Download LyX 2.2

LyX is an open source and cross platform system for formatting documents. In short, it is a graphical user interface for TeX and Latex. It is mainly used in academia, because it can easily compose formulas and shows an overview of the document structure. Unlike regular word processors that use the wysiwyg principle, LyX uses wysiwym. More information about LyX can be found on this page are being found. Version 2.2 was released a few days ago and the announcement looks like this:

New Stable Series: LyX 2.2.0 released.

LyX 2.2.0 is the culmination of two years of hard work. An overview of the new features can be found here. Among the most important of these are:

• HiDPI display support
• Qt5 support
• New text display algorithm
• Horizontal scrolling for large insets
• Improved control of paragraph breaks
• Improved text color support
• Reworked instant preview