1 #LyX 2.1 created this file. For more info see http://www.lyx.org/
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73 THIS IS THE TITLE OF THE DOCUMENT
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86 LatexCommand tableofcontents
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98 The basic philosophy of LyX is that you should worry about the content of
99 what you're writing and not the form.
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107 LyX uses LaTeX, a document preparation system designed by Leslie Lamport
109 It, in turn, was built up from a typesetting language called TeX, created
110 by Donald Knuth in 1984.
111 LaTeX is designed around a philosophy similar to that of LyX.
112 Leslie Lamport once said (see reference
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123 The function of typographic design is to help the reader understand the
125 For a document to be easy to read, its visual structure must reflect its
127 Quotations and computer programs, being logically distinct structural elements,
128 should be distinguished visually from one another....
129 Since LaTeX can't understand your prose, you must explicitly indicate the
130 logical structure by typing special commands....
131 As you are writing your document, you should be concerned with its logical
132 structure, not its visual appearance.
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146 LyX can be useful to more people than LaTeX.
147 It's considerably easier to learn, because you don't need to learn LaTeX
148 (which is practically a programming language).
149 LyX is basically like other
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153 What you see is what you get
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157 word processors, except that LyX is
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161 What you see is what you mean
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166 In this way, it combines the ease of use of word processors with the power
168 This is a Good Thing.
169 Also, the file format is platform independent.
170 Best of all, it's FREE!
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178 LyX has many features which make writing documents easier.
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183 After all, why else would you want to use it?
193 Here's a list of just a few.
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197 LyX worries about margins, and footnote numbering for you
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201 LyX makes it simple to write and edit mathematical formulae
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205 For a more philosophical discussion of why LyX is better than lots of other
206 word processors, see Section
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209 reference "sec:lyxbetter"
213 , which can be found on page
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216 reference "sec:lyxbetter"
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224 Lame attempts to use other LyX stuff
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228 I wrote a program the other day.
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233 5 REMARK MY AWESOME PROGRAM
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253 After all that scientific thinking, I started feeling more artistic, so
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262 Typesetting word processor
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266 It saves so much time
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274 My favorite equation is the solution to a quadratic equation.
276 \begin_inset Formula $ax^{2}+bx+c=0$
280 \begin_inset Formula $x=\frac{-b\pm\sqrt{b^{2}-4ac}}{2a}$
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288 Another favorite equation is the basis of calculus:
289 \begin_inset Formula $f'(x)\equiv\lim_{\Delta x\rightarrow0}\frac{f(x+\Delta x)-f(x)}{\Delta x}$
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301 A couple notes about LyXifiying this file:
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305 I was able to remove the lines made with dashes.
306 They were there purely to separate the title and references from the rest
308 LyX (LaTeX) knows enough to separate these parts of the document with space.
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312 I didn't bother putting the math equations in display mode.
313 Also, I didn't use LyX' automatic equation numbering, because it's not
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322 I didn't have to type the word
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331 LyX automatically writes it (or the word
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339 depending on the textclass) when you select
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356 LaTeX: A Document Preparation System.
359 Addison-Wesley, Reading, Massachusetts, second edition, 1994.