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LyX is a document preparation system.
It excels at letting you create complex technical and scientific articles
with mathematics, cross-references, bibliographies, indices, etc.
- It is very good at documents of any length in which the usual processing
- abilities are required: automatic sectioning and pagination, spell checking,
- and so forth.
+ It is very good for working with documents of any length in which the usual
+ processing abilities are required: automatic sectioning and pagination,
+ spell checking, and so forth.
It can also be used to write a letter to your mom, though granted, there
are probably simpler programs available for that.
It is definitely not the best tool for creating banners, flyers, or advertiseme
nts (we'll explain why later), though with some effort all these can be
done, too.
- Some examples of what it is used for: memos, letters, dissertations and
- theses, lecture notes, seminar notebooks, conference proceedings, software
+ Here are some examples of what it is used for: memos, letters, dissertations
+ and theses, lecture notes, seminar notebooks, conference proceedings, software
documentation, books, articles in refereed scientific journals, scripts
for plays and movies, business proposals, presentations \SpecialChar \ldots{}
.
It is designed for authors who want professional output quickly with a
- minimum of effort without becoming specialists in typesetting.
+ minimum of effort and without becoming specialists in typesetting.
The job of typesetting is done mostly by the computer, not the author;
with LyX, the author can concentrate on the contents of his writing.
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and LyX takes care of the rest, following a set of rules called a
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in the document, or if you insert a new section before it, you need to
change the numbering for this and all following sections, as well as any
entry in the table of contents.
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+Introduction
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WYSIWYM concept.
However, they've only recently been able to do so, whereas LyX is built
upon the LaTeX document preparation system.
- LaTeX has been around for over 20 years, and
+ LaTeX has been around since 1985, and
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This is where Leslie Lamport enters our story.
He wanted a macro package that was more user- and less typesetter-oriented,
with a set of commands that consistently typeset things like sections,
- tables or math formulas in an uniform, consistent fashion.
+ tables or math formulas in a uniform, consistent fashion.
This is how LaTeX was born.
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or an article.
There are classes for slides, for physics and math journals\SpecialChar \ldots{}
many universities
- even have a class for their thesis format! A
+ even have a class for their thesis format.
+ A
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style
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This section attempts to account for the difference between LyX and other
word processors.
Simply put, LaTeX is the difference.
- By using LaTeX as its backend, LyX helps you think more about
+ By using LaTeX as its backend, LyX helps you think more about
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- what
+ what
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(as in the
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of LyX, the documentation has been split up into several different files.
Each one has its own purpose, as described below.
Before you go ploughing into any of those files, however, you should read
- this chapter thoroughly first, since it contains a lot of useful information
+ this chapter thoroughly, since it contains a lot of useful information
and commentary that can save you some time.
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.
- If you have questions which are not obviously answered in the documentation,
+ If you have questions that are not obviously answered in the documentation,
and need help fast, there is an active users' mailing list which you can
reach at
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Some may have printed out the manuals.
- Others may be reading it within LyX.
+ Others may be reading them within LyX.
There are some differences between the LyX-file and the printed version.
- First, the title is simply at the top of the document, not formatted on
+ In LyX, the title is simply at the top of the document, not formatted on
a separate page as in some of the printed versions.
Nor are any of the footnotes or the Table of Contents fully visible.
To open a footnote, which looks like this:
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-configuration LyX investigates your system upon installation.
+Configuration LyX investigates your system upon installation.
This file contains info on what LyX learned about your installation.
Check it to see if you're missing something you might like to have.
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config.log
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, and mention which compiler you are using.
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-http://www.lyx.org/trac/browser/lyx-devel/trunk/lib/doc
+http://www.lyx.org/trac/browser/lyxgit/lib/doc?rev=master
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User's Guide
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- is likely to be the most up-to-date of all of the documentation.
+ are likely to be the most up-to-date of all of the documentation.
You should be able to glean some insights into how we want the manuals
to read and to look.
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-to discuss your intended changes, and get some feedback on them.
+to discuss your intended changes and to get some feedback on them.
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