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SciLyx

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

Requirements

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)

Building

To build the SciLyx folow this instructions:

  1. Clone this repo to get SciLyx sources

  2. Use cmake-gui to set the CMake variables (replace pathes to own):

    GIT_PATH=C:/Program Files (x86)/Git

    GNUWIN32_DIR=C:/gnuwin32

  3. cmake

  4. make

  5. make install Now you have SciLyx binaries in bin folder.