{include} is about the \include command which makes LaTeX process the content of a given file, add page breaks before and after and open a new auxiliary file for the given file.
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How to include a document into another document?
I have two documents A and B. Both of them are separate documents. But document A also has to include document B.
Now if I use \include{B} i get the following error:
! LaTeX Error: Can be used only in preamble.
See the LaTeX manual or LaTeX…
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Correct way to use include and includeonly when writing a large document like a thesis
I am writing a large document with several chapters and I would like to work on each chapter separately. In my main.tex I include the chapters either like
\include{chap1.tex}
\include{chap2.tex}
\include{chap3.tex}
or
\input{chap1.tex}
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Using relative paths for \include commands
I have a top-level latex file: /thesis.tex
And subfolders with chapters: /chap1/ch1.tex
In thesis.tex I use \include commands like so:
\include{chap1/ch1}
And in ch1.tex I have more includes for the sections of the…
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(How) can I include the file somedir/file.tex in the file somedir/subdir/anotherfile.tex
I know that it is possible to include somedir/subdir/anotherfile.tex in somedir/file.tex by using \include{subdir/file}. Is it possible to do it the other way around?
A Linux workaround that I'm aware of is a symbolic link of somedir/file.tex to…
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Include tex-files and compile separately
For a large project, I'd like to write each chapter on it's own. After that, I'd wish (of course) to incorporate all the chapters in a base document (the large project). I've heard ob \include and \input, but they don't seem to do what I'm searching…
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Why are my \include files ignored?
I am trying to use the \include command to import chapters into Latex. For some reason, Latex is completely ignoring files in the \include command. If I replace \include with \input they are included fine, why might this be? FOr information I am…
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Is there an \exclude option?
When I'm debugging a big multifile project, it's often useful to make extensive use of \includeonly to narrow down where the problem is. but today I found myself using: \includeonly{chap1,chap2,chap4,chap5}. Surely \exclude{chap3} would be a simpler…
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Skipping sections when compiling (without \include)
I'm writing a semi-long report with ten-ish sections - in other words, just short enough so that it's practical to keep it all in one file without getting lost.
However, for compiling it'd be extremely useful to be able to skip some sections and…
Mary
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A variant of \includeonly
Is there a way to have pdfLaTeX emit separate PDF files for each \included file, and somehow massage the \include/\includeonly mechanism so that when using the \includeonly command those files are inserted in the resulting PDF file, but only the…
Mariano Suárez-Álvarez
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Standalone compilation of sources intended for \input{} or \include{}
My LaTeX workflow involves frequent recompiles (good ol' C-c C-c in AucTeX). Right now I'm working on a large document that's composed of chapters, each in an individual file. I would like to use the \input{} or \include{} mechanism to compile the…
Leo Alekseyev
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Blank page inserted when using \include
Possible Duplicate:
Page break with \include
I am using the Report document class and to manage the document i have divided it into seperate .tex files that are compiled within a main document. The main document contains the prefatory material…
Bill Welling
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About \include in LaTeX
When using \include{file}, if the including file is a complete LaTeX document, with documentclass{}, \begin{document}, etc., it generates an error. It doesn't generate the error if I remove everything except the content (those between…
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Are there some predefined directories for .tex file inclusion?
My question is simple, are there some predefined directories (in the texmf file system) where I can save my .tex files for further inclusions ?
If yes :
which ones are they ?
Can I defined mine manually editing a configuration file ?
If not…
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Inserting two file with different preambles
Is it possible to insert a LaTeX file into another file without the same preamble?
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Is there any way to read arbitrary part of external tex file?
I am not expert in tex programming, sorry if I am asking a simple question. I need to include an external tex file in a master one but after excluding its preamble and the commands of \begin{document} and \end{document}. In other words, I need to…
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