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Date:         Thu, 5 Jul 90 15:25:31 CET
Reply-To: LaTeX-L Mailing list <LATEX-L%DHDURZ1@unido.bitnet>
From: bbeeton <BNB@MATH.AMS.COM>
Subject:      Re: hierarchy in toc files (a different idea)
To: Rainer Schoepf <BK4@DHDURZ1.uucp>
Status: R
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i really like the concept of identifying the level of toc entries,
so that they can (somehow) be included selectively.  this could
make bookkeeping a lot easier than having zillions of little files.

on the other hand, it's always been a problem that a partial run will
destroy a previous full aux file (of whatever flavor).  (citations to
items in the bibliography aren't going to change, though explicit page
number references will).  in tugboat, we get around this by having
two different files: pp.tex for writing out page number references,
and pages.tex for reading them in.  this requires some manual updating,
of course (which is inevitable anyway, since tugboat is a mixture of
plain and latex and items submitted as camera copy), but it's proved
pretty reliable, and once something is in pages.tex, it never vanishes
all by itself just because a partial run took place.

i'd be delighted if the "new latex" both streamlined the file structure
and provided "permanence".
                                                -- bb