Latex doc with parent-child files

spinner michaelcrain at hotmail.com
Tue Aug 9 02:14:39 UTC 2011


I'm a newby and looking at Bazaar to manage my dissertation
writing. I'm writing my diss in multiple LaTex files and bringing them
together into a parent (wrap) file with \include{chap1.tex},
\include{chap2.tex}, etc.

I'm having a problem in identifying the proper parent-child folder
structure to write the necessary .aux files (Tex) so the folders� work
with Bazaar. I can't figure out a directory structure that blends
Tex's requirements to write aux files for the child files and
Bazaar. I'm hoping someone else has already figured out how to make
these two requirements work together.

First, here's my understanding of Bazaar's general folder
requirements. I believe it essentially works with this folder
structure for simple projects: ~/diss/wrap/trunk/wrapfile.tex. It adds
a folder named 'trunk' and my working tex file is in this trunk
folder. Bazaar's 'project' name is the name of the preceding folder
'wrap' and the working tex file is not in this folder. To keep a tidy
version system, I want to keep my chapters as separate versioning
'projects' in different folders. Thus: /chap1/trunk/chap1.tex,
/chap2/trunk/chap2.tex, etc. I don't want to put all these chapter tex
files in one huge Bazaar project folder because the folder gets
untidy.

Second, to compile a document in LaTeX with parent-child files when
these files are in separate directories, I understand Tex requires
that the child tex files be in subfolders below the parent to get the
\include command in the parent (wrap) file to work properly, which
depends on Tex writing aux files for each child in their respective
child folders. Thus, we have this folder structure according to Tex's
requirements: /wrap/wrapfile.tex /wrap/chap1/chap1.tex
/wrap/chap2/chap2.tex

Here's my problem. How do I reconcile Tex's and Bazaar's requirements?

Bazaar needs this folder structure to keep chapters as separate
versioning projects: /wrap/trunk/wrapfile.tex /chap1/trunk/chap1.tex

How do the child files and their folders fit into this version system?
Logically, I don't believe this will work well in Bazaar:
/wrap/trunk/wrapfile.tex /wrap/trunk/chap1/trunk/chap1.tex

If you are still reading this message, thank you. As I said, I hope
someone has already found a solution to get parent-child files working
with Bazaar and keeping chapters as separate projects. Many thanks.

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