1 #This file was created by <lasgoutt> Fri Dec 10 15:51:46 1999
2 #LyX 1.0 (C) 1995-1999 Matthias Ettrich and the LyX Team
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15 \paperorientation portrait
18 \paragraph_separation indent
20 \quotes_language english
28 THIS IS THE TITLE OF THE DOCUMENT
29 \begin_inset Info Hint: the title should look more like a title
36 \begin_inset Info Hint: Fee is the AUTHOR
43 \begin_inset Info Hint: this is a DATE
50 \begin_inset Info Hint: It would be nice if we didn't have to type the Table
51 of Contents explicitly
58 Basic Philosophy..................1
61 1.1 How LyX Does It...............1
64 1.2 Why LyX is Better...............1
72 Lame Attempts to use more LyX stuff
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84 \begin_inset Info Hint: Section titles should probably stand out more
90 The basic philosophy of LyX is that you should worry about the content of
91 what you're writing and not the form.
97 LyX uses LaTeX, a document preparation system designed by Leslie Lamport
99 It, in turn, was built up from a typesetting language called TeX, created
100 by Donald Knuth in 1984.
101 LaTeX is designed around a philosophy similar to that of LyX.
102 Leslie Lamport once said (see reference [1])
103 \begin_inset Info Hint: Probably, this CITATION REFERENCE shouldn't be
104 "hard-coded". What if we make Lamport's book the second
105 item in the bibliography?
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115 The function of typographic design is to help the reader understand the
117 For a document to be easy to read, its visual structure must reflect its
119 Quotations and computer programs, being logically distinct structural elements,
120 should be distinguished visually from one another....
121 Since LaTeX can't understand your prose, you must explicitly indicate the
122 logical structure by typing special commands....
123 As you are writing your document, you should be concerned with its logical
124 structure, not its visual appearance.
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129 \begin_inset Info Hint: This is a QUOTE
135 1.2 Why LyX is better
138 LyX can be useful to more people than LaTeX.
139 It's considerably easier to learn, because you don't need to learn LaTeX
140 (which is practically a programming language).
141 LyX is basically like other
142 \begin_inset Quotes eld
145 What you see is what you get
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149 word processors, except that LyX is
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153 What you see is what you mean
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158 In this way, it combines the ease of use of word processors with the power
160 This is a Good Thing.
161 Also, the file format is platform independent.
162 Best of all, it's FREE!
169 LyX has many features which make writing documents easier.
170 (After all, why else would you want to use it?
171 \begin_inset Info Hint: This parenthetical statement would look better in a footnote
175 \begin_inset Info Hint: Emphasize!
179 Here's a list of just a few.
182 * LyX worries about margins, and footnote numbering for you
185 * LyX makes it simple to write and edit mathematical formulae
188 For a more philosophical discussion of why LyX is better than lots of other
189 word processors, see Section 1.2, which can be found on page 1.
190 \begin_inset Info Hint: Probably, these CROSS-REFERENCES shouldn't be
191 "hard-coded". What if we change the section numbers?
198 Lame attempts to use other LyX stuff
201 I wrote a program the other day.
205 5 REMARK MY AWESOME PROGRAM
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213 \begin_inset Quotes erd
220 \begin_inset Info Hint: This is computer CODE
226 After all that scientific thinking, I started feeling more artistic, so
233 Typesetting word processor
236 It saves so much time
237 \begin_inset Info Hint: It's not very good, but it is poetry,
238 otherwise known as VERSE
246 \begin_inset Info Hint: these math things should be printed in math mode!
252 My favorite equation is the solution to a quadratic equation.
253 If ax^2+bx+c=0 (eq.1), then x= -b + or minus the square root of b^2-4ac
254 all divided by 2a (eq.
258 Another favorite equation is the basis of calculus: f'(x) is defined as
259 the limit as deltax goes to zero of f(x+deltax) - f(x) divided by deltax
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271 LaTeX: A Document Preparation System.
272 Addison-Wesley, Reading, Massachusetts, second edition, 1994.