Tim Wescott wrote:
> I want to be able to write Lyx documents, then convert them to pdf
> format from the command line -- this is for a moderately complex
> website, which I would like to generate using a makefile.
>
> Is there a way to do this from the command line? I assume I have to do
> this:
>
> lyx <insert magic here> myfile.lyx
juer...@linux-r4p5:~> lyx -help
Usage: lyx [ command line switches ] [ name.lyx ... ]
Command line switches (case sensitive):
[...]
-e [--export] fmt
where fmt is the export format of choice.
Look on Tools->Preferences->File formats->Format
to get an idea which parameters should be passed.
-i [--import] fmt file.xxx
where fmt is the import format of choice
and file.xxx is the file to be imported.
-f [--force-overwrite] what
where what is either `all', `main' or `none',
specifying whether all files, main file only, or no files,
respectively, are to be overwritten during a batch export.
Anything else is equivalent to `all', but is not consumed.
-version summarize version and build info
Check the LyX man page for more details.
So,
lyx -e pdf2 myfile.lyx
exports to PDF via pdflatex.
HTH,
Jürgen
