5/21/2023 0 Comments Table of contents lyx![]() ![]() ![]() MiKTeX is an open source implementation of LaTeX, this is the program which produces the output. When you install LyX you get a lot of other programs installed as well, Ghostscript, Perl, Awk and MiKTeX amongst others. The equations can be numbered to make it easier to refer to them from the text. The equations have a particular LaTeX styling which sets them apart from the main text, but that is not a bad thing. The types of environment available is different for different document types.Īnd of course you can insert tables, graphics, bitmap images and even SVG files which are good for drawing diagrams in Inkscape but which Microsoft Word has great difficulty with. One thing which I thought was quite neat, usually the reference would be something like ‘refer to Section 3.7 on page xx‘ where xx is the page number but if the target is within one page of the reference then it changes to ‘refer to Section 3.7 on the previous page’ or ‘refer to Section 3.7 on the next page’. References are also intelligent, if you refer in your text to ‘figure 1 on page 7’ and then you add more figures and text before the target of the reference it automatically changes the number to refer to the same figure on whatever page it ends up on. There is also some intelligent automation, by default all headings (at whatever level) get placed in a table of contents, if you want a table of contents then you need do nothing, but if you don’t want a table of contents then you can delete it. There are environments for headings, subheadings, sub-subheadings, bulleted lists, numbered lists, tables, bibliographies, footnotes, references, etc. The environment sets the font, the size, the indent and everything else about the text is defined by its environment. No text exists without being in an environment. Each piece of text in your document has to be put in the correct environment, if no environment is set then it will be in the default body text environment of ‘Standard’. ![]() These are just like styles in a conventional word processor. For example, you can have all your headings in the size and font you want but when you make this change it will affect all the headings, you don’t have to go through your document changing them all individually. LyX automates the formatting according to a predefined set of rules, this gives consistency throughout the document. For instance there are templates for writing articles in the format required by academic journals, there is a book template, there is another template for writing a film/play script. There are many pre defined document templates which make it easier to make a document which conforms to a particular set of requirements. But for long and complex documents LyX can save a lot of time and effort. LyX is a bit overkill for short notes or letters. This is a similar approach to using styles in a conventional word processor but instead of styles being optional they are mandatory, you may override them if you wish but that takes extra effort. Using LyX you are expected to concentrate on writing, leaving the typesetting to the software. It is a graphical front end for a LaTeX typesetting engine ( MiKTeX) so the final output can be quite good if you manage to get a font you like. Its proponents call it a ‘document processor’ rather than a ‘word processor’ because unlike a standard word processor, LyX encourages an approach to writing based on the content and structure of the document, not it’s appearance.The writers of LyX have adopted the term WYSIWYM to describe the approach. LyX is a free and open source document processor running on Windows, Mac OS X and Linux/Unix. I was reminded of LyX recently and so have given it another go. But since that time I have been using ConnectedText which definateley isn’t WYSIWYG and have gradually become accustomed to working in different modes. This will hide the number from the various headings.I tried LyX some years ago but I didn’t really ‘get’ the program, it just seemed like a needlessly complex word processor, and it wasn’t WYSIWYG. If you don't want any of the headings to be numbered, but still show up in the ToC, go to Document -> Settings -> Numbering
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