> At 11:49 +0100 2001/08/31, Robin Fairbairns wrote: > >> No: If I have a main file, then \include and \includeonly controls what > >> should be in the main document. By my system, I may have a main document > >> which is not altered while I write on additions: > > > >sigh. all this stuff is covered in immensely many faqs -- did you > >ever try looking? > > Really. So let us know how the planned LaTeX3 version will look like. can't. the team and other contributors are in the process of building components that may be usable in constructing a future version of latex. > >i do something similar to what you seem to want using includex (in > >macros/latex/contrib/supported/frankenstein/unsupported on ctan), but > >you really might try reading > > > > http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=conditional+multidoc > > > >2 answers, either of which offers tools that could be coerced to > >provide the sort of thing you want. > > The FAQ you quote says: > includex enables you to '\includedoc' complete articles (in the way that > you '\include' chapter files in an ordinary report). It doesn't do the > whole job for you, though. You need to analyse the package use of the > individual papers, and ensure that a consistent set is loaded in the > preamble of the main report. > > So evidently, it does not do the trick. not for what the faq is talking about. i thought it might provoke some lateral thought on your part, but plainly i was fantasising. you seemed to want something you could use now, so i thought i'ld offer something to help (since i'd been there myself). sorry to disappoint... > Have you decided to keep the preamble style for LaTeX3, or is it not > possible to remove it? i haven't _decided_ anything about latex3. many people have made many proposals that look pretty good to me. but i have to admit i've yet to encounter a markup language which does away with any declaration of details of markup to be used ... it's sort of difficult.