On 2010-06-03, Rob Oakes wrote: >> I was also hoping to control other files. Can I have LyX keep other >> output and aux files, so that latex and bibtex can run fewer times and >> produce the output faster (example, references and bibs).
> Building the entire draft can take on the order of 15 - 20 minutes. If > there was a way not to have to start over every time I run xelatex, > that would be marvelous. > To the best of my knowledge, I don't believe that such a setting exists > However, this might be a very worthwhile request and I'm not sure that > it would take a lot of effort to implement it. Perhaps it might be > included in the upcoming LyX 2? > You might consider filing a feature > request on the LyX bugtracker. If you have any experience with C++, > I'm sure that any contributions you might make would be welcomed with > open arms. There is already a feature request for proper support of "includeonly". Maybe you can add to it. Includeonly support will 1. require caching of aux files 2. add vast time saving for large documents made of several files. > (If anyone is aware of a setting that I've missed, this is something > that I would *love* to be wrong about.) Older LyX versions had an option to disable the tmp directory and keep the auxiliary files in the pwd by inserting an empty path to lyx-tmp. I don't know about the current status. Günter Günter
