On 05/05/15 12:47, Nikos Alexandris wrote: > * Will Furnass <wrfurna...@sheffield.ac.uk> [2015-05-05 11:51:56 +0100]: > >> How do others locate compilation errors in large multi-file documents? >> <snip> > > Something like "binary search": split in two halfs, try to find out > which half does not compile. Then, again, repeat the same: split in > half, identify the erroneous part. Sooner or later you'll nail the > source of the error.
A good idea, but could LyX be improved to make locating errors less manual though? For example, if a mapping was generated at compile time from LyX lines to TeX lines then buttons could be added to the compilation pane to move the cursor between the lines referenced in error messages. Will
