SciLyx is a text editor with embedded versions control. SciLyx based on LyX, but has a number of improvements:
- SciLyx has a file manager, that allows you to work with a lyx files from git repo using GUI
- SciLyx has an GUI to draw charts with mathematical graphics
- SciLyx stores images directly in lyx document
- SciLyx has an API to write a plugins for extending it's features
Install it before building SciLyx:
- Qt5
- CMake
- git
- TexLive (for Windows - add it in Path variable)
- Python (for Windows - add it in Path variable)
- GhostScript (for Windows - add it in Path variable)
To build the SciLyx folow this instructions:
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Clone this repo to get SciLyx sources
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Use cmake-gui to set the CMake variables (replace pathes to own):
GIT_PATH=C:/Program Files (x86)/Git
GNUWIN32_DIR=C:/gnuwin32
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cmake
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make
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make install Now you have SciLyx binaries in bin folder.