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diff --git a/usergrps/uktug/baskervi/7_1/lyx.tex b/usergrps/uktug/baskervi/7_1/lyx.tex new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..3eda7eecaf --- /dev/null +++ b/usergrps/uktug/baskervi/7_1/lyx.tex @@ -0,0 +1,158 @@ +%% This LaTeX-file was created by <sa346> Mon Jun 30 22:46:50 1997 +%% LyX 0.10 (C) 1995 1996 by Matthias Ettrich and the LyX Team + +%% Don't edit this file unless you are sure what you are doing. +%\documentclass[10pt,oneside,onecolumn]{article} +%\usepackage[]{fontenc} +%\usepackage[dvips]{epsfig} +%\usepackage{a4} + +%% +%% BEGIN The lyx specific LaTeX commands. +%% + +%%%%%%%%%%%%%\makeatletter +%%%%%%%%%%%%%\def\LyX{L\kern-.1667em\lower.25em\hbox{Y}\kern-.125emX\spacefactor1000}% +%%%%%%%%%%%%%\newcommand{\lyxtitle}[1] {\thispagestyle{empty} +%%%%%%%%%%%%%\global\@topnum\z@ +%%%%%%%%%%%%%\section*{\LARGE \centering \sffamily \bfseries \protect#1 } +%%%%%%%%%%%%%} +%%%%%%%%%%%%%\newcommand{\lyxline}[1]{ +%%%%%%%%%%%%%{#1 \vspace{1ex} \hrule width \columnwidth \vspace{1ex}} +%%%%%%%%%%%%%} +%%%%%%%%%%%%%\newenvironment{lyxbibliography} +%%%%%%%%%%%%%{ +%%%%%%%%%%%%%\begin{thebibliography}{99}} +%%%%%%%%%%%%%{\end{thebibliography}} +%%%%%%%%%%%%%\def\lxq{"} +%%%%%%%%%%%%%\newenvironment{lyxcode} +%%%%%%%%%%%%%{\list{}{ +%%%%%%%%%%%%%\rightmargin\leftmargin +%%%%%%%%%%%%%\raggedright +%%%%%%%%%%%%%\itemsep 0pt +%%%%%%%%%%%%%\parsep 0pt +%%%%%%%%%%%%%\ttfamily +%%%%%%%%%%%%%}% +%%%%%%%%%%%%%\item[] +%%%%%%%%%%%%%} +%%%%%%%%%%%%%{\endlist} +%%%%%%%%%%%%%\newcommand{\lyxlabel}[1]{#1 \hfill} +%%%%%%%%%%%%%\newenvironment{lyxlist}[1] +%%%%%%%%%%%%%{\begin{list}{} +%%%%%%%%%%%%%{\settowidth{\labelwidth}{#1} +%%%%%%%%%%%%%\setlength{\leftmargin}{\labelwidth} +%%%%%%%%%%%%%\addtolength{\leftmargin}{\labelsep} +%%%%%%%%%%%%%\renewcommand{\makelabel}{\lyxlabel}}} +%%%%%%%%%%%%%{\end{list}} +%%%%%%%%%%%%%\newcommand{\lyxletterstyle}{ +%%%%%%%%%%%%%\setlength\parskip{0.7em} +%%%%%%%%%%%%%\setlength\parindent{0pt} +%%%%%%%%%%%%%} +%%%%%%%%%%%%%\newcommand{\lyxaddress}[1]{ +%%%%%%%%%%%%%\par {\raggedright #1 +%%%%%%%%%%%%%\vspace{1.4em} +%%%%%%%%%%%%%\noindent\par} +%%%%%%%%%%%%%} +%%%%%%%%%%%%%\newcommand{\lyxrightaddress}[1]{ +%%%%%%%%%%%%%\par {\raggedleft \begin{tabular}{l}\ignorespaces +%%%%%%%%%%%%%#1 +%%%%%%%%%%%%%\end{tabular} +%%%%%%%%%%%%%\vspace{1.4em} +%%%%%%%%%%%%%\par} +%%%%%%%%%%%%%} +%%%%%%%%%%%%%\newcommand{\lyxformula}[1]{ +%%%%%%%%%%%%%\begin{eqnarray*} +%%%%%%%%%%%%%#1 +%%%%%%%%%%%%%\end{eqnarray*} +%%%%%%%%%%%%%} +%%%%%%%%%%%%%\newcommand{\lyxnumberedformula}[1]{ +%%%%%%%%%%%%%\begin{eqnarray} +%%%%%%%%%%%%%#1 +%%%%%%%%%%%%%\end{eqnarray} +%%%%%%%%%%%%%} +%%%%%%%%%%%%%\makeatother + +%% +%% END The lyx specific LaTeX commands. +%% + +%\pagestyle{plain} +%\setcounter{secnumdepth}{3} +%\setcounter{tocdepth}{3} +%\begin{document} + +\title{Sample of the {\LyX} ``wysiwyg'' +front-end editor for {\LaTeX}} +\author[Andrew F.~Lack]{Andrew F.