Questions[lyx](ubuntu)

I'm new to LyX. It seems to be really appropriate for the work I'm doing but I have these questions pertaining to the graphical user interface. Of course I'm aware that the output is radically different from what is shown in the GUI - my questions have to do with the comfort of the interface as i write:

• Is there a way to make the margins wider in the GUI? I find that screen-wide text blocks aren't easy on the eye. Of course I can resize the window but that gives my a pretty messy work environment with my desktop or other programs in the background - also this wouldn't work when I'm in full-screen mode.
• Is there a way to have left text alignment (instead of straight margins) in the LyX GUI? I don't like the spacing to be stretched when I'm in the process of editing text.

I'm attempting to use the LyZ plugin for Zotero and LyX and it requires the LyX server to be present.

I've looked on the LyX wiki for information and it makes reference to .lyxpipe.in and .lyxpipe.out but these are not present when I install LyX from the Ubuntu repository.

What are these files and how can they be created?

I use LyX for creating documents and would like to be able to format the output of my documents so that they use the Ubuntu font.

In the LyX document settings, it appears that there are only a fixed number of fonts available.

Is it possible to add the Ubuntu font to this list?

If not, is there a way to use the Ubuntu font in LaTeX? I can export the LyX document to LaTeX, make my changes and then use pdflatex & co. to create a formatted document.

The new indicator-appmenu in Maverick breaks the LyX menu: the application menu is not shown either in the application window nor in the applet. (See Bug report.)

As a workaround while the bug is fixed, is there a way to make an exception for the applet, so that LyX would be ignored and the applet could still be used for everything else? Something akin to Maximus exceptions.

Whenever I try to view a PDF of a document in LyX, I get this error:

I get similar errors for DVI and postscript.

If I go through File->Export, the only options are other LyX formats and Docbook. There isn't even an option to export to LaTeX.

How do I configure LyX to export to these formats? Is there at least a way for me to convert to LaTeX so I can use pdflatex to create a PDF?

EDIT: Strangely, this problem fixed itself. I can't think of anything I changed to make it happen. Perhaps a software update fixed this.