LyX (styled as ''''''; pronounced ) is an open source, graphical user interface document processor based on the LaTeX typesetting system. Unlike most word processors, which follow the WYSIWYG ("what you see is what you get") paradigm, LyX has a WYSIWYM ("what you see is what you mean") approach, where what shows up on the screen roughly depicts the semantic structure of the page and is only an approximation of the document produced by TeX.
Key facts
- Software.language
- Arabic, Basque, Brazilian Portuguese, Bulgarian, Czech, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Indonesian, Interlingua, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian (Bokmål), Norwegian (Nynorsk), Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish, Traditional Chinese, Ukrainian
- Software.genre
- Document processor
- Software.license
- GPL-2.0-or-later
- Software.name
- LyX
- Software.title
- ''''''
- Software.screenshot
- LyX 2.3.6 - toolbars multiscript biblatex equation miniboxes - Fedora Linux 2021-01.png
- Software.caption
- Screenshot of LyX 2.3.6 on Linux
- Software.developer
- The LyX Team
- Software.programming language
- C++, Qt
- Software.operating system
- ChromeOS, Linux, macOS, Windows
- Software.language count
- 25
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Wikidata facts
- Official website
- www.lyx.org
- Image
- LyX 2.3.6 - toolbars multiscript biblatex equation miniboxes - Fedora Linux 2021-01.png
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- Commons category
- LyX
- software version identifier
- 2.5.1
- source code repository URL
- git.lyx.org
- publication date
- 1995-00-00
- Stack Exchange tag
- tex.stackexchange.com/tags/lyx
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LyX (styled as ''''''; pronounced ) is an open source, graphical user interface document processor based on the LaTeX typesetting system. Unlike most word processors, which follow the WYSIWYG ("what you see is what you get") paradigm, LyX has a WYSIWYM ("what you see is what you mean") approach, where what shows up on the screen roughly depicts the semantic structure of the page and is only an approximation of the document produced by TeX.
Since LyX relies on the typesetting system of LaTeX without being a full-fledged LaTeX editor itself, it has the power and flexibility of LaTeX, and can handle documents including books, notes, theses, academic papers, letters, etc. LyX's interface is structured so that while knowledge of the LaTeX markup language is not necessary for basic usage, new LaTeX directives can be added into the document to support more complex features during editing — though not at the level of full control a full-fledged LaTeX editor can provide.