Hi, Uwe - sorry for the long break since my last submission; here are my comments on the User Guide appendices.
John General points: (1) I noticed a few places in this document where a single - is being used when an en or an em dash, i.e. -- or --- would be more appropriate. (2) Menu is normally used to mean a list of choices; where there is only one choice, option is better. I have noted the places where I think option would be better. NB. the use of submenu and menu entry is perfectly OK. A The User Interface This appendix . . . all the available . . . describes their . . . as a quick . . . A.1.2 New from Template This option . . . After A.1.7 A.1.n Save all Saves all unsaved open documents. A.1.10 Import . . . older LyX-versions, HTML, LaTeX-files . . . as a new LyX-document. When using the option Plain Text, line breaks in the text will start a new paragraph; when using the option Plain Text, Join Lines, consecutive lines of text will be imported to one big paragraph. A new paragraph will begin where there is a blank line in the file. A.1.11 Export You can export . . . during its configuration. LaTeX (pdflatex) . . . readable by the . . . LaTeX (plain) . . . readable by the . . . LyX 1.y.x . . . readable by the . . . PDF(ps2pdf) [for consistency with the interface; also could be moved after the PDF(pdflatex) entry for greater consistency with the interface] The program dvipdfm . . . pdflatex produces PDF-files directly . . . [more idiomatic] A.1.12 Print With this option . . . After A.1.12 A.1.n Fax [needs an explanation] A.1.13 New and Close Window Opens or closes a new instance of LyX. After A.1.13 A.1.n Exit Prompts you to save all unsaved documents and then exits. A.2.7 Paragraph Settings Enables you to set the paragraph alignment, line spacing and label width. These settings only affect the paragraph in which the cursor is currently. You can also prevent the first line of the paragraph being indented if you have chosen Indentation in Document->Settings->Text Layout. A.2.8 Table settings and Math [for consistency with the interface] A.2.9 Increase / Decrease List Depth These options . . . They increase/decrease . . . [the abbreviation suggested is not OK because English doesn't use the 'crease' part of the word separately (though it was originally separate in Latin)] A.3.4 Update This option . . . A.3.5 Split View . . . This allows you to view . . . You can even split the main window several . . . documents at the same . . . A.3.7 Fullscreen Using this option . . . nothing but your text. . . . in the context menu. ['the' twice and 'appearing' is superfluous because a context menu appears anyway] A.3.8 Toolbars With this option . . . LyX's toolbars and their buttons . . . A.4.2 Special Character Greyed out . . . none of the screen fonts . . . A.4.3 Formatting Superscript Inserts a superscript [not an] Subscript Inserts a subscript [not an] Horizontal Line Inserts a horizontal [using an here is archaic] Hyphenation Point Inserts a hyphenation [using an here is archaic] A.4.4 List / TOC . . . with this option. . . . After A.4.7 A.4.n Custom insets [needs a description] A.4.8 File This option allows you to insert or include the contents of other LyX files in your document, How you can do this is explained . . . A.4.13 Caption Inserts a caption in a float or longtable. Captions in floats are described in section . . . and those in longtables in the section . . . ['the' is not needed with a number but is with a name] A.4.24 Program Listing . . . in the chapter . . . A.4.25 Date . . . LyX offers various ways to insert a date which are explained in the section . . . manual where the different methods are compared. A.5.1 Bookmarks With this option . . . on a large document and . . . A.7.5 Reconfigure This option . . . LyX; that is, LyX looks for the LaTeX-packages and external programs it needs; see . . . B.1 Document Class . . . LaTeX-packages is used. It is recommended that you use . . . . . . are always compilable. B.7 Language [third paragraph] . . . LyX uses its list of known . . . B.8 Numbering & TOC . . . depth of section headings . . . and the lowest section depth in the table of contents. B.11 Math Options . . . formulas, ensure . . . B.15 LaTeX Preamble . . . commands here until you know exactly what you are doing. An introduction to LaTeX-syntax . . . C The Preferences Dialog . . . with the option . . . It has the following submenus. C.1 Look and Feel C.1.1 User Interface C.1.1.1 User Interface File . . . choosing a user interface . . . [though 'an user' looks correct, because 'user' starts with a consonantal sound similar to the German 'j', it is conventionally treated as starting with a consonant] Item ”menu or button name” ”LyX-function” [in English the opening double quotes should be \textquotedblleft but as the formatting is not consistent in this section, I am not sure whether this needs correcting or whether the formatting of this section needs attention to make it consistent, e,g. by using a typewriter font] C.1.3 Colors Here you can change all the colors . . . After C.2.1.1 [explanation needed of 'Edit Maths Macros inline with a box around' etc] C.2.2.2 Editing Shortcuts [end of first paragraph] . . . that you will find in . . . [second paragraph] . . . as a semicolon separated . . . example of this. \bind ”key combination” ”LyX-function” [see comment above about \textquotedblleft] C.2.3 Keyboard / Mouse . . . operating system. Where that is not possible . . . C.3 Paths PATH prefix . . . Mac systems when LyX is configured . . . C.5 Language Settings C.5.1 Language User Interface language . . . It works up to a point on Linux, because there isn't yet a translation of the LyX menus for every language you can select. You can find the status of a particular translation here: Language package . . . babel automatically translates in the background the text labels . . . A text label is, for instance, the . . . Cursor movement . . . arrow keys move the cursor . . . C.6 Outputs C.6.1 Printer Greyed out ... it has no effect. C.7 File Handling C.7.1 Converters [third paragraph] . . . in the section . . . C.7.2 File Formats [second paragraph] . . . in the section . . . [third paragraph] . . . in the section . . .
