On Apr 2, 2011, at 8:55 AM, Bruce Pourciau 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?
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
Let me add this: The editors don't expect the author of a Word
submission to conduct the revision process in an unfamiliar file
format. I'm sure they go back and forth with Word files. But they are
trying to force me to conduct the editing process in an unfamiliar
file format, namely tex.
Bruce
