> On 12/6/25 12:32 PM, Christopher Menzel wrote: >>>> I’m quite sure the word count is performed on the loaded document in >>>> memory, and the whole point of having child documents is to avoid having >>>> to load all the parts of a large document into LyX at once. >>> Child documents are loaded into memory. So this is do-able. I've also >>> thought it would be useful. >> Ah, well there you go! (I haven’t actually used the master-child capability >> so obviously was under a misimpression about how it worked.) > > The advantage is that you can more easily navigate through the document. Each > chapter of a book, say, can be a separate document. That's one way I've used > them. But it can also be useful to keep a collection of math macros in a > single document, and then include that (as a child) when you need your > favorite macros. I've got a few documents like that, for different purposes.
I am clearly underutilizing LyX’s capabilities! I’m actually working on a book project and have been meaning to look more seriously into setting up a master document. Will do so now… -chris -- lyx-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.lyx.org/mailman/listinfo/lyx-users
