mathbf command in LaTeX BibTeX Support Table Editor (WYSIWYG) Math Editor (WYSIWYG) Ability to import various common text formats Ability to export the document to DocBook SGML History Matthias Ettrich started developing a shareware program called Lyrix in 1995. It was then announced on USENET where it received a great deal of attention during the subsequent years. Shortly after the initial release, Lyrix was renamed to LyX due to a name-clash with a word processor by the Santa Cruz Opera… (More on Lyx)