>>This is a hard problem. How should lyx produce that output? >>It can run latex+dvips/pdflatex in spite of errors, but you'll >>end up with an empty document or a document that ends at >>the first error more often than you'll like. :-(
Not that often, from my experience. Seems to me that real showstoppers are - TeX buffer full, answer with \clearpage; - missing image, should not happen with LyX, - messing up with multiple package loading and different options The fisrt message may be misleading (see the number of times this question has been raised), but the two others are not mysterious. So a lot of harmless erors allow to output an (almost) satisfactory document even with errors. My point is that it's up to me to decide whetter I take it as it is or not, as I'm the one who knows if I accept a imperfect document rather than no document at all. >> >>I recommend producing pdf (or ps od dvi) now and then to >>see that things work. That may be time-consuming for >>a large document, such as a book. If so, consider >>exporting to latex and run "latex filename.tex" in >>the background. You can then keep writing in >>lyx or do other work while latex slowly makes test output. >>(On unix: use "nice latex filename.tex" so the latex job >>won't slow down your computer) Using a master document an subdocuments is a good practice to split up compilations, and it is really needed for team plublishing. -- Jean-Pierre
