<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">As far as that goes, I prefer my own, <i class="">simple minded</i>, approach: <div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">In the whole book folder, there is only<div class="">— a folder that contains the graphics in the format of the graphics app.</div><div class="">— a folder that contains the pdfs thereof to be included in the text.</div><div class="">— a folder “StyleSheets” that contains the <b class="">Preamble</b>, the <b class="">GraphicPaths</b>, and such files as definitions of tcolorboxes.</div><div class="">—a folder that contains:</div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>—a folder called Text-contents that contains the files called 1.tex, 2.tex … containing the <i class=""><b class="">text</b></i> of each chapter, </div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> Each of these <i class=""><b class="">text</b></i> files consists of:</div></div><blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;" class=""><div class=""><blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;" class=""><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>%!TEX root = ../\jobname.tex </div></blockquote></div><div class=""><blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;" class=""><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>%!TEX TS-program = pdflatexmk </div></blockquote></div><div class=""><blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;" class=""><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>\chapter{The Name Of The Chapter}</div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>\ChapterToc</div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Followed by the <i class=""><b class="">text</b></i> of the chapter.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></div></blockquote></div></blockquote><div class=""><blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;" class=""><div class="">—for each of the above text files, a <b style="font-style: italic;" class="">copy</b>, also called 1.tex, 2.tex …, of the single following file:</div></blockquote><blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;" class=""><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>% !TEX TS-program = pdflatexmk
\documentclass[11pt]{book} </div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>\usepackage{../StyleSheets/<b class="">Preamble</b>}
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>\usepackage{../StyleSheets/<b class="">GraphicsPaths}</b> </div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>\begin{document}</div><blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;" class=""><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>\addtocounter{chapter}{\jobname-1} (To get the Chapter Number the same as in the whole book.)</div></blockquote><blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;" class=""><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>\addtocounter{page}{<i class="">number</i>} (To keep the pages numbers the same as in the whole book.)</div></blockquote><blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;" class=""><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>\input{Text-contents/\jobname}</div></blockquote><blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;" class=""><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>\printindex</div></blockquote><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>\end{document}</div></blockquote><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>—a <b class="">single file for the whole book</b> which consists of:</div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>% !TEX TS-program = pdflatexmk </div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>\documentclass[11pt]{book} </div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>\usepackage{../StyleSheets/Preamble}</div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>\usepackage{../StyleSheets/GraphicsPaths}</div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>\begin{document}</div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> \toc</div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> \input{Text-contents/1}</div><div class=""><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> \input{Text-contents/2}</div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>...</div></div><div class=""><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>\printindex</div></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>\end{document}</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">So, the only files I actually open to work are the <b class=""><i class="">text file(s)</i></b>. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Clicking on either one of the two tex files for a chapter will open both together with the pdf of that chapter so I "<i class="">can edit and typeset the subfiles by themselves</i>” which indeed “<i class="">can be much faster and is better for your own mental focus.</i>” and “<i class="">Of course [I] can also typeset the entire document</i>” by typesetting that <b class="">single file for the whole book</b>.</div><div class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Jul 16, 2023, at 11:28, Paul Dulaney <<a href="mailto:pmdulaney@gmail.com" class="">pmdulaney@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">If the idea is to have a main file which includes other files (one for each chapter), I recommend the subfiles package. A really nice feature of the subfiles package is that you can edit and typeset the subfiles by themselves, which can be much faster and is better for your own mental focus. Of course you can also typeset the entire document.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Here is a sample MAIN file:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px" class=""><div class=""><font face="monospace" class="">% /Users/drofnats/Documents/LaTeXDocs/MyMasterpiece.tex</font></div></blockquote><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px" class=""><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px" class=""><div class=""><font face="monospace" class=""><br class=""></font></div></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px" class=""><div class=""><font face="monospace" class="">% This is the main document for </font></div></blockquote><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px" class=""><div class=""><font face="monospace" class="">% My Masterpiece, a tome of many chapters</font></div></blockquote><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px" class=""><div class=""><font face="monospace" class="">%</font></div></blockquote><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px" class=""><div class=""><font face="monospace" class="">% I am using the subfiles pkg which allows each subfile (e.g., Preface, Chapter 1, etc.)