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.\" Man page for lyxclient.
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.\" Use the following command to view man page:
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.\"
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.\" tbl lyxclient.1 | nroff -man | less
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.\"
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.TH LYXCLIENT 1 "Oct 2003" "Version 1.4" "lyxclient 1.4"
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.SH NAME
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lyxclient \- send commands to a running LyX editor
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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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\fBlyxclient\fR [ \fIoptions\fR ]
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.br
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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When LyX starts, it creates a unique, per-process local socket in the
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temporary directory through which commands can be sent. That is, it can act
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like a server, accepting connections from clients. \fBlyxclient\fR
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can be used as such client. \fBlyxclient\fR will take care of all
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connection and communication protocol details, leaving you (or your app)
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free to concentrate on what you want to send to LyX.
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.SH SERVER IDENTIFICATION OPTIONS
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\fBlyxclient\fR must first identify to which server (i.e. a running LyX)
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commands are to be sent. The following options are used to specify the server.
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.TP 6
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.TP
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.BI \-p " pid"
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specify the \fIpid\fR of the running LyX process to which \fBlyxclient\fR
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should send commands.
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.TP
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.BI \-a " socket_address"
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specify explicitly which socket special file should be used. These special
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files are located inside lyx_tmpdir<lyx_pid><hash>, in the temporary
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directory. There is one per running LyX process.
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.TP
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.BI \-t " tmp_dir"
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if LyX is configured to use a temporary directory other than /tmp, you must
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inform \fBlyxclient\fR of this.
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.PP
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If neither \fB-a\fR nor \fB-p\fR are invoked, \fBlyxclient\fR will search for
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sockets in /tmp (or \fItmp_dir\fR if the \fB-t\fR option is used) and use
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the first socket to which it can connect.
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This is safe if you are running only one LyX process at any one time.
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.SH COMMAND MODE OPTIONS
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\fBlyxclient\fR can send commands to LyX from both the command-line
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and from standard input.
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LyX commands are documented in <fixme>.
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.TP 6
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.BI \-c " command"
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send a single \fIcommand\fR, print LyX information to standard output and exit.
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.TP
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.BI \-g " file line"
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this is simply a wrapper for the command 'server-goto-file-row \fIfile\fR \fIline\fR'. It is used by the DVI previewer to elicit inverse DVI search.
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.PP
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If neither \fB-c\fR nor \fB-g\fR are used, \fBlyxclient\fR will regard any
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standard input as commands to be sent to LyX, printing LyX's responses to
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standard output. Commands are
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separated by newlines (the '\\n' character). To finish communication
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and terminate the \fBlyxclient\fR process, send the command 'BYE:'.
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.SH MISCELANEOUS OPTIONS
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.TP 6
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.BI \-n " name"
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when starting communication, \fBlyxclient\fR sends an idenfifier
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string to LyX. By default, this string is "PPID>PID", where PPID is
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\fBlyxclient\fR's parent pid and pid is \fBlyxclient\fR's pid.
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Use this option to override this default.
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.TP
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.BI \-h
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print the \fBlyxclient\fR version and summarize its usage.
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.SH ENVIRONMENT
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.TP
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.B LYXSOCKET
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can be used to specify the socket special file that must be used.
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LyX sets this variable.
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It is overridden by the \fB-a\fR option.
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.SH SEE ALSO
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lyx(1), xdvi(1), lyx functions <fixme>.
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.SH AUTHORS
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Jo<EFBFBD>o Luis M. Assirati <assirati@fma.if.usp.br> is the principal author
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of lyxclient.
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