Steve, All I have available at the moment is LyX 2beta2 for Mac, but in LyX-->preferences--->Output--->General, I have an option "Output line length ___". (the default is 65--close to what you estimated) This seems to do what you want, as I've been able use it to change the plain text output from 35 to 90. The nice thing is it requires no fiddling with the actual LyX document margins, etc.
Regards, Daron On 15 Dec 2010, at 07:00, Steve Litt wrote: > Hi all, > > When I do: > > lyx --export text mydoc.lyx > > it creates mydoc.txt, but no matter how I change the margins in the LyX file, > the text file has line lengths of about 62 characters instead of the 90 I'd > like. This is important because I will be paying for editing by the page. > > Anyone know how to change the linelengths of the exported text file? > > Thanks > > SteveT > > Steve Litt > Recession Relief Package > http://www.recession-relief.US > Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/stevelitt >