</font></div></blockquote><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px" class=""><div class=""><font face="monospace" class="">% to be compiled and viewed separately</font></div></blockquote><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px" class=""><div class=""><font face="monospace" class=""><br class=""></font></div></blockquote><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px" class=""><div class=""><font face="monospace" class="">\documentclass[12pt]</font></div></blockquote><div class=""><font face="monospace" class=""><br class=""></font></div><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px" class=""><div class=""><font face="monospace" class="">% begin preamble * * * * * * * * * * * * *</font></div></blockquote><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px" class=""><div class=""><font face="monospace" class=""><br class=""></font></div></blockquote><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px" class=""><div class=""><font face="monospace" class="">% packages (in general) go here, but I've put font-related commands together further down</font></div></blockquote><div class=""><font face="monospace" class=""><br class=""></font></div><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px" class=""><div class=""><font face="monospace" class="">\usepackage{marginnote}</font></div></blockquote><div class=""><br class=""></div><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px" class=""><div class=""><font face="monospace" class="">\newcommand{\vskipp}{\par\vspace{10pt}\noindent}</font></div></blockquote><div class=""><font face="monospace" class=""><br class=""><br class=""></font></div><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px" class=""><div class=""><font face="monospace" class="">% ** start ********************** FONT-RELATED COMMANDS *****************************</font></div></blockquote><div class=""><font face="monospace" class=""><br class=""></font></div><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px" class=""><div class=""><font face="monospace" class="">\usepackage{fontspec}</font></div></blockquote><div class=""><font face="monospace" class=""><br class=""></font></div><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px" class=""><div class=""><font face="monospace" class="">\setmainfont{charis-sil} % For now, my default font</font></div></blockquote><div class=""><font face="monospace" class=""><br class=""></font></div><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px" class=""><div class=""><font face="monospace" class="">% ** end ********************** FONT-RELATED COMMANDS *****************************</font></div></blockquote><div class=""><font face="monospace" class=""><br class=""></font></div><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px" class=""><div class=""><font face="monospace" class="">% <font color="#ff0000" class="">The subfiles package MUST be the last package in the preamble</font></font></div></blockquote><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px" class=""><div class=""><font face="monospace" class="">\usepackage{subfiles}</font></div></blockquote><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px" class=""><div class=""><font face="monospace" class="">% end preamble * * * * * * * * * * * * * *</font></div></blockquote><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px" class=""><div class=""><font face="monospace" class="">\begin{document} </font></div></blockquote><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px" class=""><div class=""><font face="monospace" class="">\title{My MasterPiece: In which many mental knots are untied}</font></div></blockquote><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px" class=""><div class=""><font face="monospace" class="">\author{D. E. K. Drofnats} </font></div></blockquote><div class=""><br class=""></div><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px" class=""><div class=""><font face="monospace" class="">\maketitle </font></div></blockquote><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px" class=""><div class=""><font face="monospace" class="">% </font></div></blockquote><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px" class=""><div class=""><font face="monospace" class="">% OUTLINE</font></div></blockquote><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px" class=""><div class=""><font face="monospace" class="">%</font></div></blockquote><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px" class=""><div class=""><font face="monospace" class="">% My Masterpiece</font></div></blockquote><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px" class=""><div class=""><font face="monospace" class="">%</font></div></blockquote><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px" class=""><div class=""><font face="monospace" class="">% Preface</font></div></blockquote><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px" class=""><div class=""><font face="monospace" class="">% 1. Mathematical revelations</font></div></blockquote><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px" class=""><div class=""><font face="monospace" class="">% 2. Philosophical revelations</font></div></blockquote><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px" class=""><div class=""><font face="monospace" class="">% 3. Spiritual revelations</font></div></blockquote><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px" class=""><div class=""><font face="monospace" class="">% </font></div></blockquote><div class=""><font face="monospace" class=""><br class=""></font></div><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px" class=""><div class=""><font