~Lack\\\texttt{sa346@city.ac.uk}} + +\begin{Article} + + +\subsection*{\TeX{} Users are Bilingual} + +Whilst at school and studying for my \scshape cse\upshape 's +(yes, a long time ago) I tried to learn French. My \scshape cse +\upshape grade \em unclassified \em suggested I wasn't ever destined +to be bilingual. But I was not rekoning on \TeX{}. + +A recent edition of \em Acorn Publisher \em carried a review of a +scientific word-processor called \em TechWriter\em . Now let me make +one thing clear---I \em do not \em own an Acorn machine or run any +Acorn software. So why was I reading the magazine? Well, a friend +lent it to me knowing I was interested in this kind of thing. And +jolly glad I was that I read it, because apparently I speak \em gobbledegook +\em and I never knew it. + +Let me try a little gobbledegook out on you---see if you also speak +it. Here goes, + +\(\backslash\)begin\{quote\} + +\(\backslash\)large Hi There! \(\backslash\)\(\backslash\) + +\(\backslash\)normalsize Can you direct me to the railway station? +\(\backslash\)\(\backslash\) + +\(\backslash\)end\{quote\} + +How did you do? You see, it's easy! + +If I believe what I read in \em Acorn Publisher, \em users of these +machines are unable to understand the syntax of \LaTeX{} commands and so +give up at learning the language. What a lot their missing out on. + +The review of \em TechWriter \em explained the virtues of a \scshape wysiwyg +\upshape interface for composing scientific documents. Of course +such interfaces are easy to use and appealing, but they as powerful? +You can do a lot of clever things with something as primative as \bfseries vi +\mdseries and a few \LaTeX{} macros. It's unlikely, in my view, that any +\scshape wysiwyg \upshape interface is ever going to be that +powerful---the combination of possibilities is just too high. + +Even the much praised \em TechWriter Pro \em (\pounds 199.00 plus +\scshape vat) \upshape with its ability to output to \TeX{}, doesn't +have numbered equations (yet). And you can hardly call numbered equations +complex. Another example is index generation. \em TechWriter \em allows +you to select any word (probably by clicking the mouse on it) and +its automatically added to the index. Is that it? What about placing +words in the index which say ``see also\ldots'' or topics which span +several pages? + +\scshape wysiwyg \upshape programs lull authors into a false +sense of ``this is simple'' when, in fact, what they are doing is +over-simplifying what at times can be a difficult job. You have to +work hard for good typography, it won't just pop out of a dialogue +box. + +I've recently completed an in-depth review of \LyX{}, a \scshape wysiwyg +\upshape front-end for \LaTeX{}, and I loved using it. How can this be in +view of what I've just said? Well, \scshape wysiwyg \upshape programs +are just fine, as long as those who use them understand their limitations. + +And the moral of this tail is keep practising the gobbledegook. + +\ttfamily \(\backslash\)bye\rmfamily + +\end{Article} + +%\end{document} |