Received: from webgate.proteosys.de (mail.proteosys-ag.com [62.225.9.49]) by lucy.proteosys (8.11.0/8.9.3/SuSE Linux 8.9.3-0.1) with ESMTP id f7VAoW902600 for ; Fri, 31 Aug 2001 12:50:32 +0200 Received: by webgate.proteosys.de (8.11.4/8.11.0) with ESMTP id f7VAoVT21189 . for ; Fri, 31 Aug 2001 12:50:32 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----_=_NextPart_001_01C1320A.C177CC00" Received: from mail.Uni-Mainz.DE (mailserver1.zdv.Uni-Mainz.DE [134.93.8.30]) by mailgate1.zdv.Uni-Mainz.DE (8.11.0/8.10.2) with ESMTP id f7VAoUG13815 for ; Fri, 31 Aug 2001 12:50:30 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from mailgate2.zdv.Uni-Mainz.DE (mailgate2.zdv.Uni-Mainz.DE [134.93.8.57]) by mail.Uni-Mainz.DE (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id MAA05071 for ; Fri, 31 Aug 2001 12:50:30 +0200 (MEST) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5 Received: from relay.uni-heidelberg.de (relay.uni-heidelberg.de [129.206.100.212]) by mailgate2.zdv.Uni-Mainz.DE (8.11.0/8.10.2) with ESMTP id f7VAoUJ02724 for ; Fri, 31 Aug 2001 12:50:30 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from listserv.uni-heidelberg.de (listserv.uni-heidelberg.de [129.206.100.27]) by relay.uni-heidelberg.de (8.10.2+Sun/8.10.2) with ESMTP id f7VAnPb09680; Fri, 31 Aug 2001 12:49:25 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from listserv (listserv.uni-heidelberg.de [129.206.100.27]) by listserv.uni-heidelberg.de (8.11.3/8.11.3/SuSE Linux 8.11.1-0.5) with ESMTP id f7VAmdo08468; Fri, 31 Aug 2001 12:48:39 +0200 Received: from LISTSERV.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE by LISTSERV.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 1.8d) with spool id 0672 for LATEX-L@LISTSERV.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE; Fri, 31 Aug 2001 12:48:38 +0200 Received: from relay.uni-heidelberg.de (relay.uni-heidelberg.de [129.206.100.212]) by listserv.uni-heidelberg.de (8.11.3/8.11.3/SuSE Linux 8.11.1-0.5) with ESMTP id f7VAmco08458 for ; Fri, 31 Aug 2001 12:48:38 +0200 Received: from wisbech.cl.cam.ac.uk (mta1.cl.cam.ac.uk [128.232.0.15]) by relay.uni-heidelberg.de (8.10.2+Sun/8.10.2) with ESMTP id f7VAnOb09662 for ; Fri, 31 Aug 2001 12:49:24 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk ([128.232.8.88] helo=cl.cam.ac.uk ident=rf) by wisbech.cl.cam.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 3.092 #1) id 15clrY-0000el-00 for LATEX-L@listserv.uni-heidelberg.de; Fri, 31 Aug 2001 11:49:24 +0100 In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 31 Aug 2001 11:48:35 +0200." Return-Path: Content-class: urn:content-classes:message Subject: Re: Compiling from several files Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2001 11:49:24 +0100 Message-ID: X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: From: "Robin Fairbairns" Sender: "Mailing list for the LaTeX3 project" To: Reply-To: "Mailing list for the LaTeX3 project" Status: R X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 4152 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C1320A.C177CC00 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > At 23:02 +0200 2001/08/30, Reinhard Kotucha wrote: > > > I make use of a feature that in a project that consists of > > > several files allows me to compile each LaTeX file = individually, > > > thus saving some compilation time while writing the > > > manuscript. I think such a system might be useful for inclusion > > > in LaTeX3. > > > >Doesn't \includeonly do what you want? The only problem I see is = that > >\include starts each included file on a new page, which is annoying = if > >this behaviour is not desired. > > No: If I have a main file, then \include and \includeonly controls = what > should be in the main document. By my system, I may have a main = document > which is not altered while I write on additions: sigh. all this stuff is covered in immensely many faqs -- did you ever try looking? i do something similar to what you seem to want using includex (in macros/latex/contrib/supported/frankenstein/unsupported on ctan), but you really might try reading http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=3Dconditional+multidoc 2 answers, either of which offers tools that could be coerced to provide the sort of thing you want. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C1320A.C177CC00 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Re: Compiling from several files

> At 23:02 +0200 2001/08/30, Reinhard Kotucha = wrote:
> >    > I make use of a = feature that in a project that consists of
> >    > several files allows = me to compile each LaTeX file individually,
> >    > thus saving some = compilation time while writing the
> >    > manuscript. I think = such a system might be useful for inclusion
> >    > in LaTeX3.
> >
> >Doesn't \includeonly do what you want?  = The only problem I see is that
> >\include starts each included file on a new = page, which is annoying if
> >this behaviour is not desired.
>
> No: If I have a main file, then \include and = \includeonly controls what
> should be in the main document. By my system, I = may have a main document
> which is not altered while I write on = additions:

sigh.  all this stuff is covered in immensely = many faqs -- did you
ever try looking?

i do something similar to what you seem to want using = includex (in
macros/latex/contrib/supported/frankenstein/unsupported on = ctan), but
you really might try reading

  http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=3Dconditional+multid= oc

2 answers, either of which offers tools that could be = coerced to
provide the sort of thing you want.

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