face="monospace" class="">\subfile{Masterpiece_Preface}</font></div></blockquote><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px" class=""><div class=""><font face="monospace" class="">\subfile{Masterpiece_Chap01}</font></div></blockquote><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px" class=""><div class=""><font face="monospace" class="">\subfile{Masterpiece_Chap02}</font></div></blockquote><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px" class=""><div class=""><font face="monospace" class="">\subfile{Masterpiece_Chap03}</font></div></blockquote><div class=""><br class=""></div><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px" class=""><div class=""><font face="monospace" class="">\end{document} </font></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div></blockquote>And here is a sample file to be included:<div class=""><br class=""></div><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px" class=""><div class=""><font face="monospace" class="">% /Users/drofnats/Documents/LaTeXDocs/Masterpiece_Chap01.tex</font></div></blockquote><div class=""><font face="monospace" class=""><br class=""></font></div><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px" class=""><div class=""><font face="monospace" class="">\documentclass[MyMasterpiece]{subfiles}</font></div></blockquote><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px" class=""><div class=""><font face="monospace" class="">\begin{document}</font></div></blockquote><div class=""><font face="monospace" class=""><br class=""></font></div><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px" class=""><div class=""><font face="monospace" class="">\chapter{}</font></div></blockquote><div class=""><font face="monospace" class=""><br class=""></font></div><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px" class=""><div class=""><font face="monospace" class="">\noindent </font></div></blockquote><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px" class=""><div class=""><font face="monospace" class="">The story of my mathematical excellence begins in my sixth year. Much like my</font></div></blockquote><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px" class=""><div class=""><font face="monospace" class="">hero, Norbert Wiener, it is my father I have to thank for my introduction to</font></div></blockquote><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px" class=""><div class=""><font face="monospace" class="">mathematics.</font></div></blockquote><div class=""><font face="monospace" class=""><br class=""></font></div><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px" class=""><div class=""><font face="monospace" class="">\end{document}</font></div></blockquote><div class=""><br class=""></div></div><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Jul 15, 2023 at 5:10 PM Herbert Schulz via MacOSX-TeX <<a href="mailto:macosx-tex@email.esm.psu.edu" class="">macosx-tex@email.esm.psu.edu</a>> wrote:<br class=""></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><br class="">
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> On Jul 15, 2023, at 5:14 PM, Nitecki, Zbigniew H. <<a href="mailto:Zbigniew.Nitecki@tufts.edu" target="_blank" class="">Zbigniew.Nitecki@tufts.edu</a>> wrote:<br class="">
> <br class="">
> I’m simultaneously working on two projects. One is a book-length project while the other is a single, short article. <br class="">
> For each one, I have a root file and then separate files for individual chapters (resp sections).<br class="">
> <br class="">
> I’ve been using method described in section 2.4 of the TexShop Tips and Tricks file for a long time on the book project, but am puzzled by a different behavior by the (very recent) article project. <br class="">
> <br class="">
> Setup:<br class="">
> The root file for the book project, Couer.tex, is in a Dropbox folder Books->Couer. The chapter files are also all in this folder. The first line of each reads<br class="">
> % !TEX root = Coeur.tex<br class="">
> and the root file calls them via an \input{filename} command.<br class="">
> <br class="">
> The root file for the article, SpaceFillCurve.tex, is in a different Dropbox folder, MyPapers->SpaceFill, and the section files (so far, just one) are in that folder. The first line of each reads<br class="">
> % !TEX root = SpaceFillCurve.tex<br class="">
> and the root file calls them via an \include{filename} command (I wanted to see how the include option works).<br class="">
> <br class="">
> <br class="">
> The style files I am using are in a texmf folder in my Library.<br class="">
> <br class="">
> Behavior:<br class="">
> In both cases, a command-T on the root file or the output file results in typesetting.<br class="">
> In the (older) book project, if I am displaying an individual chapter source file and I click either command-T or the “typeset” button the whole thing typesets.<br class="">
> In the new article project when I do this nothing happens, unless I am in the root file.<br class="">
> <br class="">
> I should mention, if it is relevant, that I have root/source/output/console files for both projects open simultaneously.<br class="">
> <br class="">
> Any suggestions where to look for a fix? It is relevant if I want, for example, to do bibtex or makeindex.<br class="">
> <br class="">
> <br class="">
> <br class="">
> <br class="">
> <br class="">
> Zbigniew Nitecki<br class="">
> Professor Emeritus<br class="">
> Department of Mathematics<br class="">
> Tufts University<br class="">
> Medford, MA 02155<br class="">
> <br class="">
> telephones:<br class="">
> Dept. (617)627-3234<br class="">
> Dept. fax (617)627-3966<br class="">
> <a href="http://www.tufts.edu/~znitecki/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" class="">http://www.tufts.edu/~znitecki/</a><br class="">
<br class="">
Howdy,<br class="">
<br class="">
What happens if you copy the DropBox folder to the your conputer? Does everything work as expected? What happens if you create a symbolic link to the DropBox folders on your computer? I guess I don't trust DropBox since I've heard of strange things happening.<br class="">
<br class="">
Good Luck,<br class="">
<br class="">
Herb Schulz<br class="">
<a href="mailto:herbs2@mac.com" target="_blank" class="">herbs2@mac.com</a><br class="">
<br class="">
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