How to correctly type "-i.e." in LaTeX?

[Haorong Wu]

Last year, I submitted a manuscript to PRD. I noticed that all ",i.e.," are modified into "-i.e.," by the editor.

Therefore, in my recent manuscript, I typed "---i.e.," in LaTeX. However, all the "-i.e.," are modified again into "-i.e.," by the editor. I could not distinguish the difference between them.

So, how should I correctly type "-i.e.," in LaTeX? Thanks.

 

[mcastillo356]

Do you mean "Id est"? What software are you using?
Anyhow, at PF it is not needed LaTeX to type ie; but in case you needed, it should be four #, and ie in the middle; ie, $ie$..
Hope it helps.

 

[DaveE]

\text{,i.e.,} is one way, which looks like this:
$\text{,i.e.,}$

or did you want $\text{-i.e.,}$? Your post was a bit confusing about that.

 

[Haorong Wu]

\text{,i.e.,} is one way, which looks like this:
$\text{,i.e.,}$

or did you want $\text{-i.e.,}$? Your post was a bit confusing about that.

Very sorry for the confusion.

In my manuscript last year, I typed ",i.e." in LaTeX. However, in the proofs, I notice that they are all replaced by "-i.e.," by the editor, as in the following figure.

Therefore, in my recent manuscript, I typed "---i.e.," in LaTeX. However, in the proofs, they are again corrected by the editor, as in the following figure. I could not tell what was done by the editor.

Maybe I should type "--i.e.,"?

 

[DaveE]

Maybe I should type "--i.e.,"?

Maybe you should type "\text{,i.e.}" ?

 

[berkeman]

Maybe I should type "--i.e.,"?

I would suggest just communicating with that editor to ask how they want it done. That seems like a more productive path compared to asking us.

 

[robphy]

Make a macro, e.g.,
\newcommand{\ie}{\textit{i.e.}}

It will be easier to make a global change throughout the document.
Of course, you can modify it as you wish... or as the editor wishes.