> On Aug 30, 2019, at 5:49 AM, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes <lasgout...@lyx.org> wrote:
> 
> Le 30/08/2019 à 14:03, list_em...@icloud.com a écrit :
>> I have a manuscript which I plan to submit for publication. In its current 
>> form, it is in a format different from what the journal expects and as such 
>> must be converted to the format (IEEE) expected by the journal. (I normally 
>> do this  by copy-pasting large sections of text.) If the manuscript is 
>> rejected by the journal then I will have to either revert to the original 
>> format or convert to a third format for another journal. I have a version 
>> control problem across formats if I make further edits to any version in any 
>> format. Besides tediously manually editing all versions, making the same 
>> changes, is there any way to keep a master document and spawn one or more 
>> alternately-formatted versions with the same content, thus saving the 
>> headache of manually editing each version?
>> I know that LyX has a version control capacity but I have never used it and 
>> I suspect it is not appropriate for this scenario.
> 
> One solution is to have a child document containing the paper itself and 
> different masters depending on the output you want. I do that for courses I 
> give to have both (foilTeX) slides and a two-column handout (based on 
> article) from the same source.
> 
> JMarc

This looks like a good idea. I believe that master document settings override 
child settings as I’m sure you know. I’ll give it a try.

Jerry

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