@slide(layout=chapter-slide) @title Project structure @slide(layout=content-and-preview) @title Goal @content Create a bigger LaTeX project and … * prevent LaTeX documents from growing monstrously πŸ‘Ή * keep the overview over the project structure @preview ![](svg/chapter-04/langes-dokument.png){style="padding: .2em; height: 100vh"} @slide(layout=content-and-preview) @title Main file πŸ‘‘ @content * contains basic structure and front matter * includes separate sections with \ `\input{path/to/file}` or \ `\include{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} ``` @preview ![](svg/chapter-04/main-orig.svg) @slide(layout=content-and-preview) @title File with a section @content * 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. % … ``` @preview ![](svg/chapter-04/main-parts-crop.svg){.thin-padding} @slide(layout=two-columns) @title `input` or `include`? @column-one ``` {.hljs .lang-tex} \input{path/to/file} ``` * file extension `.tex` **may** be added * **nesting** possible: nested files can again be embedded using `\input{}` * file is added to the resulting document **without a page break** @column-two ``` {.hljs .lang-tex} \include{path/to/file} ``` * file extension `.tex` **must not** be added * **no nesting** possible * each subfile starts a **new page** in the resulting document * advantage for larger projects: `\includeonly{file1,file2,...}` can be used in the preable to compile only certain subfiles (the entire project has to be compiled at least once before) @slide(layout=content-and-preview-with-category) @category Excursion @title Specifying file paths πŸ‘£ @content * important for `\input{}` and `\include{}`, later also for pictures * file and folder structure = tree structure 🌳 @preview ![](svg/chapter-04/tree-crop.svg) @slide(layout=content-and-preview-with-category) @category Excursion @title Specifying file paths πŸ‘£ @content ### Absolute paths * path from the root directory to a file * the direcories are separated by special characters: * in UNIX: `/` * in Windows: `\`

absolute path for `main.tex`

* UNIX: `/home/knut/docs/latex/main.tex` * Windows: `C:\knut\docs\latex\main.tex`

In **LaTeX,** you have to use UNIX-style paths. Therefore, we will use those from here on.

@preview ![](svg/chapter-04/absolute-path-crop.svg) @slide(layout=content-and-preview-with-category) @category Excursion @title Specifying file paths πŸ‘£ @content ### Relative paths * path from somewhere in the tree to a certain file * shorter + less typing! ☺ * with `\input{}` and `\include{}`, you can specify the path relative to the main file

Relative path \ from `main.tex` to `part1.tex`

`./part1.tex` A **single dot β€˜`.`’** in a relative path represents the current folder (in this case: `latex`). It is optional, you could also write `part1.tex` here.
@preview ![](svg/chapter-04/relative-path-crop.svg) @slide(layout=content-and-preview-with-category) @category Excursion @title Specifying paths πŸ‘£ @content ### Relative paths

Relative path from `main.tex` to `part1.tex` in subfolder

`./sections/part1.tex` @preview ![](svg/chapter-04/relative-path-subdir-crop.svg) @slide(layout=content-and-preview-with-category) @category Excursion @title Specifying paths πŸ‘£ @content ### Relative paths

Relative path from `main.tex` in its own subfolder to `part1.tex` in another subfolder

`../sections/part1.tex` **Two dots β€˜`..`’** represent the parent folder of the current folder (in this case: `latex`, parent of `main`). @preview ![](svg/chapter-04/relative-path-superdir-crop.svg) @slide(layout=content-only) @title Compiling the project @content * **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. @slide(layout=content-and-preview) @title Outsourcing the preamble @content 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. @preview ![](svg/chapter-04/main-parts-preamble-crop.svg){.thin-padding} @slide(layout=task) @task-number 4 @title A structured project @content 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 `\include` command. * ++ Which command is rendered superfluous by `\include`?