\\X11\\lyx on OS/2 with XFree.
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.SH SEE ALSO
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tex2lyx(1), latex(1).
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Full documentation in either native \fBLyX\fR or postscript format.
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.SH BUGS/LIMITATIONS
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There are still some bugs in \fBLyX\fR. To report one, read if
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possible the Introduction found under the Help menu in LyX. You'll
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find detailed info on submitting bug reports there. If you can't do
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that, send details to the LyX Developers mailing list
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lyx\-devel@lists.lyx.org, or use the LyX bug tracker at
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http://bugzilla.lyx.org/. Don't forget to mention which version you
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are having problems with!
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\fBLaTeX\fR import is still not perfect and may produce buggy *.lyx
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files. Consult the \fBtex2lyx\fR documentation.
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.SH AUTHORS
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Copyright
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.Cr
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1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 by Matthias Ettrich
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(ettrich@informatik.uni\-tuebingen.de) and the rest of the \fBLyX
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Team\fR (See About LyX under the Help menu item).
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