X-VM-v5-Data: ([nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil] ["758" "Fri" "5" "December" "1997" "12:50:53" "MEZ" "Peter Schmitt" "A8131DAL@HELIOS.EDVZ.UNIVIE.AC.AT" nil "17" "Re: private macros and journal .cls" "^Date:" nil nil "12" nil nil nil nil nil] nil) Received: from listserv.gmd.de (listserv.gmd.de [192.88.97.1]) by mail.Uni-Mainz.DE (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA19721; Fri, 5 Dec 1997 13:07:25 +0100 (MET) Received: from lsv1.listserv.gmd.de by listserv.gmd.de (LSMTP for OpenVMS v1.1a) with SMTP id <10.2F3A5101@listserv.gmd.de>; Fri, 5 Dec 1997 13:07:21 +0100 Received: from RELAY.URZ.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE by RELAY.URZ.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 1.8b) with spool id 246720 for LATEX-L@RELAY.URZ.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE; Fri, 5 Dec 1997 13:07:08 +0100 Received: from AWIUNI11.EDVZ.UniVie.AC.AT (helios.edvz.univie.ac.at [131.130.1.2]) by relay.urz.uni-heidelberg.de (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id NAA05947 for ; Fri, 5 Dec 1997 13:07:06 +0100 (MET) Received: from VM.UNIVIE.AC.AT by AWIUNI11.EDVZ.UniVie.AC.AT (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with BSMTP id 2566; Fri, 05 Dec 97 13:07:14 MEZ Received: from VM.UNIVIE.AC.AT (NJE origin A8131DAL@AWIUNI11) by VM.UNIVIE.AC.AT (LMail V1.2a/1.8a) with BSMTP id 5345; Fri, 5 Dec 1997 13:07:14 +0100 Message-ID: <199712051207.NAA05947@relay.urz.uni-heidelberg.de> Reply-To: Mailing list for the LaTeX3 project In-Reply-To: Message of Thu, 4 Dec 1997 09:37:47 GMT from Date: Fri, 5 Dec 1997 12:50:53 MEZ From: Peter Schmitt Sender: Mailing list for the LaTeX3 project To: Multiple recipients of list LATEX-L Subject: Re: private macros and journal .cls Status: R X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 2530 On Thu, 4 Dec 1997 09:37:47 GMT Phillip Helbig said: >One leading scientific journal is exemplary in REQUIRING 2e instead of >2.09 but prohibits the use of private macros (even if defined in the >preamble with no name clashes, redefinitions etc of standard commands or >ones from the special journal .cls), [] >Is this something one must be prepared to accept in the long run? > Considering the excessively high prices (most) professional journals charge (even if they also demand page fees) -- though paying no royalties but demanding full copyrights -- while the author usually provides an almost completely typeset manuscript, publishers should _gladly_ accept anything the author is prepared to deliver instead of imposing specific requirements. Peter