responseletter.sty

This LaTeX package adds a bunch of new commands to help the writing of a response letter to journal reviews.

Usage

To use the package:

1. Put the responseletter.sty file into the root folder of a latex project.
2. Add \usepackage{responseletter} in the preamble of the main file of the project.

Commands

• \reviewer{review prologue}{thanks}

Usually the review of a reviewer starts with a prologue that summarizes the work and its main strenghts and drawbacks. After this part it is usually good practice to thank the reviewer for her/his feedbacks.

This command creates a title 'Reviewer <num>' using the \Large font size and prints review prologue in italic and thanks in red color. If thanks is empty it prints 'We thank Reviewer ...' as placeholder.

• \comment{the comment}{answer}

For each comment provided by a reviewer is good norm to provide a proper answer. This command prints a title 'Comment <Reviewer num>.<Comment num>' in bold, it then prints the comment in italic and the answer in red color.

• \curreviewer

This command prints the current reviewer name as 'Reviewer <num>'

Example Usage

The example letter depicted in the picture at the beginning of this document is generated by the following code (file template.tex).

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{a4wide}
\usepackage{responseletter}

\begin{document}

\title{Response to the Comments of the Reviewers}
\author{Author 1, Author 2 and Author 3}

\maketitle

\noindent The comments of the reviewers have been very useful....

\reviewer{
% Review prologue
This paper presents a system for...
}{
% Thank the reviewer for her/his feedbacks
}

% Tackle each comment with an answer

\comment{
% Reviewer comment
The biggest concern I have is...
}{
% Your answer
}

\comment{Another concern that I have is... }{}

% other comments of Reviewer 1

\reviewer{The authors present an extension to... }{}

\comment{The biggest concern I have is...}{}

\comment{Another concern that I have is...}{}

% other comments and reviewers

\end{document}