General ⇒ Collecting all chapters into one file

[zryw]

Another beginner problem:

My document consist of few individual chapters. Right now i have every chapter in single file, because I need quick access to fix minor bugs. After that I'd like to compile and check that chapter only, so in every file I have in first line
\include{preambule}, which is just standard preambule with nothing .

Now i need to gather all chapters in one document and yet tried by making stapling file:

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\include{preambule}

\begin{document}
\include{first}
\include{second}
...
\end{document}

but coudn't make it work, because of double \include{preambule} definition (one in chapter and one in collective file). Is there any way to solve that issue?

[localghost]

Drop the preambles in the files that contain the chapters and try an other approach of splitting your document.

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\documentclass[11pt,a4paper]{report}
\input{preamble}

% comment temporarily the files that are not to be processed
\includeonly{%
  first,
%  second
}

\begin{document}
  \include{first}
  \include{second}
\end{document}

The example above would only include the first chapter. I recommend to do some basic reading [1]. This will help you with the LaTeX basics.

[1] View topic: LaTeX Resources for Beginners


Thorsten