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,

inheriting parent settings

2011-04-11 Thread 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 document explicitly specified, inherit settings from the