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DESCRIPTION
LyX is a fully fuctional WYSIWYM (what you see is what you mean) frontend for LaTeX wnich allows users with no programming knowledge to get the full benefits of LaTeX. It differs from products such as TeTeX as one needs to know no code and can simply write and mark any text as a footnote of chapter heading etc., and then hit the PDF button to get a perfectly formatted output.
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WHAT'S NEW
Version 1.6.3: Multiple Work Areas / Split Views
  • Fullscreen editing
  • Support for pasting pdf-data with LinkBack-support
  • Improved support for links, figure floats etc
  • Completion popup
  • New Symbols dialog
  • Combined Navigator / Extended Outliner
  • Subversion (SVN) support for version control handling
    • REQUIREMENTS
    Mac OS X 10.4 or later.


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    Developer:Bennett Helm
    Downloads:18,188
      - Version d/l:465
    Development:Editors
    License:Free
    Date:09 Jun 2009
    Platform:PPC/Intel
    RATING
    ****½
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    Jun 9 2009

    MARK EVERITT  Whilst I'm told this is excellent for writing, it's causing me nothing but trouble. I author scientific papers and I've learnt to use LaTeX normally. Anytime someone can't use LaTeX and can use only LyX it makes collaboration total hell.

    If you write documents on your own, fair enough, but if you write documents with other people who don't use LyX then raw LaTeX obviously supersedes it! Ultimately it's better to learn LaTeX. It really isn't that difficult.  
    (Version 1.6.3)

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    Jun 9 2009

    SAMPLER  I agree that you must learn LaTeX if you write for a journal that has its own document classes and styles. Otherwise, why not use LyX's built-in LaTeX convertor?  
    (Version 1.6.3)

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    Jun 9 2009

    MARK EVERITT  We've tried. It messes up all sorts of things though. In particular when you're passing a paper back and forth. You wind up with all sorts of crazy stuff going on. In plain LaTeX this happens much less and diffs are simpler.  
    (Version 1.6.3)

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    Jun 9 2009

    SAMPLER  Good points. I agree.  
    (Version 1.6.3)

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    Dec 30 2008
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    MAX0913E  This cool OpenSource Software deserves 5 Stars!  
    (Version 1.6.1)

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    Mar 16 2008
    ****.

    AHOLLEN  LyX (LaTeX) proofs to be a very nice text processor for educational scientists. They do a lot of statistical and qualitative data analysis, wright complex and long documents like theses and books. Compared to programms aiming for office use, LyX is reliable and easy to use. I.e. the integration of BibTex is nicer then EndNote@Word.

    There are a hand full pitfalls you have to know how to avoid. If LaTeX refuses the text setting into pdf, there are a few possible reasons for this. Best hints:

    - the error messages will highlight the problematic zone(s)

    - Use the the "go back" arrows in LyX, until your document is in a workable state.  
    (Version 1.5.4)

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    Mar 21 2006
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    FOOZMAN  In many ways better than LyX 1.3x; however, mine crashes every time I quit. This is not really bad, but it's not good either. However, I suggest that everyone who uses LateX or avoids using LaTeX give this a try. I have completely converted from LaTeX to LyX  
    (Version 1.4)

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    Mar 4 2006

    MIS EBLING  Best peace of software ever!

    Congratulations to the team...

    E;-°)))  
    (Version 1.3.7)

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    Jan 18 2006
    *****

    CHAGRINS  Thanks to the Mac developers of this - if it weren't for their hard and excellent work, I'd still be using LyX in X11. Thank goodness!  
    (Version 1.3.7)

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    Sep 21 2005
    ***½.

    JONATHAN BIRGE  I followed every instruction, couldn't get it to fully work under Tiger. Kept giving me errors about missing classes, despite my LaTeX installation being in the standard Fink location. This thing needs some more work. You shouldn't have to run a shell script during a Mac install, anyway.  
    (Version 1.3.6)

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    Jul 21 2005
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    STEVEN SKOCZEN  1.3.6 works great here.

    LyX, despite the previous reviewers' aversions to non-'mac-like' programs (because hand-coding is SO mac-like), is easy to use, and produces gorgeous documents.

    LaTeX for the rest of us.

    I've been using LyX for papers, letters, and most writing tasks for the past two years without problem.

    Great work!  
    (Version 1.3.6)

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    Jul 20 2005
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    JOHN  Plain doesn't work - "Missing TeX class". Tried reconfiguring, tried recreating a .lyx directory, reconfigured again. Nothing. This is supposed to be a bug *fix* release.  
    (Version 1.3.6)

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    Jul 20 2005

    BENNETT HELM  Sorry about that -- a goof in the installer script. It's fixed now in a new version of the installer.  
    (Version 1.3.6)

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    Jul 23 2005

    PARITOSH  the binary still doesnt fix the issue. i hope u r talking abt the one on ftp.lyx.org  
    (Version 1.3.6)

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    Dec 9 2003

    WILLIAM ADAMS  Ronald Florence posted this to the LyX mailing list, thought it should go here as well:

    1. No blanks in paths: this is a LaTeX issue, not a LyX/Mac issue.

    2. The reLyX option in the file->import menu is listed as "Latex" and

    works fine.

    3. The pull-down menues do sometimes misbehave (this is a Qt/Mac

    library problem).

    4. Yes, as the HOWTO makes clear, teTeX is a prerequisite for a

    working LyX/Mac.  
    (Version 1.3.3)

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