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Is it possible to cache/externalize each frame in beamer?

TeX - LaTeX Asked by Fluffy Cat on April 30, 2021

Is it somehow possible to cache or externalize each frame in beamer? Similar functionality exists for TikZ pictures (TikZ library "externalize"). The purpose is to speed up the process by compiling the changed frames only.

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My option for speeding up compilation is using includeonlyframes(*). So, I have in my preamble, just before the begin{document}:

includeonlyframes{title,working,also1,also2}% no spaces between labels!

and the frame I am working with has

begin{frame}[label=working]
...
end{frame}

Now, just this frame is compiled. When finished, I change the label to a definitive one (or none) and go on by putting the working label to the new frame.

I normally compile always the title frame (by using label=title) to have a minimum of one frame, and also other frames for reference (for that I use the also1, also2... labels).

You just need to comment/uncomment the includeonlyframes line to switch to compile the full presentation.

(*) thanks to @samcarter for the hint.

Answered by Rmano on April 30, 2021

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