1 #LyX 1.6.0 created this file. For more info see http://www.lyx.org/
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44 THIS IS THE TITLE OF THE DOCUMENT
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57 LatexCommand tableofcontents
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69 The basic philosophy of LyX is that you should worry about the content of
70 what you're writing and not the form.
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78 LyX uses LaTeX, a document preparation system designed by Leslie Lamport
80 It, in turn, was built up from a typesetting language called TeX, created
81 by Donald Knuth in 1984.
82 LaTeX is designed around a philosophy similar to that of LyX.
83 Leslie Lamport once said (see reference
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94 The function of typographic design is to help the reader understand the
96 For a document to be easy to read, its visual structure must reflect its
98 Quotations and computer programs, being logically distinct structural elements,
99 should be distinguished visually from one another....
100 Since LaTeX can't understand your prose, you must explicitly indicate the
101 logical structure by typing special commands....
102 As you are writing your document, you should be concerned with its logical
103 structure, not its visual appearance.
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117 LyX can be useful to more people than LaTeX.
118 It's considerably easier to learn, because you don't need to learn LaTeX
119 (which is practically a programming language).
120 LyX is basically like other
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124 What you see is what you get
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128 word processors, except that LyX is
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132 What you see is what you mean
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137 In this way, it combines the ease of use of word processors with the power
139 This is a Good Thing.
140 Also, the file format is platform independent.
141 Best of all, it's FREE!
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149 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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168 LyX worries about margins, and footnote numbering for you
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172 LyX makes it simple to write and edit mathematical formulae
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176 For a more philosophical discussion of why LyX is better than lots of other
177 word processors, see Section
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180 reference "sec:lyxbetter"
184 , which can be found on page
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187 reference "sec:lyxbetter"
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195 Lame attempts to use other LyX stuff
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199 I wrote a program the other day.
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204 5 REMARK MY AWESOME PROGRAM
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224 After all that scientific thinking, I started feeling more artistic, so
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233 Typesetting word processor
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237 It saves so much time
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245 My favorite equation is the solution to a quadratic equation.
247 \begin_inset Formula $ax^{2}+bx+c=0$
251 \begin_inset Formula $x=\frac{-b\pm\sqrt{b^{2}-4ac}}{2a}$
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259 Another favorite equation is the basis of calculus:
260 \begin_inset Formula $f'(x)\equiv\lim_{\Delta x\rightarrow0}\frac{f(x+\Delta x)-f(x)}{\Delta x}$
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272 A couple notes about LyXifiying this file:
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276 I was able to remove the lines made with dashes.
277 They were there purely to separate the title and references from the rest
279 LyX (LaTeX) knows enough to separate these parts of the document with space.
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283 I didn't bother putting the math equations in display mode.
284 Also, I didn't use LyX' automatic equation numbering, because it's not
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293 I didn't have to type the word
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302 LyX automatically writes it (or the word
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310 depending on the textclass) when you select
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327 LaTeX: A Document Preparation System.
330 Addison-Wesley, Reading, Massachusetts, second edition, 1994.