El mar, 08-04-2008 a las 10:12 +0200, G. Milde escribió:
> On 7.04.08, Miguel Daniel Rodríguez Magarzo wrote:
>
> > So I don't know what to do, if I should abandon the idea of building a
> > master document,since I don't see clearly which advantages it really
> > provides. Anyone could point me any?
>
> You will get the advantage of a common document
>
> * continuous page numbers
> * continuous chapter and section numbers
> * table of contents for the whole document
> * common bibliography section
> * cross-references between different chapters "just work"
> * ...
>
> as well as the advantages of smaller documents
>
> * faster compiling (i.e. faster preview of just one chapter)
> * faster navigation in a document
> * improved security: a corrupt sub-document does not affect the whole.
> * ...
>
> There are disadvantages as well but this was not the question.
>
You are very very illustrative, thanks.
> > Besides, the master document has not built-in the sets of child
> > documents, has it?
>
> The master document source contains just a link to the child documents.
> - this way is it remains a very small file.
> The same is used for graphics.
>
I've got already the idea :-) But yes, that was the sense of my
question ;-)
> For my thesis, I have a directory structure like
>
> Diss/
> main.lyx % master
> preamble.tex % used with \input{preamble.tex}
> math-macros.lyx % included in master and childs (as branch)
> Einleitung/ % chapter 1
> einleitung.lyx % child document
> plot.eps % vector graphic, included as is
> photo1.jpg % pixel graphic, wrapped in eps by LyX
> Grundgleichungen/ % chapter 2
> feldkopplung.svg % vector graphic, converted to eps by LyX
> impulsfolge.gnuplot % gnuplot source of a plot
> impulsfolge.eps % gnuplot eps output, included as is
> ... % more supporting files
> ... % more chapter subdirectories
> zusammenfassung.lyx % a chapter without supporting files
> Anhang/ % appendix
> ... % LyX source and supporting files
>
> which will combined be not take more disk space than a corresponding
> openoffice or other office-suite file with included graphics.
>
> I can easily pack it in a zip or tar.bz2 archive if I want to move
> or store it as a single file.
>
> > Consequently, the whole set of child docs should be
> > there forever, if I've understood it rightly.
>
> No, only as long as the master document is there ;-)
>
> GM
:-))
Thanks again, you talked very clearly.
Cheers,
Daniel
