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Inventory of your LaTeX configuration Author

Automatically generated by LyX (do not edit). Date

@chk_date@ Standard

This file describes the different LaTeX add-ons that LyX can handle. Below you'll find six sections: Enumerate

Some basic details about your LaTeX installation. In particular, you should make sure that your version of LaTeX is recent enough. Enumerate

Some common fonts that LyX knows about. This is rather sparse at the moment. Enumerate

The document classes that should be standard on any LaTeX implementation. This section is only here for completeness. Enumerate

Some optional document classes that LyX knows about. If one of these is marked as missing (the _inset Quotes eld inset

Found _inset Quotes erd inset

item is no) and you need its functionality, you can grab it at your nearest CTAN ftp site _float footnote Standard

The participating hosts in the Comprehensive TeX Archive Network are: LyX-Code

ftp://ftp.dante.de/tex-archive LyX-Code

ftp://ctan.tug.org/tex-archive LyX-Code

ftp://ftp.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive Standard

There are also a zillion mirror sites which are listed at the three primary sites. float at the location indicated in the _inset Quotes eld inset

CTAN _inset Quotes erd inset

item. Note that only detected document classes can be selected as document layouts in LyX. Enumerate

Some packages that LyX uses when you try to change the margins of your document. The detection of these items does not yet affect the options available inside LyX. Enumerate

Some common LaTeX packages that you might need with LyX, and you might also want to add to your LaTeX installation. The detection of these items does not yet affect the options available inside LyX. Standard

Note that most of these packages will be available if you use a modern TeX distribution such as teTeX. If you decide to install one of the missing items, you should tell LyX about it. After the installation, please use the menu entry sans ūnder O d̄efault ptions-> ūnder R d̄efault econfigure _float footnote Standard

or, if you want to change the system-wide settings, issue the command typewriter ./configure default from the LyX system directory (by default typewriter /usr/local/lib/lyx/ default ) float and reload this file to see if the new package was recognized. If the _inset Quotes eld inset

Found _inset Quotes erd inset

items read _inset Quotes eld inset

??? _inset Quotes erd inset

, it means that LyX could not do the inventory of your LaTeX configuration for some reason. If you are using teTeX, it might be that the new package you installed is not found. This is because you forgot to run the command typewriter texhash default , which tells teTeX to update its own configuration. Section

LaTeX version currently in use Standard

The LaTeX version that LyX will use is: typewriter @chk_fmtversion@ default . Note that, for best results, you should be using at least LaTeX release

typewriter 1995/12/01 _float footnote Standard

In case it is not clear to you, this number is the date at which the version has been released. float . In fact, earlier versions may work for many things, but will certainly fail in some cases. We feel that it is better to stick to a minimal version than try to work around all the quirks of older ones. Section

Fonts Subsection

EC fonts Description

Found: @chk_ec@ Description

CTAN: typewriter fonts/ec Description

Notes: LaTeX does not require the use of sans ec default fonts, however they are strongly recommended. The sans ec default fonts are available in a more natural range of sizes and allow better hyphenati on and kerning than the old fonts such as sans cmr10 default . If you already have the so-called sans dc default fonts installed, please upgrade to the sans ec default fonts, which replace them. They are used automatically if LyX determines that you have them installed. Subsection

psnfss Description

Found: @chk_psnfss@ Description

CTAN: typewriter macros/latex/packages/psnfss/ Description

Notes: The package sans psnfss default allows you to change the fonts used by LyX to one of the 35 classical fonts available on PostScript« printers. Currently, the support for sans psnfss default is limited in LyX: you can only chose a few combinations of PostScript« fonts in sans normal Layout->Document default default . Section

Standard LaTeX document classes Standard

The document classes presented in this section are the basic document classes provided by LaTeX. In particular, they are all present on your system as long as LaTeX2e is installed. When the text indicates that a particular class has not been found, this means the layout file supporting this particular class has not been found. Subsection

article Description

Found: @chk_article@ Description

CTAN: N/A Description

Notes: The standard document class sans article default is used to type articles or short texts. It is the basic LaTeX document class. Subsection

report Description

Found: @chk_report@ Description

CTAN: N/A Description

Notes: The standard document class sans report default is similar to sans article default but is slightly more structured (support for different parts). Subsection

book Description

Found: @chk_book@ Description

CTAN: N/A Description

Notes: The standard document class sans book default is, as its name suggests, intended to produce books. It supports in particular sectioning by chapters. Subsection

letter Description

Found: @chk_letter@ Description

CTAN: N/A Description

Notes: The standard document class sans letter default is the basic class for writing letters, mostly in English. Subsection

slides Description

Found: @chk_slides@ Description

CTAN: N/A Description

Notes: The standard document class sans slides default is intended to produce transparencies.

