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Documentation

Links to documentation about LyX and other things related to LyX.

Regarding copyrights and license of material contributed to this wiki, please see Site.copyrights.

1.  Help documents distributed with LyX

The LyX installation comes with several help documents, look under the menu Help. There you should find for instance: Introduction, Tutorial and the User's guide. See LyX help documents for more information.

The latest versions of these manuals can be found in PDF format on this page: Manuals

1.1  Merged manuals

• Searchable PDF of merged manuals of LyX 1.6.4

(:uploadlist /LyX/Manuals/1.6.4/ itemprefix=** fmt=detailed :)

• Searchable Contents of combined Tutorial, User, Extended, & Customization Guides

(:uploadlist /LyX/Manuals/1.4.2/merged_manuals itemprefix=** fmt=detailed :)

2.  Generic and introductory documentation

• Frequently Asked Questions related to LyX
• Examples of using LyX
• Tutorials on using and doing various with LyX
• Manuals: Homepage of LyX's Documentation
  • ManPage: The man page for LyX
• Suggested reading: Suggested reading material with information about LyX, LaTeX and BibTeX etc.
• Screencasts: (:redirect Screencasts-HowToCreateThem:)

3.  Documentation about specific aspects/parts

• LyX help documents: This page describes the help documents that come with an installation of LyX.
• Concepts: LyX concepts – about layouts, modules, classes and styles
• Suggested reading: Suggested reading material with information about LyX, LaTeX and BibTeX etc.
• LyxFunctions: About lyx-functions (LFUN:s), a.k.a. user commands
• mini-buffer: The mini-buffer - manually entering commands (LyxFunctions)
• LyXServer: The LyXServer communicates with LyX via named pipes.
• FiguresInLyX: Figures in LyX
• MathInLyX: Writing math in LyX using the Math Editor.
• InstantPreview: Instant Preview
• LinguistLyX: Using LyX for Linguistic Papers
• HumanitiesLyX: Using LyX for Humanities Papers
• Lyx with R through Sweave: How to use LyX together with R through Sweave
• Fonts: Choosing Fonts
• Tables: Table formatting
• I18nLabels: (:include Site.DefineWikiStyles:)
• Customization: Adapt LyX to your needs
• Troubleshooting: Troubleshooting your LyX installation
• Concepts: LyX concepts – about layouts, modules, classes and styles
  • Creating layouts: Tips and links related to creating your own LyX layout-files
• Presentations: A page about how you can use LyX to create presentations, and also presentation tools useful with LyX.
• LaTeX.LaTeX: About using LaTeX with LyX
• BibTeX.BibTeX: About using BibTeX with LyX
• XeTeX: How to use LyX with XeTeX
• LyxFunctions: About lyx-functions (LFUN:s), a.k.a. user commands
  • mini-buffer: A prompt for manually entering commands (LyX/LyxFunctions)
• Tips: A group of pages with various tips related to using LyX and increase producitivty.
  • Symbols: Tips for entering various symbols in LyX

4.  Documentation development homepage

• DocumentationDevelopment: This page was moved to Manuals.

5.  External documentation

• LyX's online help
• Herbert's LaTeX Tips & Tricks
• InternetResources: Official internet sites and resources related to LyX. For developers, Devel.InternetResources contain additional details.

Searching list archives when problem solving is urgent:

• Search LyX user's list [marc.theaimsgroup.com] - A good web interface to search the LyX users mailing list
• Search LyX user's list [www.mail-archive.com] - Another web interface to search the LyX user's mailing list
• Links: Links to other sites and resources related to LyX
  • HOWTO for LyX/Mac [18james.com] contains information about for instance installing LyX on a Macintosh.

6.  Development Related Issues:

• DevelDoc/DevelDoc - The primary Wiki page for the LyX Documentation Project
• Contributing - How to contribute to the LyX Documentation Project.
  Make sure you read What Goes Where and The LyXDoc StyleSheet before you touch the docs!
• Devel:Devel/MiscNotes - miscellanous notes about structure of documentation etc
• Doxygen documentation for source code of lyx

7.  Directory listing of the LyX documentation as PDF:s

(:uploadlist /LyX/Documentation itemprefix=* recurse=yes fmt=detailed :)

8.  Categories

Category: Documentation