On Sat, Apr 11, 2015 at 07:41:18PM -0400, Richard Heck wrote: > On 04/11/2015 06:17 PM, Scott Kostyshak wrote: > >I have not made heavy use of child/master documents so I'm just getting > >started with the basics. > > > >If I compile only the child then is the LaTeX preamble still inherited > >from the master? > > > > From the Embedded Objects manual: > > > >"A child document inherits elements from its master, for example the > >LaTeX preamble, the bibliography, and labels for cross-references." > > > >Does that sentence only refer to when compiling from the master > >document? > > Yes. If you compile the child by itself, it uses its own preamble. Same for > other settings.
OK. Do you agree that the above sentence from Embedded Objects manual is confusing? I think that one could understand it to mean that the child always inherits settings from the master, even when it's compiled on its own. > > This is very confusing, for lots of fairly good reasons. I'll try to explain > later. If you have the time, I would be interested. Or if you can point me to other threads on the subject I could read those. Scott
