[Tex/LaTex] How to do multiple calls to \includeonly

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Doing multiple call to include only as:

\includeonly{myfirstinclude}
\includeonly{mysecondinclude}

It is only including the last file called mysecondinclude by the last \includeonly call. It is useful to do multiple calls to \includeonly when you have all your \includeonly call listed and commented out.

\documentclass{article}

% How does 'filecontents' keep LaTeX parsing while temporarily stop writing output
% https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/104159/how-does-filecontents-keep-latex
\usepackage{filecontents}

\begin{filecontents*}{myfirstinclude.tex}
myfirstinclude
\end{filecontents*}

\begin{filecontents*}{mysecondinclude.tex}
mysecondinclude
\end{filecontents*}

\begin{filecontents*}{mythirdinclude.tex}
mythirdinclude
\end{filecontents*}

% \includeonly{myfirstinclude}
% \includeonly{mysecondinclude}
% \includeonly{mythirdinclude}

\begin{document}

\include{myfirstinclude}
\include{mysecondinclude}
\include{mythirdinclude}

\end{document}

So when you want to include only one or some files, you just uncomment the desired line(s).

\includeonly{myfirstinclude}
\includeonly{mysecondinclude}
% \includeonly{mythirdinclude}

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Best Answer

For your specific use case you could use just one includeonly by putting each chapter on its own line:

\includeonly{%
myfirstinclude,
mysecondinclude,
mythirdinclude,
}

This way it is easy to comment out any of them, say, the second one:

\includeonly{%
myfirstinclude,
%mysecondinclude,
mythirdinclude,
}

Related Solutions

[Tex/LaTex] subimport and includeonly

Here's the outline of a structure I've grown over the years.

Each chapter has a well named directory containing contents.tex and any other needed files for that chapter.

In my preamble, macros.tex:

% placeholders for commands often renewed
\newcommand{\here}{here}
\newcommand{\mychaptername}{whatever}

In the main driver, book.tex:

\include{macros}

%%-%%
%\includeonly{
%Preface/contents,
%FermiProblems/contents,
% ...
%}
%
\begin{document}

\renewcommand{\here}{Preface}
\renewcommand{\mychaptername}{Preface}
\include{\here/contents}

\renewcommand{\here}{FermiProblems}
\renewcommand{\mychaptername}{Calculating on the Back of an Envelope}
\include{\here/contents}

 % and so on ...

Then, in a typical contents.tex

% FermiProblems/contents.tex
%
\chapter{\mychaptername}
\label{\here}
% ...
\includegraphics[width=40mm]{\here/fermi_stamp.jpg}
% ...
\begin{mytikz}
\input{\here/carbonfootprint}
\end{mytikz}
% ...

Remembering to use \here for files referenced from contents.tex takes care of finding those files in the current directory.

Since there are only a dozen or so chapters and they change infrequently, cutting and pasting the three line block of code for each chapter is easier than writing a macro to do the job.

I've found this structure to be pretty robust. There's a lot more in my preamble, and adding even some complex functionality (writing selected material to other files for later compilation) can be managed from one place.

For a large project you're just beginning, I recommend wrapping some standard LaTeX constructs (e.g. the mytikz environment above) with your own macros, so that you can change their behavior later with less wizardry and hence fewer questions on this site.

Edit: To compile just one chapter, use the following driver in the chapter directory.

\documentclass[pdftex,12pt]{book}

\input{../macros}

\begin{document}
\renewcommand{\here}{.}
\renewcommand{\mychaptername}{Test}
\include{\here/contents}
\end{document}

[Tex/LaTex] Some problems with “input” command

It is best to ask one question per post but

(1) No, \input is a basic latex command unrelated to standalone or any other package.

(2) No, you can put them anywhere on the input path or use \input{path/to/folderwith/file1} or whatever you need

(3) Yes

(4) By far the best way is not to put spaces in filenames but if you really must then \input{"my tree document"} will work.