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# lyx
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LyX is an advanced open source document processor that encourages an approach to writing based on the structure of your documents, not their appearance.
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LyX lets you concentrate on writing, leaving details of visual layout to the software.
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LyX was originally a Unix application, but now runs natively on Windows and MacOS X as well, thanks largely to the cross-platform Qt toolkit.
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LyX produces high quality, professional output -- using LaTeX, an industrial strength typesetting engine, in the background; LyX is far more than a front-end to LaTeX, however.
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No knowledge of LaTeX is necessary to use LyX, although it will give a user more power.
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LyX is stable and fully featured.
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It has been used for documents as large as a thesis, or as small as a business letter.
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Despite its simple GUI interface (available in many languages), it supports tables, figures, and hyperlinked cross-references, and has a best-of-breed math editor.
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