Introduction

LyX is a document processor following the self-coined "what you see is what you mean" paradigm (WYSIWYM), as opposed to the WYSIWYG ideas used by word processors. This means that the user only has to care about the structure and content of the text, while the formatting is done by LaTeX, an advanced typesetting system. LyX is designed for authors who want professional output with a minimum of effort and without becoming specialists in typesetting. The job of typesetting is done mostly by the computer, following a predefined set of rules called a style, and not by the author. Specific knowledge of the LaTeX document processing system is not necessary but may improve editing with LyX significantly for specialist purposes.

Usage

Notes

1. Installation procedure:

   
   % ./configure --prefix=/util/lyx-1.6.5 --with-qt4-dir=/util/qt4
   % make
   # make install
   
   

References

1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LyX
2. http://www.lyx.org/