Feature request: parent-child document clash resolution

[Manoj Rajagopalan]

Hi all,

  In my work I frequently encounter Latex complaints that are due to 
different settings for parent and child documents (which I may have made 
 when working on the child just to experiment). Fixing them can require 
a lot of going back and forth between the two documents to ensure both 
have identical Document settings esp. if the child document is a new one 
which is initialized to default settings.

  Would it be possible for future versions of LyX to override 
child-document settings with that of the parent when building the 
DVI/PDF etc.? The child document settings would be useful when that 
document is built-standalone but in the context of the parent they 
should be overridden.

  In the meantime, if a better overall solution to hierarchical 
document management exists, I'd love to be educated.

Thanks in advance,
Manoj