From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Marcin Borkowski Subject: Re: Large LaTeX project in single file or using publishing Date: Sat, 29 Nov 2014 12:55:46 +0100 Message-ID: <87egsmi5kt.fsf@wmi.amu.edu.pl> References: <87r3wpk5yw.fsf@wmi.amu.edu.pl> <87oarqd5vc.fsf@yale.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:36621) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XugdT-0003kN-7d for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 29 Nov 2014 06:56:28 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XugdN-0008WP-Gr for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 29 Nov 2014 06:56:23 -0500 Received: from msg.wmi.amu.edu.pl ([2001:808:114:2::50]:34191) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XugdN-0008WL-AA for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 29 Nov 2014 06:56:17 -0500 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by msg.wmi.amu.edu.pl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 887CF42063 for ; Sat, 29 Nov 2014 12:56:16 +0100 (CET) Received: from msg.wmi.amu.edu.pl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (msg.wmi.amu.edu.pl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id JSKGUjGSzDCK for ; Sat, 29 Nov 2014 12:56:16 +0100 (CET) Received: from localhost (117-116.echostar.pl [213.156.117.116]) by msg.wmi.amu.edu.pl (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 52E3242062 for ; Sat, 29 Nov 2014 12:56:16 +0100 (CET) In-reply-to: <87oarqd5vc.fsf@yale.edu> List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org On 2014-11-29, at 04:48, Jorge A. Alfaro-Murillo wrote: > If you decide to go with LaTeX, the reason to split your > dissertation in several chapters is so that the compilation can > run faster, since when you change a chapter and compile only that > chapter is compiled again. This is a substantial gain in > compilation time with big documents (books, dissertations). If you > decide to go with several org files and the publishing mechanism > or a single org file, I think that every time that you export the > whole document needs to be compiled. I mostly agree, but the above is not true: see TeX-pin-region and TeX-command-region. Bottom line: IMHO no point in dividing into many files. > Best, Regards, -- Marcin Borkowski http://octd.wmi.amu.edu.pl/en/Marcin_Borkowski Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science Adam Mickiewicz University