Hi List,
I'm back to doing engraving work (after Urs has very
helpfully helped me get my project back in order), and I've
realized something again that I've wished Frescobaldi had as
part of its functionality.
In my other, tex-based text editor (LyX, which is excellent
for editing large documents btw), you also have the ability to
use something similar to included files as part of your master
document. In addition to the usual compile functions, there is
however also one for when you are editing the child documents,
which causes the *parent* document to compile. This is very
useful when your child document does not have any of its own
settings specified, and so can't compile on its own (in Tex,
settings are inherited from parent documents, so things like
font choices, specific packages to use, etc., are applied to
the master document and all its included children
consistently, much like how \includes work with Lily).
Would there be a way to add a similar functionality to
Frescobaldi? That is, if a document is open for editing, and
also the parent document that is actually the one on which you
run Lily to compile the "master" document, that a button or
key-combination could invoke Lily on the parent, and output
that to the preview window?
It's a minor feature, but it would save me having to tab
over to the parent document every time I want to update the
file I'm editing.
On a side note, I'm really happy to be able to work on
music again, and to see how much Lily and Frescobaldi have
improved since last fall.
Cheers,
A