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Tools

Tools and scripts that can be used with LyX

You can add your scripts that can be useful to users of LyX in this group.

Adding a new script

When you add a script to this group, at least edit Tools.PageList and add a one-line-description, with a link to the script. For more detailed instructions, see AddingScript.

Scripts (included from Tools.PageList)

• homepage
• Instructions in how to add a script to this group
• Scripts and Programs:
  • Lyx bindings: Script for listing current keyboard shortcuts (bindings) from .bind-files
  • LyX-GrammarChecker: Script that provides Grammar Checking support within LyX.
    • LyX-GC-MakeindexWrapper: Wrapper to Improve Formatting of Index (an add-on to LyX-GrammarChecker)
  • PyClient: Python interface to the LyXServer
  • LatexToLyx: (:include Site.DefineWikiStyles:)
  • MatlabToLyx: Goal--Insert Matlab code into LyX
  • MifToLyx: See here: http://www.cs.brandeis.edu/~pablo/mif2lyx/
  • Newfangle: Newfangle is an alternative to noweb. The weave step can be omitted altogether as it has been replaced by latex macros. The tangle tool is implemented by newfangle - written in awk for portability.
  • Noweb: A lyx document that explains how to get Lyx 1.6.2 working with noweb 2.11b, because sadly notangle garbles the output, and so does noweave to a lesser degree.
  • LyX2OpenOffice: There are 3 main methods of converting LyX documents to Open Document Format (the format used by OpenOffice): By python script, bash script, and by a converter installed in LyX. More detailed information about both methods follows.
  • SVG Files and Inkscape: Directly include SVG-Images in LyX.
  • Otl2lyx: Outline to LyX (otl2lyx.awk) converts a tabbed outline almost into a .lyx-file.
  • MetafileToEPSConverter: Metafile to EPS Converter
  • Bibdesk script (see section 9): This is a HOWTO for LyX/Mac, a full-featured native implementation of LyX on the Mac OS X.
  • Word2LyXMacro: This pages provides a way to convert a Microsoft Word document to LyX format.
  • Word2LyXConversionProcess: Notes on how Steve Litt converted a book from MS Word to LyX via RTF and using Word macros.
  • ELyXer: eLyXer is a LyX -> HTML converter. While there are a ton of such projects all over the web, eLyXer has a clear focus on flexibility and elegant output.
  • LyXBlogger: LyXBlogger allows LyX to post beautifully formatted code directly to your WordPress blog.

Tool

You might also want to check out the scripts that developers use, i.e. see DevelTools.