Section

Additional document classes Subsection

aa Description

Found: @chk_aapaper@ Description

CTAN: N/A (available from Springer's ftp site typewriter ftp.springer.de default in directory typewriter /pub/tex/latex/aa default ) Description

Notes: The document class sans aa default can be used to write articles for submission to the scientific journal

on Astronomy and Astrophysics default and the accompanying on Supplement Series default published by Springer -Verlag. Subsection

aastex Description

Found: @chk_aastex@ Description

CTAN: N/A (available from the American Astronomical Society's ftp site typewriter ftp.aas. default org in directory typewriter /pub default s) Description

Notes: The document class sans aastex default can be used to write articles for submission to the American journals on Astrophysical Journal, Astronomical Journal default and on Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific default . Subsection

amsart Description

Found: @chk_amsart@ Description

CTAN: typewriter fonts/ams/amslatex/inputs/ Description

Notes: The document class sans amsart default is an alternative to the class sans article default . It is part of the AMS-LaTeX package and is used for typesetting of mathematics with a look the American Mathematical Society has developed. They recommend it for the preparation of manuscripts intended for publication both in the Society's books and journals, and also in other mathematical literature. The Society requests that published documents prepared with AMS-LaTeX include an acknowledgment of its use. LyX support is still limited. Subsection

broadway Description

Found: @chk_broadway@ Description

CTAN: N/A (must be installed from the typewriter tex/ default subdirectory of LyX source distribution) Description

Notes: The document class sans broadway default is for writing plays. It is not an existing LaTeX document class, but a new one which is distributed with LyX. Subsection

dinbrief Description

Found: @chk_dinbrief@ Description

CTAN: typewriter macros/latex/contrib/supported/dinbrief/ Description

Notes: The document class sans dinbrief default can be used to type letters according to German conventions. Subsection

g-brief-en Description

Found: @chk_g-brief-en@ Description

CTAN: typewriter macros/latex/contrib/supported/g-brief/ Description

Notes: The document class sans g-brief default can be used to type commercial letters with a nice outfit. Subsection

g-brief-de Description

Found: @chk_g-brief-de@ Description

CTAN: typewriter macros/latex/contrib/supported/g-brief/ Description

Notes: The document class sans g-brief-de default is the same as the above g-brief-en only with german labels. Subsection

Springer 2-columns Journals (ejour2) Description

Found: @chk_ejour2@ Description

CTAN: N/A (must be installed from the typewriter tex/ default subdirectory of LyX source distribution) Description

Notes: The document class sans ejour2 default is for the two-column journal format used by Springer Verlag. It is reasonably well tested only for the Journal of Geodesy. It is not an existing LaTeX document class, but a new one which is distributed with LyX. Subsection

foils Description

Found: @chk_foils@ Description

CTAN: typewriter macros/latex/contrib/supported/foiltex/ Description

Notes: The document class sans foils default (aka FoilTeX) provides an alternative to the standard sans slides default class to make transparencies. It allows cross references, uses a less ugly font, and is in general much better to use than sans slides default . It does not however have some of the advanced features found in the sans seminar default class, which is not currently supported by LyX.

Subsection

hollywood Description

Found: @chk_hollywood@ Description

CTAN: N/A (must be installed from the typewriter tex/ default subdirectory of LyX source distribution) Description

Notes: The document class sans hollywood default can be used to type spec scripts for the U.S. film industry. It is not an existing LaTeX document class, but a new one which is distributed with LyX. Subsection

iletter Description

Found: @chk_iletter@ Description

CTAN: N/A (must be installed from the typewriter tex/ default subdirectory of LyX source distribution) Description

Notes: The document class sans iletter default can be used to type letters according to Italian conventions. It is not an existing LaTeX document class, but a new one which is distributed with LyX. Subsection

