Timothy Murphy <[log in to unmask]> writes: > On Sunday 21 March 2004 18:26, David Kastrup wrote: > > > That would mean that I could start an included file chapter2.tex > > with > > > > \includeonly[mainfile]{chapter2} > > > > and compilation of chapter2.tex would then instead compile mainfile > > with \includeonly{chapter2} active. > > > > Something like that. This would make working with \includeonly a lot > > more convenient. > > Doesn't askinclude.sty do something like this? > Then you can just say "latex mainfile" > and specify chapter 2 once - > it remembers your choice on subsequent occasions, > unless you change it. That's rather inconvenient to use in a typical TeX shell, whereas running a file through the shell (or on the command line) is comparatively easy. Of course, as proposed this has to be in the core: an included file can't request loading a package in case it is actually only included instead of being run as the main file. > But I'm sure you know all that - you probably wrote asking.sty . Pffft. I wrote almost nothing. I am just good at bragging. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum