latex-paper-conversionlisted

# LaTeX Paper Conversion ## Overview This skill automates the tedious and recurring process of converting an academic paper written in LaTeX from one publisher's template to another. Different journals (e.g., Springer, MDPI, IEEE) have vastly different structural requirements, document classes, margin settings, and bibliography styles. This skill streamlines these conversions by executing a structured multi-stage workflow, extracting content, mapping it to a new template, and resolving common compilation errors. ## When to Use This Skill - Use when the user requests to port an existing LaTeX paper to a new journal's format. - Use when the user provides an existing `.tex` file and a new template directory. - Use when the user mentions converting from format A (e.g., IPOL/Neural Processing) to format B (e.g., MDPI). ## How It Works ### Step 1: Pre-requisites & Assessment Identify the **Source LaTeX file** and asking the user for the **Target Template Directory**. Understand the core layout mapping (single-column vs. double-column, bibliography style). ### Step 2: Extraction & Injection Script Generation Create a Python script (e.g., `convert_format.py`) to parse the source LaTeX file. Use Regular Expressions to extract core text blocks. Merge the new template's `preamble`, the extracted `body`, and the `backmatter`. Write this to a new file in an output directory. ### Step 3: Systematic Fixing Perform generic fixes on the extracted body text before writing the final fil