1 #LyX 1.4.0cvs created this file. For more info see http://www.lyx.org/
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35 THIS IS THE TITLE OF THE DOCUMENT
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63 \begin_layout Standard
65 The basic philosophy of LyX is that you should worry about the content of
66 what you're writing and not the form.
69 \begin_layout Subsection
74 \begin_layout Standard
76 LyX uses LaTeX, a document preparation system designed by Leslie Lamport
78 It, in turn, was built up from a typesetting language called TeX, created
79 by Donald Knuth in 1984.
80 LaTeX is designed around a philosophy similar to that of LyX.
81 Leslie Lamport once said (see reference
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91 The function of typographic design is to help the reader understand the
93 For a document to be easy to read, its visual structure must reflect its
95 Quotations and computer programs, being logically distinct structural elements,
96 should be distinguished visually from one another....
97 Since LaTeX can't understand your prose, you must explicitly indicate the
98 logical structure by typing special commands....
99 As you are writing your document, you should be concerned with its logical
100 structure, not its visual appearance.
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108 \begin_layout Standard
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115 LyX can be useful to more people than LaTeX.
116 It's considerably easier to learn, because you don't need to learn LaTeX
117 (which is practically a programming language).
118 LyX is basically like other
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122 What you see is what you get
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126 word processors, except that LyX is
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130 What you see is what you mean
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135 In this way, it combines the ease of use of word processors with the power
137 This is a Good Thing.
138 Also, the file format is platform independent.
139 Best of all, it's FREE!
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147 \begin_layout Standard
149 LyX has many features which make writing documents easier.
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155 After all, why else would you want to use it?
165 Here's a list of just a few.
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170 LyX worries about margins, and footnote numbering for you
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175 LyX makes it simple to write and edit mathematical formulae
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180 For a more philosophical discussion of why LyX is better than lots of other
181 word processors, see Section
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186 , which can be found on page
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194 \begin_layout Section
196 Lame attempts to use other LyX stuff
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201 I wrote a program the other day.
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207 5 REMARK MY AWESOME PROGRAM
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230 After all that scientific thinking, I started feeling more artistic, so
238 Typesetting word processor
240 It saves so much time
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248 \begin_layout Standard
250 My favorite equation is the solution to a quadratic equation.
252 \begin_inset Formula $ax^{2}+bx+c=0$
256 \begin_inset Formula $x=\frac{-b\pm \sqrt{b^{2}-4ac}}{2a}$
263 \begin_layout Standard
265 Another favorite equation is the basis of calculus:
266 \begin_inset Formula $f'(x)\equiv \lim _{\Delta x\rightarrow 0}\frac{f(x+\Delta x)-f(x)}{\Delta x}$
273 \begin_layout Section
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280 A couple notes about LyXifiying this file:
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285 I was able to remove the lines made with dashes.
286 They were there purely to separate the title and references from the rest
288 LyX (LaTeX) knows enough to separate these parts of the document with space.
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293 I didn't bother putting the math equations in display mode.
294 Also, I didn't use LyX' automatic equation numbering, because it's not
302 \begin_layout Itemize
304 I didn't have to type the word
305 \begin_inset Quotes eld
309 \begin_inset Quotes erd
313 LyX automatically writes it (or the word
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321 depending on the textclass) when you select
328 \begin_layout Bibliography
334 LaTeX: A Document Preparation System.
337 Addison-Wesley, Reading, Massachusetts, second edition, 1994.