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Setting relative Tex-Master file in Latex

I use Aquamacs and TeX Live 2009 to edit my LaTeX files. As my publications tend to get quite big, I want to structure the source folder containing all my LaTeX files. Like e.g.

  • [bib]
  • [images]
  • [chapters]
    • chapter1.tex
    • chapter2.tex
  • main.tex

One can define the %%% TeX-master: "main" local variable at the end of each "sub" file to define a master file that contains all headers etc. That works fine if the subfiles are in the same directory as the main file. If I try to define the main file here (e.g. main.tex in chapter1.tex), LaTeX cannot find the specified file.

What can I do in this case?

Solution

  • In Aquamacs' menu bar go to Latex / Multifile/Parsing / Reset Buffer or Shortcut ^C ^N. When specifying %%% TeX-master: "../main" in one of the chapters in the subfolders, the main tex file is correctly compiled!