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28 Mar
2002
28 Mar
'02
20:18
* Dennis Tuchler (dtuchler@earthlink.net) [020328 12:15]:
What is the difference between LaTeX and LyX? As I understand it, either is superior to a word processor if one is writing academic papers or books. Is that right?
Lyx is a GUI for LaTeX which is set of macros built on TeX. There's a nice history of TeX here: http://www.tug.org/whatis.html -- -ckm