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Re: Book writing mode?
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Micha Feigin |
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Re: Book writing mode? |
Date: |
Thu, 27 May 2004 16:59:32 +0300 |
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On Wed, May 26, 2004 at 11:33:42PM +0200, LEE Sau Dan wrote:
> >>>>> "gebser" == gebser <gebser@speakeasy.net> writes:
>
> gebser> I'm sure that latex is very nice, but if you want to get
> gebser> published, you should submit manuscripts in a format which
> gebser> the agent or editor desires.
>
> Many academic publishers, esp. those specializing in computer science,
> math, do accept LaTeX manuscripts.
>
Thats understandable after you recover from the first had trauma caused
by bashing you head against the wall trying to write a mathematical
equation in word ;-)
>
> gebser> For electronic submissions this is generally Word (.doc)
> gebser> format or plain text (ASCII).
>
> Postscript has been the industry standard for decades, and more and
> more electronic submissions accept also PDF files. Both of these can
> be easiliy generated from LaTeX.
>
Although also from just about anything else that can print. Under
windows you define a virtual postscript printer that prints to a file
(any printer driver for a postscript printer will do), under linux it
is already the default format when printing to a file (non-english can
be a pain under mozilla though).
>
> gebser> If you're submitting only hardcopy, then this matters much
> gebser> less. If you don't care about being published, then you
> gebser> can use whatever you want. :)
>
> I've published a few journal articles and conference papers. I only
> use LaTeX.
>
> Nowadays, I use Emacs with AUCTeX and preview-latex. Also 'pclcvs' so
> that I can use CVS to keep track of the revisions and branches.
>
>
> --
> Lee Sau Dan ?Z05biGVm- ?{@nJX6X?}
>
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Book writing mode?, juman, 2004/05/26