1 #This file was created by <cfog> Tue Jan 6 11:05:07 1998
2 #LyX 0.12 (C) 1995-1997 Matthias Ettrich and the LyX Team
11 \papersize letterpaper
15 \paperorientation portrait
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20 \quotes_language english
28 THIS IS THE TITLE OF THE DOCUMENT
38 \begin_inset LatexCommand \tableofcontents
48 The basic philosophy of LyX is that you should worry about the form of what
49 you're writing and not the content.
55 LyX uses LaTeX, a document preparation system designed by Leslie Lamport
57 It, in turn, was built up from a typesetting language called TeX, created
58 by Donald Knuth in 1984.
59 LaTeX is designed around a philosophy similar to that of LyX.
60 Leslie Lamport once said (see reference
61 \begin_inset LatexCommand \cite{lamport}
68 The function of typographic design is to help the reader understand the
70 For a document to be easy to read, its visual structure must reflect its
72 Quotations and computer programs, being logically distinct structural elements,
73 should be distinguished visually from one another....
74 Since LaTeX can't understand your prose, you must explicitly indicate the
75 logical structure by typing special commands....
76 As you are writing your document, you should be concerned with its logical
77 structure, not its visual appearance.
84 \begin_inset LatexCommand \label{sec:lyxbetter}
88 LyX can be useful to more people than LaTeX.
89 It's considerably easier to learn, because you don't need to learn LaTeX
90 (which is practically a programming language).
91 LyX is basically like other
92 \begin_inset Quotes eld
95 What you see is what you get
96 \begin_inset Quotes erd
99 word processors, except that LyX is
100 \begin_inset Quotes eld
103 What you see is what you mean
104 \begin_inset Quotes erd
108 In this way, it combines the ease of use of word processors with the power
110 This is a Good Thing.
111 Also, the file format is platform independent.
112 Best of all, it's FREE!
118 LyX has many features which make writing documents easier.
119 \begin_float footnote
122 After all, why else would you want to use it?
129 Here's a list of just a few.
132 LyX worries about margins, and footnote numbering for you
135 LyX makes it simple to write and edit mathematical formulae
138 For a more philosophical discussion of why LyX is better than lots of other
139 word processors, see Section
140 \begin_inset LatexCommand \ref{sec:lyxbetter}
144 , which can be found on page
145 \begin_inset LatexCommand \pageref{sec:lyxbetter}
152 Lame attempts to use other LyX stuff
155 I wrote a program the other day.
159 5 REMARK MY AWESOME PROGRAM
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176 After all that scientific thinking, I started feeling more artistic, so
182 Typesetting word processor
184 It saves so much time
190 My favorite equation is the solution to a quadratic equation.
192 \begin_inset Formula \( ax^{2}+bx+c=0 \)
196 \begin_inset Formula \( x=\frac{-b\pm \sqrt{b^{2}-4ac}}{2a} \)
203 Another favorite equation is the basis of calculus:
204 \begin_inset Formula \( f'(x)\equiv \lim _{\Delta x\rightarrow 0}\frac{f(x+\Delta x)-f(x)}{\Delta x} \)
214 A couple notes about LyXifiying this file:
217 I was able to remove the lines made with dashes.
218 They were there purely to separate the title and references from the rest
220 LyX (LaTeX) knows enough to separate these parts of the document with space.
223 I didn't bother putting the math equations in display mode.
224 Also, I didn't use LyX' automatic equation numbering, because it's not
232 I didn't have to type the word
233 \begin_inset Quotes eld
237 \begin_inset Quotes erd
241 LyX automatically writes it (or the word
242 \begin_inset Quotes eld
246 \begin_inset Quotes erd
249 depending on the textclass) when you select
260 LaTeX: A Document Preparation System.
263 Addison-Wesley, Reading, Massachusetts, second edition, 1994.