Re: Which text editor is better for writing scientific papers?

From: David L. Johnson (david.johnson_at_lehigh.edu)
Date: 01/19/04 

Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2004 12:33:33 -0500

On Mon, 19 Jan 2004 07:37:36 +0000, Jabali Pragya wrote:

>> Well, a mathematics or physics journal will have no trouble with LaTeX
>> -- that is what they use to typeset the journal itself.
>
> May be. But I not sure how many journals still use LaTeX for typesetting.
> Many will simply convert everything to MSOffice format and then send for
> typesetting. MS has become all pervading, unfortunately.

MS office is totally inadequate for mathematical typesetting. AFAIK _all_
mathematics journals use LaTeX -- as do nearly all mathematicians. I had
the unusual experience of co-authoring an article a couple years ago with
one of the few mathematicians who does not use LaTeX, and he wrote it up.
In Word. I had trouble even reading the manuscript in Open Office, since
whatever MS does with math fonts is not the same as in OO. I had to
have him give me paper copies in the end. The journal re-typed the
article in TeX, and we had more hassles with correcting proofs than usual. 

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