On 02/04/2011 9:55 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
Save yourself from the tex -> lyx -> tex cycle, as it is known to be
incomplete. So I see two ways forward (not counting the Word alternative)
1) Use your original LyX file. Always only modify the original LyX file,
and use .tex at the last stage (export). For this method, you will first
need to figure out what is different, between the .tex file you sent to
the editors, and the .tex file you received from them. Identify those
changes and make the same changes in your LyX file. Then identify the
things they want you to change, and make the changes in your LyX file.
When done, export to .tex and send the file.
2) Just go with editing the .tex file. At the editing stage, you will
only be changing a few sentences here and there anyway. If you need to
modify math formulas and are intimidated by this, fire up LyX with a new
file, write down how the formula should look like, open the View>Source
panel, and copy/paste to your .tex file.
Good luck,
Julien
