Public release of LyX version 1.0.0
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What is LyX?
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LyX is a free program that provides a more modern approach to writing
documents with a computer. Compared to common word processors, LyX will
increase productivity, since the job of typesetting is done mostly by
the computer, not the author.
Technically, this is done by combining the comfortable interface of a
WYSIWYG word processor with the high quality output of a real typesetting
system. LyX uses LaTeX, the most popular typesetting system available,
but no knowledge about LaTeX is required.
All in all, LyX is a complete environment for writing documents. It has
superior support for scientific writing, but works well for any kind of
document. Several people have reported that they have dropped various
commercial word processors in favour of LyX.
Read more about LyX (including screen shots) at:
http://www.lyx.org/
What can LyX do?
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A very incomplete feature list:
- "standard" word processing: fonts, cut & paste, infinite undo...
- footnotes, citations, cross-referencing, faxes, spellchecking
- almost any math expression (with a simple, but powerfull interface)
- automatic, multilevel outline support (enumerated or bullets)
- tables and embedded postscript figures support
- import LaTeX or ASCII
- export LaTeX, ASCII, DVI, PostScript, LinuxDoc-SGML
- fair support for non-English documents and/or menus
- extensive documentation, including a tutorial
- version control using RCS
What's new compared to LyX version 0.12.0?
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Most importantly, import of LaTeX documents is possible if you have
Perl installed. Other than that, some new features, and lots of bug
fixes.
How stable is LyX?
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This release is considered stable, but as with any software, you should
take appropriate back-up steps in a production environment.
Where can I get it?
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LyX is distributed under the GNU General Public Licence (GPL), which
means that you can not only use it freely, but also modify and
redistribute it, provided that you include the source of the program.
The main LyX site is
ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/
with mirrors at
ftp://alpha.tat.physik.uni-tuebingen.de/pub/lyx
ftp://ftp.lip6.fr/pub/lyx/
ftp://ftp.sdsc.edu/pub/other/lyx/
ftp://ftp.fciencias.unam.mx/pub/Lyx/
ftp://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/LyX/
The source code package is available at:
ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/stable/lyx-1.0.0.tar.gz
ftp://ftp.devel.lyx.org/pub/lyx/lyx-1.0.0.tar.gz
and at the mirrors listed above.
You need to have XForms version 0.81, 0.86 or 0.88 to compile your own
version. Version 0.88 is highly recomended.
Ready-to-run precompiled binaries for various platforms are available at:
ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/bin/1.0.0/
Binaries for i386-Linux are also available at your local sunsite mirror:
ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/editors/lyx-1.0.0-bin.tar.gz
Credits
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The LyX Team is composed of volunteers from around the world. Many, many
people have helped make the 1.0 release possible, including:
Lars Gullik Bjoennes, Alejandro Aguilar Sierra, Asger Alstrup,
Jean-Marc Lasgouttes, Juergen Vigna, John P. Weiss, Bernhard Iselborn,
Andre Spiegel, Allan Rae, Henner Zeller, Robert van der Kamp,
David L. Johnson, Amir Karger, Joacim Persson, Peter Suetterlin,
SMiyata, Alkis Polyzotis, ...
Special thanks should go to Matthias Ettrich who started it all.
Feedback
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Please direct any comments or questions to the appropriate mailing list as
described on the LyX homepage (http://www.lyx.org/).
Enjoy!
The LyX Team
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