This is the LyX 0.10.1 release of Aug 13. 1996

What is LyX?

    LyX is a frontend to LaTeX.  It combines the comfortable usage of
    a word processor with the high quality of LaTeX's typesetting,
    providing an almost-WYSIWYG view of the document.  `Almost' means
    that the line- and page breaks are not displayed exactly as they
    will be in the printed document.  But that isn't really necessary,
    since LyX helps you to write portable documents with the generic
    mark-up concept.  With this concept, the typesetter (here: LaTeX)
    has enough information to break your text in a very nice manner.
    So line- and pagebreak aren't your problem anymore.  You don't
    even have to care about the rest of the document when you make
    changes at the beginning.  You also do not have to do low-level
    formatting like `large bold italic sans serif font and a little
    space above and below', but simply choose a so-called `layout' for
    each paragraph.  Of course you can also do some low-level
    formatting, but the usual way is to tell LyX what the text is, not
    what it should look like.  In a sense, LyX gives you WYSIWYM
    editing (What You See is What You Mean).

What's new compared to lyx-0.8.6?

       WYSIWYG math editor
       WYSIWYG figures
       WYSIWIG tables
       Improved documentation
       Unlimited undo
       Support for user configurable keyboard binding
       Support for international keyboard layouts
       Now needs version 0.81 of the xforms library 
       		and version 4.7 of the Xpm library
       Zillions of patches and improvements.

What do I need to run LyX?

       A decent LaTeX2e installation (e.g. teTeX or NTeX)
       ghostscript (optional)
       At least X11R5

What do I need to compile LyX?

	A good c++ compiler.  Development is being done mainly on gcc/g++.
	The Xforms library version 0.81.  Careful, there have been 
		problems with mislabelled xforms libraries.  The correct 
		version is available at the LyX archive site, 
			ftp://ftp.via.ecp.fr/pub/xforms
		as well as at the Xforms archives, for most machines.  
		It is available (free) only in binary format, source code is 
		not available.  If it is not available for your machine,
		contact the Xforms developers to request a version for 
		your system.
	LibXpm version 4.7 (or newer).  Older libXpm versions are incompatible
	with the current Xforms library.

Why does it complain about missing files and die?

	In order to have LyX be as flexible as possible, it needs to 
	have a number of configuration files available where it expects
	them to be.  If you compile your own version of LyX, you can set
	the "prefix" (in the configure options) as you like it, which is
	where LyX will look for these files.  "make install" should install
	them, along with the executable.  It may not run at all without 
	these files being made available.  
	
	User-level configuration is possible with a file .lyxrc placed in 
	the user's home directory.  A sample "sample.lyxrc" files is 
	included, as is a (more extensive) file "system.lyxrc" which you can
	use as a template for your .lyxrc file.

How is the numbering scheme? Like the linux kernel?

       Yes, it's like the linux kernel since 0.8. 
       That means the even numbers are stable (public) releases,
       where the odd numbers are for developers only.

         0.8.x, 0.10.x, 0.12.x ... are "stable",
         0.9.x, 0.11.x, 0.13.x ... are developer releases

       Of course you may also use the developer releases, but only
       at your own risk. This is definitely higher than your risk
       when using the public releases, even if this is your
       own risk, too. 

You may get updates and patches via anonymous ftp from

       ftp.via.ecp.fr/pub/lyx
       fiwi02.wiwi.uni-tuebingen.de/pub/LyX/Mirror.ftp.via.ecp.fr


There is a mailing list intented for users:

  To subscribe send mail to lyx-users-request@fiwi02.wiwi.uni-tuebingen.de
  with

	subscribe

  as the subject.
  To contribute to the mailing list, mail to
	lyx-users@fiwi02.wiwi.uni-tuebingen.de

There is also a mailing list for developers available:

  To subscribe send mail to majordomo@via.ecp.fr with in *BODY*:
       subscribe lyx
       end
  To contribute to the mailing list, mail to
       lyx@via.ecp.fr

If I have a bug fix, how do I submit it?

	If you fix a bug, or implement something new and wonderful, 
	please use the "makepatch" program in
		./development/tools/makepatch
	to prepare the patch against the latest release of LyX
	(with patches). Remember to update the CHANGES file. Send 
	the uuencoded patch to
		lyxpatches@via.ecp.fr
	and then send a mail to the developer's mailing list 
	at lyx@via.ecp.fr describing the changes when you've 
	confirmed that the file arrived safely at via.ecp.fr 
	(check the file size in the receipt mail).
	If the patch is accepted, the maintainer will include it
	in the next release of LyX and you have the right to enter 
	the CREDITS file for eternal fame.

For bugreports and/or suggestions please mail to the appropriate 
mailing list.

Matthias Ettrich
(ettrich@informatik.uni-tuebingen.de)
