1 #LyX 1.5.0svn created this file. For more info see http://www.lyx.org/
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34 THIS IS THE TITLE OF THE DOCUMENT
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50 \begin_inset LatexCommand \tableofcontents{}
62 \begin_layout Standard
64 The basic philosophy of LyX is that you should worry about the content of
65 what you're writing and not the form.
68 \begin_layout Subsection
73 \begin_layout Standard
75 LyX uses LaTeX, a document preparation system designed by Leslie Lamport
77 It, in turn, was built up from a typesetting language called TeX, created
78 by Donald Knuth in 1984.
79 LaTeX is designed around a philosophy similar to that of LyX.
80 Leslie Lamport once said (see reference
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90 The function of typographic design is to help the reader understand the
92 For a document to be easy to read, its visual structure must reflect its
94 Quotations and computer programs, being logically distinct structural elements,
95 should be distinguished visually from one another....
96 Since LaTeX can't understand your prose, you must explicitly indicate the
97 logical structure by typing special commands....
98 As you are writing your document, you should be concerned with its logical
99 structure, not its visual appearance.
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107 \begin_layout Standard
110 \begin_inset LatexCommand \label{sec:lyxbetter}
114 LyX can be useful to more people than LaTeX.
115 It's considerably easier to learn, because you don't need to learn LaTeX
116 (which is practically a programming language).
117 LyX is basically like other
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121 What you see is what you get
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125 word processors, except that LyX is
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129 What you see is what you mean
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134 In this way, it combines the ease of use of word processors with the power
136 This is a Good Thing.
137 Also, the file format is platform independent.
138 Best of all, it's FREE!
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146 \begin_layout Standard
148 LyX has many features which make writing documents easier.
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154 After all, why else would you want to use it?
164 Here's a list of just a few.
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169 LyX worries about margins, and footnote numbering for you
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174 LyX makes it simple to write and edit mathematical formulae
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179 For a more philosophical discussion of why LyX is better than lots of other
180 word processors, see Section
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185 , which can be found on page
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193 \begin_layout Section
195 Lame attempts to use other LyX stuff
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200 I wrote a program the other day.
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206 5 REMARK MY AWESOME PROGRAM
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229 After all that scientific thinking, I started feeling more artistic, so
237 Typesetting word processor
239 It saves so much time
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247 \begin_layout Standard
249 My favorite equation is the solution to a quadratic equation.
251 \begin_inset Formula $ax^{2}+bx+c=0$
255 \begin_inset Formula $x=\frac{-b\pm \sqrt{b^{2}-4ac}}{2a}$
262 \begin_layout Standard
264 Another favorite equation is the basis of calculus:
265 \begin_inset Formula $f'(x)\equiv \lim _{\Delta x\rightarrow 0}\frac{f(x+\Delta x)-f(x)}{\Delta x}$
272 \begin_layout Section
277 \begin_layout Standard
279 A couple notes about LyXifiying this file:
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284 I was able to remove the lines made with dashes.
285 They were there purely to separate the title and references from the rest
287 LyX (LaTeX) knows enough to separate these parts of the document with space.
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292 I didn't bother putting the math equations in display mode.
293 Also, I didn't use LyX' automatic equation numbering, because it's not
301 \begin_layout Itemize
303 I didn't have to type the word
304 \begin_inset Quotes eld
308 \begin_inset Quotes erd
312 LyX automatically writes it (or the word
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317 \begin_inset Quotes erd
320 depending on the textclass) when you select
327 \begin_layout Bibliography
333 LaTeX: A Document Preparation System.
336 Addison-Wesley, Reading, Massachusetts, second edition, 1994.