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4

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Project structure

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Goal

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Create a bigger LaTeX project and …

* prevent LaTeX documents from growing monstrously <span class="emoji">👹</span>
* keep the overview over the project structure

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![](svg/chapter-04/langes-dokument.jpg){style="padding: .2em; height: 100vh"}


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Main file <span class="emoji">👑</span>

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*	contains basic structure and front matter
*	includes separate sections with \
    `\input{path/to/file}`

``` {.lang-tex .hljs data-sourcefile=main.tex}
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{babel}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\title{A Title}
\begin{document}
    \maketitle
    \tableofcontents
    \input{section1.tex}
    \input{section2.tex}
\end{document}
```

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![](svg/chapter-04/main-orig.svg)


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File with a section

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* contains **no preamble**
* contains **no** `\begin{document}` or `\end{document}`

``` {.hljs .lang-tex data-sourcefile=part1.tex}
\section{This is section 1}
A paragraph about the content 
of section 1.

% …
```

``` {.hljs .lang-tex data-sourcefile=part2.tex}
\section{This is section 2}
A paragraph about the content 
of section 2.

% …
```

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![](svg/chapter-04/main-parts-crop.svg){.thin-padding}


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@category
Excursion

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Specifying file paths <span class="emoji">👣</span>

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* important for `\input{}`, but later also for other media types
* file and folder structure = tree structure <span class="emoji">🌳</span>
*	with `\input{}`, you can specify the path relative to the main file

<p data-category="Caution!" class="fragment">In **LaTeX,** you have to use UNIX-style paths. They are separated by a forward slash: `path/to/file`. We will use those from here on.</p>

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![](svg/chapter-04/tree-english-crop.svg)


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Excursion

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Specifying file paths <span class="emoji">👣</span>

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<p data-category="Example">`main.tex` → `part1.tex`</p>

<div class="fragment">
`./part1.tex`

A **single dot ‘`.`’** represents the current folder (in this case: `latex`). It is optional, you could also write `part1.tex` here.
</div>

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![](svg/chapter-04/relative-path-english-crop.svg)


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Excursion

@title
Specifying file paths <span class="emoji">👣</span>

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<p data-category="Example">`main.tex` → `part1.tex` (in a subfolder)</p>

<pre class="fragment">./sections/part1.tex</pre>

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![](svg/chapter-04/relative-path-subdir-english-crop.svg)


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@category
Excursion

@title
Specifying file paths <span class="emoji">👣</span>

@content
<p data-category="Example">`main.tex` → `part1.tex` (from one subfolder into a different subfolder)</p>

<div class="fragment">
<pre>../sections/part1.tex</pre>

**Two dots ‘`..`’** represent the parent folder of the current folder (in this case: `latex`, parent of `main`).
</div>

<div class="fragment">
<p data-category="Caution!">Spaces in file paths have to be escaped using a backslash: `path/to/a\␣file`.</p>
</div>

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![](svg/chapter-04/relative-path-superdir-english-crop.svg)


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Compiling the project

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* **Only the main file** has to be compiled to get the complete PDF document.
* Error messages include a reference to the corresponding subfile.
* Subfiles cannot be compiled on their own as they don’t have a preamble.


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Outsourcing the preamble

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What do you think happens when we outsource the preamble into its own subfile?

Will the document compile?

++ **Yes, it will!** \
A simple way of keeping the main file even more organised.

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![](svg/chapter-04/main-parts-preamble-crop.svg){.thin-padding}

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4

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A structured project

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You will find a file named `main.tex` in the folder `exercises/project-structure`.

* Extract the sections into their own files (`section1.tex`, `section2.tex`, and `section3.tex`) and insert them using the `\input` command.
* Have a look at the project archive, starting from `main.tex`. 


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Demo

@title
Compiling larger projects

@content
* From now on, we will compile the file `main.tex` in the project root.
* To do so, right click on the file in TeXstudio and choose “Select as explicit root document” from the dropdown.
* Next, compile as usual.