Rich Shepard wrote:
> The reference to embedded LaTeX within a document being written with LyX
> as "Evil Red Text (ERT)" has bothered me from the first time I saw it.

Could you point me to the places in the manuals where this acronym is used? 
AFAIK, it is no "official" term (anymore). The (English) manuals always use 
"TeX mode".

> Since LyX is a GUI front end to LaTeX I fail to see how there's anything
> "evil" about LaTeX.

It's a joke. Irony. Developers also want to have (a bit of) fun, sometimes.

Jürgen

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