Re: Editing Process

2011-04-03 Thread Dr Eberhard W Lisse
On 4/3/11 4:30 AM, Liviu Andronic wrote: [...] As it was suggested earlier, it should be easy to track down all the modifications that the editor performed: use a graphical interface to dfif (such as Meld [1]) to compare the tex file that you sent (original) with the tex that you received

Re: Editing Process

2011-04-03 Thread Dr Eberhard W Lisse
On 4/3/11 4:30 AM, Liviu Andronic wrote: [...] As it was suggested earlier, it should be easy to track down all the modifications that the editor performed: use a graphical interface to dfif (such as Meld [1]) to compare the tex file that you sent (original) with the tex that you received

Re: Editing Process

2011-04-03 Thread Dr Eberhard W Lisse
On 4/3/11 4:30 AM, Liviu Andronic wrote: [...] > As it was suggested earlier, it should be easy to track down all the > modifications that the editor performed: use a graphical interface to > dfif (such as Meld [1]) to compare the tex file that you sent > (original) with the tex that you received

Editing Process

2011-04-02 Thread Bruce Pourciau
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

Re: Editing Process

2011-04-02 Thread Liviu Andronic
On Sat, Apr 2, 2011 at 3:55 PM, Bruce Pourciau bruce.h.pourc...@lawrence.edu 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

Re: Editing Process

2011-04-02 Thread Bruce Pourciau
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

Re: Editing Process

2011-04-02 Thread Julien Rioux
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

Re: Editing Process

2011-04-02 Thread stefano franchi
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

Re: Editing Process

2011-04-02 Thread Dr Eberhard W Lisse
: 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. [...]

Re: Editing Process

2011-04-02 Thread Steve Litt
On Saturday 02 April 2011 11:03:00 Julien Rioux wrote: 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

Re: Editing Process

2011-04-02 Thread Bruce Pourciau
On Apr 2, 2011, at 2:13 PM, Steve Litt wrote: On Saturday 02 April 2011 11:03:00 Julien Rioux wrote: 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

Re: Editing Process

2011-04-02 Thread Guenter Milde
On 2011-04-02, Bruce Pourciau wrote: 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

Re: Editing Process

2011-04-02 Thread Bruce Pourciau
to force me to conduct the editing process in an unfamiliar file format, namely tex. However, I suppose they clearly stated that they accept either LaTeX or Word *before* you submitted your manuscript. In both cases, the submission-format is used for the revision process. I don't think it is fair

Re: Editing Process

2011-04-02 Thread Liviu Andronic
On Sat, Apr 2, 2011 at 10:03 PM, Bruce Pourciau bruce.h.pourc...@lawrence.edu wrote: Thank you for the suggestions! I'll have to ponder. What I'd really like is to go old school: Have them mark up the pdf with a pen, send it to me, I make the revisions in the lyx file, export tex, send the tex

Editing Process

2011-04-02 Thread Bruce Pourciau
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

Re: Editing Process

2011-04-02 Thread Liviu Andronic
On Sat, Apr 2, 2011 at 3:55 PM, Bruce Pourciau bruce.h.pourc...@lawrence.edu 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

Re: Editing Process

2011-04-02 Thread Bruce Pourciau
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

Re: Editing Process

2011-04-02 Thread Julien Rioux
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

Re: Editing Process

2011-04-02 Thread stefano franchi
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

Re: Editing Process

2011-04-02 Thread Dr Eberhard W Lisse
: 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. [...]

Re: Editing Process

2011-04-02 Thread Steve Litt
On Saturday 02 April 2011 11:03:00 Julien Rioux wrote: 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

Re: Editing Process

2011-04-02 Thread Bruce Pourciau
On Apr 2, 2011, at 2:13 PM, Steve Litt wrote: On Saturday 02 April 2011 11:03:00 Julien Rioux wrote: 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

Re: Editing Process

2011-04-02 Thread Guenter Milde
On 2011-04-02, Bruce Pourciau wrote: 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

Re: Editing Process

2011-04-02 Thread Bruce Pourciau
to force me to conduct the editing process in an unfamiliar file format, namely tex. However, I suppose they clearly stated that they accept either LaTeX or Word *before* you submitted your manuscript. In both cases, the submission-format is used for the revision process. I don't think it is fair

Re: Editing Process

2011-04-02 Thread Liviu Andronic
On Sat, Apr 2, 2011 at 10:03 PM, Bruce Pourciau bruce.h.pourc...@lawrence.edu wrote: Thank you for the suggestions! I'll have to ponder. What I'd really like is to go old school: Have them mark up the pdf with a pen, send it to me, I make the revisions in the lyx file, export tex, send the tex

Editing Process

2011-04-02 Thread Bruce Pourciau
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

Re: Editing Process

2011-04-02 Thread Liviu Andronic
On Sat, Apr 2, 2011 at 3:55 PM, Bruce Pourciau <bruce.h.pourc...@lawrence.edu> 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 mak

Re: Editing Process

2011-04-02 Thread Bruce Pourciau
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

Re: Editing Process

2011-04-02 Thread Julien Rioux
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

Re: Editing Process

2011-04-02 Thread stefano franchi
> > > 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

Re: Editing Process

2011-04-02 Thread Dr Eberhard W Lisse
: > 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. [...]

Re: Editing Process

2011-04-02 Thread Steve Litt
On Saturday 02 April 2011 11:03:00 Julien Rioux wrote: > 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

Re: Editing Process

2011-04-02 Thread Bruce Pourciau
On Apr 2, 2011, at 2:13 PM, Steve Litt wrote: On Saturday 02 April 2011 11:03:00 Julien Rioux wrote: 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

Re: Editing Process

2011-04-02 Thread Guenter Milde
On 2011-04-02, Bruce Pourciau wrote: > 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

Re: Editing Process

2011-04-02 Thread Bruce Pourciau
to force me to conduct the editing process in an unfamiliar file format, namely tex. However, I suppose they clearly stated that they accept either LaTeX or Word *before* you submitted your manuscript. In both cases, the submission-format is used for the revision process. I don't think it is fair

Re: Editing Process

2011-04-02 Thread Liviu Andronic
On Sat, Apr 2, 2011 at 10:03 PM, Bruce Pourciau wrote: > Thank you for the suggestions! I'll have to ponder. What I'd really like is > to go "old school": Have them mark up the pdf with a pen, send it to me, I > make the revisions in the lyx file, export tex, send