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#LyX 1.2 created this file. For more info see http://www.lyx.org/
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\layout Title
THIS IS THE TITLE OF THE DOCUMENT
\layout Author
by Fee LyX
\layout Date
June 12, 1972
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\begin_inset LatexCommand \tableofcontents{}
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\layout Section
Basic Philosophy
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The basic philosophy of LyX is that you should worry about the content of
what you're writing and not the form.
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How LyX does it
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LyX uses LaTeX, a document preparation system designed by Leslie Lamport
in 1985.
It, in turn, was built up from a typesetting language called TeX, created
by Donald Knuth in 1984.
LaTeX is designed around a philosophy similar to that of LyX.
Leslie Lamport once said (see reference
\begin_inset LatexCommand \cite{lamport}
\end_inset
):
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The function of typographic design is to help the reader understand the
author's ideas.
For a document to be easy to read, its visual structure must reflect its
logical structure.
Quotations and computer programs, being logically distinct structural elements,
should be distinguished visually from one another....
Since LaTeX can't understand your prose, you must explicitly indicate the
logical structure by typing special commands....
As you are writing your document, you should be concerned with its logical
structure, not its visual appearance.
\layout Subsection
Why LyX is better
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\begin_inset LatexCommand \label{sec:lyxbetter}
\end_inset
LyX can be useful to more people than LaTeX.
It's considerably easier to learn, because you don't need to learn LaTeX
(which is practically a programming language).
LyX is basically like other
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What you see is what you get
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
word processors, except that LyX is
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
What you see is what you mean
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
.
In this way, it combines the ease of use of word processors with the power
of LaTeX.
This is a Good Thing.
Also, the file format is platform independent.
Best of all, it's FREE!
\layout Section
Features of LyX
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LyX has many features which make writing documents easier.
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After all, why else would you want to use it?
\end_inset
I'm
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very excited
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to talk about them.
Here's a list of just a few.
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LyX worries about margins, and footnote numbering for you
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LyX makes it simple to write and edit mathematical formulae
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For a more philosophical discussion of why LyX is better than lots of other
word processors, see Section
\begin_inset LatexCommand \ref{sec:lyxbetter}
\end_inset
, which can be found on page
\begin_inset LatexCommand \pageref{sec:lyxbetter}
\end_inset
.
\layout Section
Lame attempts to use other LyX stuff
\layout Standard
I wrote a program the other day.
It looked like this.
\layout LyX-Code
5 REMARK MY AWESOME PROGRAM
\layout LyX-Code
10 PRINT
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\end_inset
I'M AWESOME!
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
\layout LyX-Code
20 GOTO 10
\layout Standard
After all that scientific thinking, I started feeling more artistic, so
I wrote this haiku
\layout Verse
LyX is really great
\newline
Typesetting word processor
\newline
It saves so much time
\layout Section
Math Stuff
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My favorite equation is the solution to a quadratic equation.
If
\begin_inset Formula $ax^{2}+bx+c=0$
\end_inset
(eq.1), then
\begin_inset Formula $x=\frac{-b\pm \sqrt{b^{2}-4ac}}{2a}$
\end_inset
(eq.
2).
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Another favorite equation is the basis of calculus:
\begin_inset Formula $f'(x)\equiv \lim _{\Delta x\rightarrow 0}\frac{f(x+\Delta x)-f(x)}{\Delta x}$
\end_inset
(eq.
3).
\layout Section
Notes
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A couple notes about LyXifiying this file:
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I was able to remove the lines made with dashes.
They were there purely to separate the title and references from the rest
of the document.
LyX (LaTeX) knows enough to separate these parts of the document with space.
\layout Itemize
I didn't bother putting the math equations in display mode.
Also, I didn't use LyX' automatic equation numbering, because it's not
described in the
\emph on
Tutorial
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.
\layout Itemize
I didn't have to type the word
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\end_inset
References
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\end_inset
below.
LyX automatically writes it (or the word
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\end_inset
Bibliography,
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\end_inset
depending on the textclass) when you select
\family sans
Bibliography
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style.
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\bibitem {lamport}
Lamport, Leslie.
\emph on
LaTeX: A Document Preparation System.
\emph default
Addison-Wesley, Reading, Massachusetts, second edition, 1994.
\the_end