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Is it possible to check if a file is listed inside \includeonly{...} ?

For example I would like to do something like this

\includeonly{file1,file2}
\if\isincluded file1       % \isincluded is a placeholder for the real test macro 
   \usepackage{apackage}
 \fi

 \begin{document}
 \include{file1}
 \include{file2}
 \end{document}

to avoid loading apackage when file1 is not included (because the package is expensive to load, like TikZ)

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Ok, I forgot that. Thanks – mljrg Feb 13 at 20:02

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The following macro \isincluded uses the same test that \include uses (code copied from there). If the file in the first argument will be included, then the second argument is called, otherwise the third. Also the macro catches the case, when \includeonly is not used and all files are included. 

\documentclass{article}
\includeonly{file,file2}                     

\makeatletter
\newcommand*{\isincluded}[1]{%
  \@tempswatrue
  \if@partsw   
    \@tempswafalse
    \edef\reserved@b{#1}%
    \@for\reserved@a:=\@partlist\do
      {\ifx\reserved@a\reserved@b\@tempswatrue\fi}%
  \fi
  \if@tempswa
    \expandafter\@firstoftwo
  \else
    \expandafter\@secondoftwo
  \fi
}
\makeatother

\isincluded{file1}{%
  \usepackage{apackage}%
}{}

\begin{document}
\include{file1} 
\include{file2} 
\end{document}

If \includeonly is used the switch \if@partsw is true. Then the files of \includeonly are available in \@partlist.

Extension: \isincluded with list of files

Use case: Resources (packages) must be loaded if some files are included. That means if either of the files in \isincluded will be included, then the test of \isincluded evaluates to true (comma is "or" operator): 

\documentclass{article}
\includeonly{file1,file3}

\makeatletter
\newcommand*{\isincluded}[1]{%
  \@tempswatrue
  \if@partsw
    \@tempswafalse
    \edef\isincluded@list{\zap@space#1 \@empty}% removes spaces in file list
    \@for\reserved@b:=\isincluded@list\do{%
      \@for\reserved@a:=\@partlist\do{%
        \ifx\reserved@a\reserved@b\@tempswatrue\fi
      }%
    }%  
  \fi   
  \if@tempswa
    \expandafter\@firstoftwo
  \else
    \expandafter\@secondoftwo
  \fi
}
\makeatother

\isincluded{file2,file3}{%
  \usepackage{apackage}%
}{}

\begin{document}
\include{file1} 
\include{file2} 
\include{file3}
\end{document}
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GREAT! I have just added to my .cls file! Thanks – mljrg Feb 13 at 20:14
Is it possible to make \isincluded receive a list of files, e.g., \isincluded{file1,file3}? – mljrg Feb 14 at 10:42
@Heiko: The question says "is it possible to check if a file is listed inside \includeonly{...}". I am rather confused by the use of \@tempswatrue in your solution. If \includeonly isn't called, \@partsw is false but your \@tempswa will be true. – Ahmed Musa Feb 14 at 13:58
@AhmedMusa If \includeonly is not used, then this means all files are included in LaTeX. – Heiko Oberdiek Feb 14 at 19:52
@HeikoOberdiek I am not even close to being a TeX/LaTeX guru, so is it easy to change your definition of \isincluded to work with a list of files, such that \isincluded{file1,file3}{xxx}{yyy} will include xxx if either file1 or file3 are included, and yyy otherwise? Thanks – mljrg Feb 15 at 10:29
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The \includeonly files are saved i an edef called \@partlist.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{filecontents}
\begin{filecontents}{test1.tex}
  file 1
\end{filecontents}
\begin{filecontents}{test2.tex}
  file 2
\end{filecontents}
\includeonly{test2, test1}
\begin{document}
\makeatletter
 \@partlist
\makeatother
\meaning\@partlist
\end{document}

Not too sure if this is of any help, but you can read the source2e routines.

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I do not want to have all my content defined in only one file and then repeated in other files, as it seems from what I understand that filecontents does. – mljrg Feb 13 at 20:01
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@mljrg the filecontents is just for making a MWE. In this case it creates the dummy files test1.tex and test2.tex – Daniel E. Shub Feb 13 at 20:05
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You could write your own wrapper around \includeonly that tests for the filename

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{etoolbox}

\newcommand{\myincludeonly}[1]{%
  \def\do##1{\ifstrequal{##1}{file1}{\usepackage{tikz}}{}}
  \docsvlist{#1}
  \includeonly{#1}
}
\myincludeonly{file1,file2}

\begin{document}
\include{file1}
\include{file2}
\end{document}
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up vote 2 down vote

Here is the issue I raised with Heiko's solution. In the following, ifpdf is input even though \includeonly is commented out.

\documentclass{article}
%\includeonly{file,file2} % commented

\makeatletter
\newcommand*{\isincluded}[1]{%
  \@tempswatrue
  \if@partsw
    \@tempswafalse
    \edef\isincluded@list{\zap@space#1 \@empty}%
    \@for\reserved@b:=\isincluded@list\do{%
      \@for\reserved@a:=\@partlist\do{%
        \ifx\reserved@a\reserved@b\@tempswatrue\fi
      }%
    }%
  \fi
  \if@tempswa
    \expandafter\@firstoftwo
  \else
    \expandafter\@secondoftwo
  \fi
}
\makeatother

\isincluded{file1}{%
  \usepackage{ifpdf}%
}{}

\begin{document}
\include{file1}
\include{file2}
\end{document}

My approach is

\documentclass{article}
% Comment out or retain the following:
\includeonly{file,file2}                     

\makeatletter
\newif\if@tempswb
\newcommand*{\ifincluded}[1]{%
  \begingroup
  \@tempswbfalse
  \if@partsw
    \edef\@tempa{\zap@space#1 \@empty}%
    \@for\reserved@b:=\@tempa\do{%
      \@for\reserved@a:=\@partlist\do{%
        \ifx\reserved@a\reserved@b\@tempswbtrue\fi
      }%
    }%  
  \fi   
  \expandafter\endgroup
  \if@tempswb
    \expandafter\@firstoftwo
  \else
    \expandafter\@secondoftwo
  \fi
}
\makeatother

\ifincluded{file1}{%
  \usepackage{ifpdf}%
}{}

\begin{document}
\include{file1} 
\include{file2} 
\end{document}
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The inclusion of ifpdf in this case is indeed a feature. Without \includeonly LaTeX includes all files file and file2, thus the test \ifincluded{file1} must evaluate to true. – Heiko Oberdiek Feb 15 at 11:03
@HeikoOberdiek: That is true, many thanks. But the letter of the question - "is it possible to check if a file is listed inside \includeonly{...}" - needed the clarification you have given latterly here. – Ahmed Musa Feb 15 at 17:37

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