IEEEtran Description

Found: @chk_IEEEtran@ Description

CTAN: N/A Description

FTP: Currently, the IEEE ftp site only has an old version at:

sans ftp://ftp.ieee.org/info/publish/latex/ieeetran.cls default

sans

default A newer version is available from:

sans ftp://ftp.isi.edu/pub/graham/infocom99/latest/IEEEtran.cls Description

Notes: The class sans IEEEtran default produces documents suitable for submission to most of the IEEE Transactions. You should consult the IEEE Author Information pages at sans www.ieee.org default if you intend to use this class. Note that there are both sans IEEEtran.cls default and sans IEEEtran.sty default files you on must default get the .cls file for use with LyX as the .sty file is for LaTeX 2.09 only. Also note that if your sans ieeetran.cls default is in lowercase like this example LyX will not find it. Subsection

latex8 Description

Found: @chk_latex8@ Description

CTAN: N/A Description

Notes: The class sans latex8 default is actually a LaTeX style file that adds some extra features to the sans article default document class. It produces documents suitable for submission to IEEE Conferences. The LaTeX files (including BibTeX style file) are distributed with the Author Kit for IEEE sponsored conferences. Subsection

linuxdoc Description

Found: @chk_linuxdoc@ Description

CTAN: N/A Description

Notes: The class sans linuxdoc default is not a LaTeX document class. It is designed to produce LinuxDoc-SGML documents, which, in turn, can be exported as HTML, RTF, text or... LaTeX. You need to have the sans sgml-tools default (previously known as sans LinuxDoc default ) set of programs installed to use this.

Subsection

docbook Description

Found: @chk_docbook@ Description

CTAN: N/A Description

WWW: _inset LatexCommand http://www.sgmltools.org

inset

Description

Notes: The class docbook is not a LaTeX document class. It is designed to produce Docbook SGML documents, which, in turn, can be exported as HTML, RTF, text, or dvi (through typewriter jadetex default ). You need the sgmltools v2.0 package installed to use this. Subsection

paper Description

Found: @chk_paper@ Description

CTAN: typewriter macros/latex/contrib/supported/paper/ Description

Notes: The document class sans paper default provides an alternative to the standard sans article default class. It provides similar functionality, but you might prefer this layout with sans serif sections, headings, and more. Subsection

Koma-Script (scrartcl, scrreprt, scrbook) Description

Found: @chk_scrartcl@ Description

CTAN: typewriter macros/latex/contrib/supported/koma-script/ Description

Notes: These document classes provide different versions of the base LaTeX document classes sans article default , sans report default and sans book default . They have been changed to look somewhat better and be more adapted to european typesetting standards. Subsection

REVTeX Description

Found: @chk_revtex@ Description

CTAN: typewriter macros/latex209/contrib/revtex/ Description

Notes: The document class sans revtex default is used to write articles for the publications of the American Physical Society (APS), American Institute of Physics (AIP), and Optical Society of America (OSA). For better results, you should use the file typewriter revtex.cls default from the typewriter tex/ default subdirectory of LyX source distribution. Subsection

REVTeX 4 Description

Found: @chk_revtex4@ Description

CTAN: typewriter macros/latex/contrib/supported/revtex4-beta/ Description

Notes: RevTeX 4 is a class used for submitting manuscripts to journals including APS (Physical Review A-E and Letters, Reviews in Modern Physics, Special Topics—Accelerators and Beams), the American Institute of Physics, the Optical Society of America, and the Society for Exploration Geophysicists. [It is in BETA release as of September, 1999.] Section

Paper layout packages Standard

Changing the margins of a document is one thing people like to do. While LaTeX offers built-in options to set the margins of the documents, some people feel that these margins are too large and want to set them up differently. You can use the package sans geometry default for this purpose, but note that for the sake of readability, your lines should not contain more than 60-70 characters. Subsection

a4 Description

Found: @chk_a4@ Description

CTAN: typewriter macros/latex/contrib/supported/ntgclass/ Description

Notes: The package sans a4 default changes the margins of your document to suit the European A4 page dimensions with smaller margins that the default A4 format. Subsection

a4wide Description

Found: @chk_a4wide@ Description

CTAN: typewriter macros/latex/contrib/other/misc/ Description

Notes: The package sans a4wide default is another package that allows setting of the margins of your document to A4 paper. With this package, the margins are very wide, but do not follow typographical conventions. Subsection

geometry Description

Found: @chk_geometry@ Description

CTAN: typewriter macros/latex/contrib/supported/geometry Description

Notes: The package sans geometry default allows to change the paper size and margins of your document in an arbitrary way. It does not provide a typographically correct page layout like sans a4 default or the standard options, though. Section

