-p pid

specify the pid of the running LyX process to which lyxclient should send commands.

-a socket_address

specify explicitly which socket special file should be used. These special files are located inside lyx_tmpdir<lyx_pid><hash>, in the temporary directory. There is one per running LyX process.

-t tmp_dir

if LyX is configured to use a temporary directory other than /tmp, you must inform lyxclient of this.

If neither -a nor -p are invoked, lyxclient will search for sockets in /tmp (or tmp_dir if the -t option is used) and use the first socket to which it can connect. This is safe if you are running only one LyX process at any one time.

-c command

send a single command, print LyX information to standard output and exit.

-g file line

this is simply a wrapper for the command 'server-goto-file-row file line'. It is used by the DVI previewer to elicit inverse DVI search.

If neither -c nor -g are used, lyxclient will regard any standard input as commands to be sent to LyX, printing LyX's responses to standard output. Commands are separated by newlines (the '\n' character). To finish communication and terminate the lyxclient process, send the command 'BYE:'.

-n name

when starting communication, lyxclient sends an idenfifier string to LyX. By default, this string is "PPID>PID", where PPID is lyxclient's parent pid and pid is lyxclient's pid. Use this option to override this default.

-h

print the lyxclient version and summarize its usage.

LYXSOCKET

can be used to specify the socket special file that must be used. LyX sets this variable. It is overridden by the -a option.