@Chapter @Title { The Basics } @Tag { basics } @Begin @LP The Lout document formatting system has been designed with the needs of the ordinary user very much in mind. Although the features of Lout are virtually endless, and include mathematical equations, diagrams made from lines and shapes, bibliographic databases, and so on, the system is very simple to use. @BeginSections @Include { bas_star } @Include { bas_objs } @Include { bas_spac } @Include { bas_char } @Include { bas_empt } @Include { bas_font } @Include { bas_head } @Include { bas_par1 } @Include { bas_par2 } @Include { bas_line } @Include { bas_hyph } @Include { bas_marg } @Include { bas_unde } @Include { bas_lang } @Include { bas_date } @Include { bas_supe } @Include { bas_verb } @Include { bas_drop } @Include { bas_conv } @EndSections @End @Chapter