LyX and Latex Tips

INSTALLING THE LATEST LATEX
The simplest way is to download this file for Linux
http://mirror.ctan.org/systems/texlive/tlnet/install-tl-unx.tar.gz

Unzip, then run the install-tl file. This will do a network install of the latest version of latex.
http://www.tug.org/texlive/quickinstall.html

FLOAT FIGURES, APPROXIMATELY WHERE YOU WANT THEM
\usepackage{float}
    \begin{figure}[H]
        % figure stuff
    \end{figure}



ADDING LINUX LIBERTINE FONT TO UBUNTU
http://sourceforge.net/projects/linuxlibertine/files/linuxlibertine/5.3.0/

CAN'T FIND pdflatex.fmt!
sudo fmtutil --all
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1474358

INSTALL NEW TEX .CLS FILE FOR CV
Download LaTeX and LyX .zip files from this link.
Unzip the xetexCV.zip file, then copy the resulting LaTeX file xetexCV.cls to
~/texmf/tex/latex/local/, then run sudo texhash ~/texmf (in Ubuntu 12.10). Now unzip the xetexCV-LyX.zip file, and copy the xetexCV.layout file to /usr/share/lyx/layouts/
Open LyX, and then select Tools->Reconfigure. Restart LyX and there should now be a document style for curriculum vitae (xetexCV)
To get the compatible font (to avoid hacking xetexCV.cls), go to this link and this link, downloading Fontin and Fontin Sans fonts. Unzip the ensuing downloads, and copy the .ttf and .otf files to /usr/local/share/fonts by running sudo cp *.*tf /usr/local/share/fonts. Check that the fonts were installed correctly with  fc-list | grep -i fontin . To view the file, simply go to View->Other Formats->PDF(XeTeX)
http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/27659/how-to-use-downloaded-fonts-with-xetex-on-ubuntu
http://www.exljbris.com/fontin.html
http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/1137/where-do-i-place-my-own-sty-files-to-make-them-available-to-all-my-tex-files
http://stefaanlippens.net/customLaTeXclassesinLyX
http://blog.oak-tree.us/index.php/2010/05/19/latex-cv-part4
http://blog.oak-tree.us/index.php/2009/11/25/latex-cv-part1

INSTALL KOMA SCRIPT
If you installed texlive-full it is already there! Add this to your .bashrc
export TEXINPUTS=.:/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/koma-script:

If you leave off the trailing colon bad things (like not searching the system directories!) happens
You may also need to add
\usepackage[english]{babel}
above
\begin{document}
in your .tex file

EXCELLENT TUTORIAL ON COVER LETTERS AND CV
http://stefano.italians.nl/archives/55
http://stefano.italians.nl/archives/50

SOME GREAT SHORTCUTS
http://wiki.lyx.org/Tips/FrequentlyUsedShortcuts

ADD A CV IMAGE
Using the CV(xetex) document, one can add
\cvimage{<FULL PATH TO IMAGE>}
to the LaTeX preamble (Document->Settings->LaTeX Preamble)

ADVANCED TRICKS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUyQcG8eIwA
http://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/latex-lyx-tips-more.html

FONT PACKAGES MISSING
In Ubuntu, sudo apt-get install texlive-full will install basically every package, which will usually eliminate font package errors.

ADD MULTIPLE LINES TO CASES IN LYX
Pressing CTRL+Enter when using cases in LyX will add a new line.
http://superuser.com/questions/76829/using-the-cases-environment-in-lyx

GOOD VIDEO TUTORIALS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJpfyydhAzo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvhdLJ0C6pk&feature=watch&lr=1

USING \LARGE
\large
\Large
\LARGE
\huge
\HUGE

To do only part, do {\large my_text}, as typefaces apply to all following text
http://www.personal.ceu.hu/tex/typeface.htm
http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/7312/how-to-use-large-and-its-variants

COMMON MATH SYMBOLS
\, is a small space
\: is a medium space
\; is a large space
\approx is $\approx$
\equiv is $\equiv$ 
\sim is $\sim$
\sum\limits_{i=1}^n is $\sum\limits_{i=1}^n$
\cdots is $\cdots$
\ddots is $\ddots$
\ldots is $\ldots$
\vdots is $\vdots$
\mathcal{N} is $\mathcal{N}$
\left and \right are $\left|and \right|$
To do only one bar, do \left or \right in a \left \right pair on a period i.e.
\left. \right is $\left. \right|$

http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/6969/symbol-for-gaussian-distribution
http://everythingyouforgetaboutlatex.blogspot.com/2008/11/another-quick-post-this-time-about-math.html
http://www.personal.ceu.hu/tex/symbols.htm
http://www-users.york.ac.uk/~pjh503/LaTeX/equations.html
http://www.personal.ceu.hu/tex/symbols.htm
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/LaTeX/Mathematics#Brackets.2C_braces_and_delimiters

CODE SNIPPETS
Adding code snippets
http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/28554/is-there-a-way-to-enable-syntax-highlighting-coloring-in-lyx-for-program-listing