Actually, this is something I noticed in arxiv, pre prints of people outside theoretical physics, have the appearance of being done in word processors. They are later edited to the final form in journals.
2013/5/22 Eric Walker <[email protected]> > On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 8:56 AM, Michele Comitini < > [email protected]> wrote: > > The following argument is complete nonsense and stops me from reading the >> full article. No one, unless writing a book that requires complex >> mathematical notation is so foul to use TeX instead of LaTeX. If one does >> it means that he spends more time studying TeX than doing his homework. >> This is a (even if fundamental) report not a mathematical essay so using >> a wysiwyg word processor suffice. >> > > I think this argument is a good one. It suggests that the authors have > not prepared the paper for submission to a physics journal; or, that, at > any rate, it is not far along in the process. Lubos Motl does not appear > to be drawing a distinction between TeX and LaTeX; he is drawing a > distinction between TeX/LaTeX, on one hand, and a simple PDF typed up in a > normal word processor, on the other. Presumably the former would be the > expected form of submission to a mainstream physics journal. This is one > of the details that makes me think there is no intention to submit for > publication. > > Eric > > -- Daniel Rocha - RJ [email protected]
