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\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 

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