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.\" Man page for LyX.
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.\" Use the following command to view man page:
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.\"
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.\" tbl lyx.1 | nroff -man | less
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.\"
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.TH LYX 1 "November 1999" "Version 1.1" "LyX 1.1"
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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 modern approach of writing documents with a computer
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which breaks with the tradition of the obsolete typewriter concept. It
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is designed for people who want a professional output with a minimum
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of time effort, without becoming specialists in typesetting. Compared
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to common word processors, \fBLyX\fR will increase the productivity a
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lot, since most of the typesetting will be done by the computer, not
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the author. With \fBLyX\fR the author can concentrate on the contents
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of his writing, since the computer will take care of the look. Read more
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about this concept in the online documentation under the Help menu.
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Currently, \fBLyX\fR uses the XForms library as a toolkit. \fBLyX\fR
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should run everywhere, where XForms runs. This is on all major Unix
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platforms as well as some PC platforms, including Sun, SGI, HP, Compaq
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Tru64, IBM RS6000, Convex, Cray, i386/Linux, Alpha/Linux,
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i386/FreeBSD, i386/NetBSD, DecSystem(mips)/Ultrix, OS/2 with XFree or
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PMX and others.
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.SH OPTIONS
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\fBLyX\fR supports the following command-line switches, which can also
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be specified as X resources (e. g. in .Xdefaults) with class
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name \fBLyX\fR:
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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 \-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 \-width " x"
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the width of the main window in \fBLyX\fR.
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.TP
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.BI \-height " y"
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the height of the main window in \fBLyX\fR.
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.TP
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.BI \-xpos " x"
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the x position of the main window in \fBLyX\fR.
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.TP
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.BI \-ypos " y"
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the y position of the main window in \fBLyX\fR.
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Notice, you have to specify both
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.BI \-xpos
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and
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.BI \-ypos
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to obtain the
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desired effect. Negative positions are ignored. If no valid position
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is given, the main window is centered.
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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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.PP
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Furthermore, \fBLyX\fR understands the following generic command line options
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from the \fBForms Library\fR:
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.TP 6
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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_11x
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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_11x 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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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_11x
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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) -usedir command line parameter
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.br
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2) LYX_USERDIR_11x 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/lyxrc Personal configuration file
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\fILIBDIR\fR/lyxrc System wide configuration file
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\fILIBDIR\fR/lyxrc.example System wide configuration file template
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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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reLyX(1), latex(1), xforms(5).
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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 probably still some bugs in \fBLyX\fR. Please report them to
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lyx-devel@lists.lyx.org with detailed info, including which version of
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\fBLyX\fR you use. Consult the "Known Bugs" item under the Help menu
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first if possible.
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\fBLaTeX\fR import is still not perfect and may produce buggy *.lyx
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files. Consult the \fBreLyX\fR documentation.
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XFree on OS/2 currently does not support PC codepages. If you use
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\fBemTeX\fR to preview/print with cp850, etc., this might lead to
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strange \fBemTeX\fR error messages.
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.B Remedy:
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1) In filenames use only A-Z, a-z, 1-9.
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2) Install a recent \fBLaTeX\fR package inputenc.sty. Select Layout->Document->encoding:latin1, so that \fBreLyX\fR adds the \fBLaTeX\fR command '\\usepackage[latin1]{inputenc}'.
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\fBLyX\fR server has some limitations under OS/2: See
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Help->Customization for details.
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Preview of inline images in rare cases does not show the image. If you
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want to preview the image, just click on it and choose fullscreen
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preview.
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If you have performance problems, please go through the \fBlyxrc\fR
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configuration file. It contains settings that can be used to improve
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performance on slow systems.
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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 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 Credits under the Help menu item).
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