[TriLUG] LaTeX gurus: is it possible to ignore lines on 'include'

[Douglas Kojetin]

Well, it's by no means perfect at this point.  I'm using a system 
similar to yours.  Just make sure you use \input instead of \include in 
included files (apparently an included file cannot \include another 
file, but can \input another file).

% test.tex

\include{header}

\include{chapter1}
%\include{chapter2}
%\include{everything}

\end{document}


I still have to fiddle .. but it's better than what I was doing in the 
beginning!

Doug

On Mar 24, 2004, at 8:07 PM, Andrew Perrin wrote:

> On Wed, 24 Mar 2004, Douglas Kojetin wrote:
>
>> Ah.  Thanks!  I guess I'm cheating in that I don't have a 'makefile' 
>> (I
>> simply hit 'typeset' in TeXShop).  However, based on your advice, I
>> figured out how to modify my main file to include either a single
>> chapter or the entire document.  Woo hoo!
>
> If you're willing to share, I'd appreciate seeing the solution to 
> this. I
> don't know make, so don't use makefiles, so my usual solution is to 
> create
> a preamble.tex file, then the main document is:
>
> \input{preamble}
> \include{...}
> \end{document}
>
> but that still requires some fiddling to LaTeX just particular 
> chapters; I
> end up either having lines in those chapters that are commented out 
> when
> running the whole book, or alternatively using shell files (i.e., files
> with only one \include{} in them), or sometimes using \includeonly. 
> None
> of these is optimal!
>
> ap
>
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