1 #LyX 2.0 created this file. For more info see http://www.lyx.org/
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64 THIS IS THE TITLE OF THE DOCUMENT
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77 LatexCommand tableofcontents
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89 The basic philosophy of LyX is that you should worry about the content of
90 what you're writing and not the form.
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98 LyX uses LaTeX, a document preparation system designed by Leslie Lamport
100 It, in turn, was built up from a typesetting language called TeX, created
101 by Donald Knuth in 1984.
102 LaTeX is designed around a philosophy similar to that of LyX.
103 Leslie Lamport once said (see reference
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114 The function of typographic design is to help the reader understand the
116 For a document to be easy to read, its visual structure must reflect its
118 Quotations and computer programs, being logically distinct structural elements,
119 should be distinguished visually from one another....
120 Since LaTeX can't understand your prose, you must explicitly indicate the
121 logical structure by typing special commands....
122 As you are writing your document, you should be concerned with its logical
123 structure, not its visual appearance.
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137 LyX can be useful to more people than LaTeX.
138 It's considerably easier to learn, because you don't need to learn LaTeX
139 (which is practically a programming language).
140 LyX is basically like other
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144 What you see is what you get
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148 word processors, except that LyX is
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152 What you see is what you mean
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157 In this way, it combines the ease of use of word processors with the power
159 This is a Good Thing.
160 Also, the file format is platform independent.
161 Best of all, it's FREE!
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169 LyX has many features which make writing documents easier.
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174 After all, why else would you want to use it?
184 Here's a list of just a few.
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188 LyX worries about margins, and footnote numbering for you
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192 LyX makes it simple to write and edit mathematical formulae
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196 For a more philosophical discussion of why LyX is better than lots of other
197 word processors, see Section
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200 reference "sec:lyxbetter"
204 , which can be found on page
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207 reference "sec:lyxbetter"
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215 Lame attempts to use other LyX stuff
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219 I wrote a program the other day.
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224 5 REMARK MY AWESOME PROGRAM
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244 After all that scientific thinking, I started feeling more artistic, so
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253 Typesetting word processor
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257 It saves so much time
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265 My favorite equation is the solution to a quadratic equation.
267 \begin_inset Formula $ax^{2}+bx+c=0$
271 \begin_inset Formula $x=\frac{-b\pm\sqrt{b^{2}-4ac}}{2a}$
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279 Another favorite equation is the basis of calculus:
280 \begin_inset Formula $f'(x)\equiv\lim_{\Delta x\rightarrow0}\frac{f(x+\Delta x)-f(x)}{\Delta x}$
287 \begin_layout Section
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292 A couple notes about LyXifiying this file:
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296 I was able to remove the lines made with dashes.
297 They were there purely to separate the title and references from the rest
299 LyX (LaTeX) knows enough to separate these parts of the document with space.
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303 I didn't bother putting the math equations in display mode.
304 Also, I didn't use LyX' automatic equation numbering, because it's not
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313 I didn't have to type the word
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322 LyX automatically writes it (or the word
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330 depending on the textclass) when you select
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347 LaTeX: A Document Preparation System.
350 Addison-Wesley, Reading, Massachusetts, second edition, 1994.