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List of LyxFunctions in release lyx-1_5_2
The lists of LFUNs below were derived from from releaes lyx-1_5_2 of
src/LyXAction.cpp.
Some of the commands below take arguments and others don't.
Feel free to add comments about what an LFUN does.
Various LFUNs, sorted alphabetically:
| Command string | Help text | Comment |
| all-changes-accept | |
| all-changes-reject | |
| all-insets-toggle | |
| appendix | Start appendix here |
| apropos | Describe command |
| backward-select | Select backwards |
| bibitem-insert | Insert a bibliography item |
| bibtex-database-add | Add BibTeX database |
| bibtex-database-del | Delete BibTeX database |
| bibtex-insert | Insert BibTeX |
| bibtex-style | | ?? |
| bookmark-clear | Clear bookmark |
| bookmark-goto | Go to bookmark |
| bookmark-save | Save bookmark |
| box-insert | |
| branch-insert | |
| break-line | Insert a new line |
| break-paragraph | |
| break-paragraph-keep-layout | |
| break-paragraph-skip | |
| buffer-auto-save | Autosave |
| buffer-begin | |
| buffer-begin-select | |
| buffer-child-open | |
| buffer-chktex | Start Check TeX |
| buffer-close | Close document |
| buffer-end | |
| buffer-end-select | |
| buffer-export | Export document to |
| buffer-export-custom | |
| buffer-import | Import a document |
| buffer-language | |
| buffer-new | New document |
| buffer-new-template | New document from template |
| buffer-next | |
| buffer-params-apply | |
| buffer-previous | |
| buffer-print | Print the document |
| buffer-reload | |
| buffer-save-as-default | |
| buffer-switch | Switch to another opened document |
| buffer-toggle-compression | Set document compression on/off |
| buffer-toggle-read-only | Make document read only or not |
| buffer-update | Update | Arguments are "dvi", "ps", "pdf" (for ps2pdf), "pdf2" (for pdflatex), "pdf3" (for dvipdfm) |
| buffer-view | View | Same args as buffer-update |
| buffer-write-all | Save all opened documents |
| buffer-write-as | Save As |
| buffer-write | Save |
| build-program | | ?? |
| cancel | Cancel last action |
| caption-insert | Insert a caption |
| cell-backward | |
| cell-forward | |
| cell-split | |
| change-accept | Accept a change |
| change-next | |
| change-reject | Reject a change |
| changes-merge | |
| changes-output | |
| changes-track | |
| char-backward | Go one character back |
| char-backward-select | Select one character before cursor |
| char-delete-backward | Delete one character before cursor |
| char-delete-forward | Delete one character after cursor |
| char-forward | Go one character forward |
| char-forward-select | Select one character after cursor |
| chars-transpose | |
| charstyle-insert | |
| citation-insert | |
| cleardoublepage-insert | |
| clearpage-insert | |
| clipboard-paste | Paste stuff from the clipboard |
| command-execute | |
| command-prefix | |
| command-sequence | |
| copy | Copy |
| cut | Cut |
| date-insert | Insert current date |
| delete-backward | |
| delete-backward-skip | |
| delete-forward | |
| delete-forward-skip | |
| depth-decrement | |
| depth-increment | |
| dialog-hide | |
| dialog-disconnect-inset | |
| dialog-show | |
| dialog-show-new-inset | |
| dialog-toggle | |
| dialog-update | |
| dots-insert | Insert ... dots |
| down | Go down |
| down-select | |
| drop-layouts-choice | |
| end-of-sentence-period-insert | |
| environment-insert | |
| error-next | |
| ert-insert | Insert an ERT-inset |
| escape | |
| external-edit | |
| file-insert | Insert a file |
| file-insert-plaintext | Insert file a plain text |
| file-insert-plaintext-para | Insert file a plain text in several paragraphs |
| file-new | Create new file |
| file-open | Open a file |
| find-replace | Find & Replace |
| float-insert | Insert a float |
| float-list | Insert the list of floats |
| float-wide-insert | Insert a float spanning over document columns |
| footnote-insert | Inserts a footnote |
| forward-select | Select next char |
| graphics-edit | |
| help-open | Open a Help file |
| hfill-insert | Insert a hfill |
| html-insert | |
| hyphenation-point-insert | Insert a hyphenation-point |
| index-insert | Insert the index list |
| index-print | |
| inset-apply | |
| inset-dissolve | |
| inset-insert | |
| inset-settings | |
| keymap-off | Turn off keymap |
| keymap-primary | |
| keymap-secondary | |
| keymap-toggle | Toggle keymap |
| label-insert | Insert Label |
| language | Change language |
| layout | |
| layout-character | |
| layout-copy | |
| layout-document | |
| layout-paragraph | |
| layout-paste | |
| layout-preamble | |
| layout-tabular | |
| ligature-break-insert | |
| line-begin | |
| line-begin-select | |
| line-delete | |
| line-end | Go to end of line |
| line-end-select | |
