Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!ncar!noao!amethyst!organpipe!organpipe.cs.arizona.edu!mat From: mat@zeus.opt-sci.arizona.edu (Mat Watson) Newsgroups: comp.text.tex Subject: Re: Theses: a cry for help! Message-ID: Date: 14 Nov 90 05:13:48 GMT References: Distribution: comp Organization: University of Arizona Optical Sciences Center Lines: 27 In-reply-to: wvenable@spam.ua.oz.au's message of 12 Nov 90 13:11:05 GMT In article wvenable@spam.ua.oz.au (Bill Venables) writes: It seems to me that major theses should be submitted for external examination in a rough draft form, and only when this process is complete should they be properly typeset in final form and bound. At this second stage there seems no reason not to adopt anything less than proper typesetting standards; in particular the thesis should then use *both* Here at the U of A it's what you see is what you get, once you've submitted your draft and it's approved, then thats it. The folks that check to make sure you have played by the rules are pretty strict even though the rules are pretty vague ( another poster mentioned something about how do they know what a 'double space' is ? ). The people that do the checking *do* know what they think meaning of double spacing is. Sure it would be great to submit your thesis in 'draft' form, have it critiqued, make the final revisions, and publish. But these guys just don't work that way. I think they should revise the requirements to allow for drafts, and let us make the final versions look nice. After all the work that went/goes into my thesis, I wan't something looks nice as well as has technical merit. Just my two cents worth, --Mat mat@zeus.opt-sci.arizona.edu