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Chapter 2. Basics

A new (empty) KFormula document looks like a small blue square. This square stands for the central idea of KFormula. It represents an empty list. The idea of KFormula is to have different elements arranged in lists. An element in this respect might be a single char or a root symbol or something like that. The lists are put together so that they form a formula. That is there are lists for indexes, lower and upper bounds and so on. And of course there is the main list, which we've already seen.

Writing a formula means to fill the empty list with letters, figures and mathematical symbols. That is straightforward: use your keyboard. As soon as you type something the “empty” symbol will vanish and you will see whatever you have inserted instead. New characters are always put at the current cursor position.

There is a toolbar called Add that allows you to create more complex elements. There are indices, fractions, roots and matrices to name a few. All these elements consist of at least one list, you can move the cursor into and insert new items.

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