Re: inheriting parent settings

2011-04-12 Thread Jack Tanner
Jürgen Spitzmüller lyx.org> writes: > I think it shouldn't by default. However, I can understand that there are > many > cases where this is desired or expected, so it should perhaps be possible, as > an option. Thank you, Jürgen, thank you, Richard, and big thanks to everyone else, too. I me

Re: inheriting parent settings

2011-04-11 Thread Hellmut Weber
Am 11.04.2011 09:28, schrieb Jack Tanner: > I've a master document with a few child documents. I find myself having to > change the settings of each child for every module, citation style, etc. This > is > very error prone. Is there any way to make the child documents, which have the > master docu

Re: inheriting parent settings

2011-04-11 Thread Jürgen Spitzmüller
Jack Tanner wrote: > Should the master file's preamble override the child's even when the child > is being rendered individually? I would argue that it should if and only > if the child explicitly lists a parent (i.e., not just that the child is > included in some parent). I think it shouldn't by

Re: inheriting parent settings

2011-04-11 Thread Richard Heck
On 04/11/2011 11:37 AM, Jack Tanner wrote: Richard Heck comcast.net> writes: On 04/11/2011 09:00 AM, stefano franchi wrote: as far as I know the master file's preamble overrides the child's preamble Yes, this is correct, and we are aware of how error-prone, etc, this is. I hope to resolve

Re: inheriting parent settings

2011-04-11 Thread Jack Tanner
Richard Heck comcast.net> writes: > On 04/11/2011 09:00 AM, stefano franchi wrote: > > > > as far as I know the master file's preamble overrides the child's > > preamble > > > Yes, this is correct, and we are aware of how error-prone, etc, this is. > I hope to resolve the issue during the 2.1 cy

Re: inheriting parent settings

2011-04-11 Thread Richard Heck
On 04/11/2011 09:00 AM, stefano franchi wrote: Jack, as far as I know the master file's preamble overrides the child's preamble Yes, this is correct, and we are aware of how error-prone, etc, this is. I hope to resolve the issue during the 2.1 cycle. rh , and therefore all the settings i

Re: inheriting parent settings

2011-04-11 Thread stefano franchi
Jack, as far as I know the master file's preamble overrides the child's preamble, and therefore all the settings in the preamble are inherited from the parent. So, these for sure: > \usepackage{apacite} > \AtBeginDocument{\renewcommand{\ref}[1]{\mbox{\autoref{#1 and possibly these as well,