Lyx

Lyx - document editor based on latex

Overview

• encourages writing based on the idea of what-you-see-is-what-you-mean WYSIWYM
• find it at Lyx
• the Documentation/Wiki is great
• allows you to write a LaTeX document without ever having to remember latex-commands

Features

• import of LaTeX files
• export of Lyx-files to LaTeX
• vast amount of document classes
• renders your input immediately (e.g. mathmatical symbols apear as such)
• implement your own classes (e.g. A&A, MNRAS, ApJ...)
• can be used in conjunction with Overleaf

Example of how to implement a class

• the below works on Ubuntu
• open a terminal and run the following commands (replace class.cls by your class-file)

cp /path/to/class.cls /usr/local/share/texmf/tex/latex/ # might need to create the directory first
chmod 655 /usr/local/share/texmf/tex/latex/class.cls    # makes the file readable
sudo texhash                                            # texhash needs to be run as root, hence sudo

• after these steps start lyx, in the menu go to tools --> reconfigure
• restart lyx