On 9/26/18 2:51 AM, Daniel wrote: > On 25/09/2018 18:16, Richard Kimberly Heck wrote: >> On 9/25/18 10:21 AM, Daniel wrote: >>> Hi >>> >>> When a document with a child document with different textclass is >>> typeset LyX warns about this. I am wondering why that is since as far >>> as I understood the child document does not incorporate any class >>> information into the master document. So, is this warning because I >>> could have used commands incompatible with the master document, like >>> chapter when the master is an article? >> >> Yes. >> >>> But then LyX would warn me anyway, or? >> >> What do you mean? When might it warn you otherwise? > > For example, if I compile an article master with a child book that has > a chapter, then LyX will throw an "undefined control sequence" error.
True. The 'different textclasses' error is meant to be a pre-warning in a way about that. The LaTeX warning might be harder for some users to trace. > Also, I find LyX's extra warning about the textclass a bit misleading. > There seems to be nothing special about having another textclass > compared to, say, using other modules. LyX does not create an extra > warning in the latter case but the problem might be basically the same. It does, actually. See InsetInclude.cpp, around line 760. Riki > > Daniel >
