A journal has the tex file I exported from my lyx file. Their editing
process goes like this: they mark places in that tex file where they
want revisions, attach it to an email to me, I make the revisions in
that marked up tex file and send it back to them.
Now I'm comfortable working with LyX, but not at all comfortable
working with a tex file directly. I'm worried that I'll make errors in
the editing process and that it will take me much longer to make
revisions, if I have to work with the tex file directly. I know I can
import the tex file they send me -- a revision of the original tex
file generated by my lyx file -- but if I do this, make the changes
they want in lyx, and then export a tex file, can I be sure that this
would result in the same tex file that would have resulted from
working directly on the tex file they sent me?
A second question: this journal does accept Word file submissions, but
they much prefer tex files (naturally). I imagine that the editing
process is different for Word submissions, probably more like what I
would prefer: they tell me what they want changed, I make the changes
in LyX, and then send them a new tex file exported from my revised lyx
file, even if that exported tex file is different (due to the import/
export process, not just the revisions) from the tex file that would
have resulted from working on the tex file directly. In this process,
my lyx document is always the final say on the state of the ms at any
time, at least until I send them the final tex file at the end of the
process. I'm tempted to write back to the editors and say that I want
my manuscript to enjoy the editing process of a Word submission. Do
you think that's justified?
Bruce
- Editing Process Bruce Pourciau
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