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What is LyX?![]() Technically this is done by combining the comfortable interface of a WYSIWYG word processor with the high quality output of LaTeX, one of the most popular typesetting systems available. No knowledge of LaTeX is required to use LyX. Read more here. LyX version 1.0 has been released!As promised, LyX v1.0.0 was released on February 1, 1999. LyX version 1.0 has a few new features since version 0.12.0, including importing LaTeX files. Compared to the more widely released 0.10.7, version 1.0 is an immense improvement. Lots and lots of new features have been added, speed has improved, documentation has been rewritten basically from scratch -- the list of improvements is too long to mention here. Check out the WHATSNEW and CHANGES files in the distribution, or look at the Features page. How to get LyXLatest Stable ReleaseHere's a link to the latest stable sources at the main LyX site in France: lyx-current.tar.gz. There are also mirrors available. Check the "How to get it" page.Pre-releases (if any) of new stable versions are here. Also, you can get the very latest bugfixes from the LyX developer's site via anonymous CVS.Development versions
Development releases are not for general use because they are by definition unstable and the probability of losing your work is high. Nevertheless, development releases are useful for a number of other purposes: You can use them to check out what direction LyX is moving in. You can become a beta-tester and find bugs. Or, you can give a hand and write some code to implement your favourite missing feature. The development version can be found on www.devel.lyx.org, as can other information for developers. The LyX Graphical TourNew! Our Doc Team has produced an excellent Graphical Tour of LyX, which demonstrates some of the key features of LyX in a graphical way. Check it out! What about KLyX?KLyX is a port of LyX version 0.12.0 to KDE done primarily by Matthias Ettrich and Kalle Dalheimer. Read more about this on our LyX vs. KLyX page. |