bold large Other packages Subsection

algorithm Description

Found: @chk_algorithm@ Description

CTAN: typewriter macros/latex/contrib/supported/algorithms/ Description

Notes: The package sans algorithm default is needed by LyX to be able to output _inset Quotes eld inset

algorithm-floats _inset Quotes erd inset

. These are useful in placing short algorithms across pagebreaks and support an _inset Quotes eld inset

index of algorithms _inset Quotes erd inset

too. Subsection

babel Description

Found: @chk_babel@ Description

CTAN: typewriter macros/latex/packages/babel/ Description

Notes: The package sans babel default allows you to customize your document for your favorite language (see the

sans normal Layout->Document default default popup). In particular, it handles hyphenation and automatic translation of all labels like _inset Quotes eld inset

Chapter _inset Quotes erd inset

and _inset Quotes eld inset

Table of contents _inset Quotes erd inset

. This package is not needed if you only plan to write in English, except if you want to use non-English quotes. Subsection

color Description

Found: @chk_color@ Description

CTAN: typewriter macros/latex/packages/graphics/ Description

Notes: The package sans color default is needed by LyX to handled colored text. These colors will not show in the DVI preview window, but will be correct on the printed output or with a PostScript« previewer. This package is bundled with the sans graphics default package (see _inset LatexCommand

inset

). Subsection

fancyhdr Description

Found: @chk_fancyhdr@ Description

CTAN: typewriter macros/latex/contrib/supported/fancyhdr/ Description

Notes: The package sans fancyhdr default (previously known as sans fancyheadings default ) is used when you select the _inset Quotes eld inset

fancy _inset Quotes erd inset

page style in the document layout popup. It provides alternate headers and footers to your pages. Subsection

floatflt Description

Found: @chk_floatflt@ Description

CTAN: typewriter macros/latex/contrib/other/floatflt/ Description

Notes: The package sans floatflt default (an extension of sans floatfig default ) is used by LyX if you select the ``floatflt'' type in sans Layout->Paragraph->ExtraOpt default in the paragraph of a figure float. It allows you to create a figure float which is narrower than the full page and wrap the text around it. Subsection

_inset LatexCommand

inset

graphics Description

Found: @chk_graphics@ Description

CTAN: typewriter macros/latex/packages/graphics/ Description

Notes: The package sans graphics default is needed by LyX to insert PostScript« figures. You will also need the program typewriter normal ghostview default default to see them on screen. The configuration script has determined that the graphics driver used by the package should be sans

_inset Quotes eld inset

@chk_graphicsdriver@ _inset Quotes erd inset

_float footnote Standard

Here, a value of o_latex

_inset Quotes eld inset

efault default o_latex

_inset Quotes erd inset

efault means that your LaTeX installation provides a sensible value for this parameter. float . Subsection

linuxdoc-sgml Description

Found: @chk_linuxdoc-sgml@ Description

CTAN: N/A Description

Notes: The package sans graphics default is needed by LaTeX to process files generated by the sans sgml-tools default set of programs (see above). If you see _inset Quotes eld inset

no _inset Quotes erd inset

here whereas you now that you have sans sgml-tools default installed you probably forgot to install correctly the file typewriter linuxdoc-sgml.sty default in some place where LaTeX can find it. Subsection

rotating Description

Found: @chk_rotating@ Description

CTAN: typewriter macros/latex/contrib/supported/rotating Description

Notes: The package sans rotating default is needed by LyX to change the orientation of some parts of your documents. Note that it only really works with a PostScript« compatible printer. Subsection

subfigure Description

Found: @chk_subfigure@ Description

CTAN: typewriter macros/latex/contrib/supported/subfigure Description

Notes: The package sans subfigure default is used by LyX when you select ``subfigure'' in the EPS figure popup. Several figures marked in this way can be packed into a single float with individual subcaptions. Subsection

setspace Description

Found: @chk_setspace@ Description

CTAN: typewriter macros/latex/contrib/supported/setspace/ Description

Notes: The package sans setspace default is needed by LyX to change the line spacing of your document. Subsection

longtable Description

Found: @chk_longtable@ Description

CTAN: typewriter macros/latex/packages/tools/longtable.dtx Description

Notes: The package sans longtable default is needed by LyX to be able to output correctly multipage tables. Subsection

url Description

Found: @chk_url@ Description

CTAN: typewriter macros/latex/contrib/other/misc/url.sty Description

Notes: The package sans url default is needed by LyX to be able to output url's corrently. _end