1.3. HOW TO AVOIDREALLY READING THIS MANUAL 3
1.3 How to avoid really reading this Manual
The layout of the manual proceeds from introduction to background to syntax detail to
application descriptions. This may be tediously theoretical for some. Ifyou are one of
those that considers reading the manual as the option of last resort1then go directly to
the applications (Chapter 4). If you have no prior Xmath experience then skimming
through Chapter 3 is essential. After running the demos and getting a feel for what the
softwarecan do lo ok brieflythrough the theory section.
1And it seems that you are now exercising that option