| line-insert | |
| list-insert | |
| listing-insert | |
| lyx-quit | Exit |
| lyxrc-apply | |
| marginalnote-insert | |
| mark-off | |
| mark-on | |
| mark-toggle | |
| master-buffer-update | update view the master document associated with a given child document |
| master-buffer-view | view the master document associated with a given child document |
| math-bigdelim | |
| math-delim | | Used to wrap an expression with pairs of parenthesis-like symbols that grow with the expression (like \left and \right in latex). Takes two arguments: first argument is inserted before expression, second argument is inserted after. Do not put in backslashes. for example, to get double vertical bar, use Vert with no backslash for both arguments |
| math-display | |
| math-extern | |
| math-import-selection | |
| math-insert | |
| math-limits | |
| math-macro | |
| math-matrix | |
| math-mode | Turn on math mode |
| math-mutate | |
| math-nonumber | |
| math-number | |
| math-size | |
| math-space | |
| math-subscript | Add subscript |
| math-superscript | Add superscript |
| menu-open | |
| menu-separator-insert | |
| message | |
| meta-prefix | |
| next-inset-toggle | |
| nomencl-insert | |
| nomencl-print | |
| note-insert | |
| note-next | |
| optional-insert | Insert Optional Argument |
| outline-up | |
| outline-down | |
| outline-in | |
| outline-out | |
| pagebreak-insert | Start a new page |
| paragraph-down | |
| paragraph-down-select | |
| paragraph-goto | |
| paragraph-move-down | |
| paragraph-move-up | |
| paragraph-params | Changes paragraph alignment | modifies the current paragraph, or currently selected paragraphs. This function only modifies, and does not override, existing settings. |
| paragraph-params-apply | Change paragraph settings (e.g. paragraph-params-apply \align right) | Overwrite all nonspecified settings to the default ones. Use paragraph-params lfun if you don't want to overwrite others settings. |
| paragraph-spacing | |
| paragraph-up | |
| paragraph-up-select | |
| paste | Paste |
| preferences-save | |
| primary-selection-paste | |
| quote-insert | Insert quote |
| reconfigure | |
| redo | Redo |
| reference-next | |
| repeat | |
| screen-down | |
| screen-down-select | |
| screen-font-update | |
| screen-recenter | |
| screen-up | |
| screen-up-select | |
| self-insert | |
| space-insert | |
| server-char-after | |
| server-get-font | |
| server-get-layout | |
| server-get-name | |
| server-get-tip | |
| server-get-xy | |
| server-goto-file-row | |
| server-notify | |
| server-set-xy | |
| set-color | |
| tabular-feature | |
| tabular-insert | Insert Table |
| textclass-apply | |
| textclass-load | |
| theorem-insert | |
| thesaurus-entry | Open thesaurus |
| toc-insert | |
| toggle-cursor-follows-scrollbar | |
| toolbar-toggle | |
| undo | Undo |
| unicode-insert | |
| up | |
| up-select | |
| url-insert | Insert a URL |
| vc-check-in | |
| vc-check-out | |
| vc-register | |
| vc-revert | |
| vc-undo-last | |
| window-new | Open new instance of LyX |
| window-close | Close actual instance of LyX |
| word-backward | |
| word-backward-select | |
| word-capitalize | |
| word-delete-backward | |
| word-delete-forward | |
| word-find | |
| word-find-backward | |
| word-find-forward | |
| word-forward | |
| word-forward-select | |
| word-lowcase | |
| word-replace | |
| word-select | |
| word-upcase | |
| words-count | |
LFUNs related to font commands:
| Command string | Help text | Comment |
| font-bold | Toggle bold |
| font-code | Toggle code style |
| font-default | Default font style |
| font-emph | Toggle emphasize |
| font-frak | Toggle fraktur font style |
| font-free-apply | Toggle user defined style |
| font-free-update | Update user defined style |
| font-ital | Toggle italic font style |
| font-noun | Toggle noun style |
| font-roman | Toggle roman font style |
| font-sans | Toggle sans font style |
| font-size | Set font size |
| font-state | Show font state |
| font-underline | Toggle underlining |
Accent LFUNs:
Try for instance, M-x accent-acute a — which should give you the letter a with an acute above it. If you don't give an argument ('a' in the example), the command will be applied to the next letter you type.
| Command string | Help text | Comment |
| accent-acute | á |
| accent-breve | ă |
| accent-caron | ǎ |
| accent-cedilla | ç |
| accent-circle | å |
| accent-circumflex | â |
| accent-dot | ż |
| accent-grave | à |
| accent-hungarian-umlaut | ő |
| accent-macron | ā |
| accent-ogonek | ą |
| accent-special-caron | | is broken |
| accent-tie | a͡ | the following character will finish the tie |
| accent-tilde | ã |
| accent-umlaut | ä |
| accent-underbar | a̠ |
| accent-underdot | ạ |
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