2015-04-12 6:46 GMT+02:00 Scott Kostyshak: > > >"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. >
We should make it clear that "child" is not a fixed property of a document, but a role. Thus, a document can function as a child (when another document, to which it is included, is compiled) or a document of its own (when it is compiled by itself). It can even function as a master to other children (if you embed the \include in branches that are deactivated from the document's master). Jürgen
