On Sat, Apr 2, 2011 at 3:55 PM, Bruce Pourciau <[email protected]> wrote: > 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? > If you're sticking to the same LyX version and perform minor modifications to the document (no new packages used, etc.), then I see few reasons for the exported, revised tex to be significantly different from imported tex (that they sent you). You can experiment, though. Try to import the tex file, perform some small modifications, then re-export to tex, and then use a diff viewer (say, Meld) and check what are the differences between the two files. This way you could sleep with a clear mind.
Alternatively, and this is more cumbersome albeit still an option, you could choose an editor with good syntax highlighting, open the original tex file, fire LyX and import the same tex file, perform your modifications in LyX and when you arrive to a final version, select View > View source and in the relevant pane select 'complete source', and then copy/paste the relevant LyX-generated LaTeX code into TeX editor. When you're done, try to import the final tex file into LyX to make sure that it compiles (or do so on the command line). Anyways, this second solution seems like an overkill. > 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? > I'm not sure I follow entirely, but I'd at least first try the LyX import/export way to see if it works out. Regards Liviu > Bruce > -- Do you know how to read? http://www.alienetworks.com/srtest.cfm http://goodies.xfce.org/projects/applications/xfce4-dict#speed-reader Do you know how to write? http://garbl.home.comcast.net/~garbl/stylemanual/e.htm#e-mail
