On Wed, 06 Jan 2010 13:04:20 +1100 Stephen George <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Hi, > > I'm a new comer to Lyx, and reading some of the tute and skim reading > topics of interest the rest. > > I'm still left with a question. (hope I didn't miss it) > > If creating a book with a couple hundred pages, do I put it all in > one big lyx file, or do I split it across multiple files (say one > file per chapter), and somehow pull each chapter into book with some > sort of include command? > > I know other programs would suggest the multiple document way so you > don't have to scroll around a single massive file looking for the > area you want to work on, however the navigator in Lyx would seem to > mitigate that effect. > > I just want to understand the Lyx way of structuring a large book. > > I'm guessing if Lyx does support files for each chapter, then the > navigator would not 'span' the multiple files allowing jumping from > chapter to chapter? > > Also the book will have a large number of images, do you usually put > them all in one directory or put them in some sort of hierarchical > directory structure. > > Any suggestions would be appreciated. > > Thanks > Steve Hello Steve, As others have already said, it is really a matter of personal preference. I have a 600+ legal texbook with lots of indexing and cross references which I treat as a single file. On the other hand, I have done smaller books with multiple files. In my view, there isn't a lot to choose between the two. I have always kept the images in a single file, but only one of my books contains much in the way of images so I'm not much of an expert. Whichever way you do it, you will love to write with LyX! Cheers, Alan > -- Alan L Tyree http://www2.austlii.edu.au/~alan Tel: 04 2748 6206
