Bug#634757: RFA: lyx -- document processor
Package: wnpp
Severity: normal
We request an adopter for the lyx package. Both of us (pelle@ and hoexter@)
no longer use lyx so we would like to hand it over.
The package is currently in a good shape and most bugs are handled.
Upstream is very nice and responsive and I'm still around to help
if required. The package is maintained on git.d.o with git-buildpackage,
pristine-tar and in 3.0 quilt source format. You can find some of the
relevant links on http://wiki.debian.org/PkgLyx
Please not that you should dvipost along with lyx since it's solely used
with lyx afaik. elyxer, which is also in the pkg-lyx repository can be
taken aswell but I'll offer to keep that for some time.
The package description is:
LyX is an almost WYSIWYG-frontend for LaTeX. It makes the power and
typesetting quality of LaTeX available for people who are used to
word processors. Since LyX supports LaTeX's concept of general
mark-ups, it is even easier and faster to create professional quality
documents with it than with usual word processors. It is also
possible to use LaTeX commands within LyX, so nothing of LaTeX's
power is lost.
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You can extend the functionality of LyX by installing these packages:
* chktex: check for typographical errors
* dvipost: display tracked changes in DVI format output
* gnuhtml2latex: import HTML documents
* groff: improved table formatting in plain text exports
* librsvg2-bin, inkscape: use the SVG image format in LyX documents
* linuxdoc-tools: export SGML LinuxDoc documents
* mythes-*: use the OpenOffice.org/LibreOffice Thesaurus
* noweb: import noweb files
* rcs: integrated version control
* sgmltools-lite: export SGML DocBook documents
* wv: import MS Word documents
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