On 03/17/2011 02:27 PM, Greg Kise wrote:
Hi,
1. What exactly is inherited by Child docs?
For instance, my Master doc is using class "Report (KOMA Script)" and
has the text layout set to BigSkip and line spacing to Double. But,
when I open the child document in the main window (usually via the
TOC) the text layout of the Child is all set to default (indent
paragraph, single space). I know that the layout class of the child
must match the Master but what are the other settings, other than
Preamble, which are inherited?
It doesn't actually have to match, though LyX will complain if it doesn't.
That said: NO other document settings are inherited by the child, so far
as I know. There have been many, many discussions about this. For a
sense of the issues, note that it is possible to have two masters open
that both include the same child.
(Note: that my Master document compiles properly with BigSkip and
Double spacing---the problem is that the Child opens in the main
window without any obvious inheriting of settings.)
This is because LyX treats the child as a separate document that just
happens to be included in some other document, largely for the reasons
mentioned above.
2. What properties, other than layout class, need to be set in the
Child document since they are not inherited?
All of them. Not that they HAVE to be set, but e.g. if you want to use a
module in the master and its children, it needs to be included in the
children.
rh
