General ⇒ Build two different versions of one document

[NikoKatich]

Hi there!

I have a document in LaTeX. It's a product userguide. Now I need to make another document for a branded version of the same product.
I.e. now guide name is "Big Apple: user guide" and new document will be "Big Orange: user guide". The Content of the document is the same, exept figures and product names. But it must be the same .tex file with some kind of triggers or macros or something else.

So I want to get an opportunity to configure document building.
For example: if I want to build "big apple guide" I use one variant of building (switch a key or smth.). If I want to build "big orange guide" I just set a special "orange" trigger, which changes product names and figures.

Any ideas how this can be done in LaTex?

[Johannes_B]

You could use package etoolbox and define a new boolean flag, or a toggle. Test the boolean and define macros.

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\ifbool{general}{%do general stuff
\renewcommand{\productname}{big orange}
}{%else, do special stuff
\renewcommand{\productname}{big apple}
}