From aad894236177c9c2a91cfc12ad80b44d92c31c69 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Christoph Urlacher <christoph.urlacher@protonmail.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2026 00:43:14 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Only compile necessary frontmatter/backmatter additions
 (e.g., bib) for single subfiles

---
 preamble.tex | 73 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------------
 1 file changed, 39 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/preamble.tex b/preamble.tex
index 479daf3..673e89d 100644
--- a/preamble.tex
+++ b/preamble.tex
@@ -166,26 +166,28 @@
     pdfcreator={LuaLaTeX}
   }
 
-  % Starting pages
-  \pagestyle{empty}
-  \pagenumbering{gobble}
-  \input{titlepage}
-  \cleardoublepage%
+  % Only compile title/glossaries/toc with the main document
+  \ifSubfilesClassLoaded{}{%
+    \pagestyle{empty}
+    \pagenumbering{gobble}
+    \input{titlepage}
+    \cleardoublepage%
 
-  \frontmatter%
-  \pagestyle{plain}
-  \pagenumbering{Roman}
-  \tableofcontents%
-  \cleardoublepage%
+    \frontmatter%
+    \pagestyle{plain}
+    \pagenumbering{Roman}
+    \tableofcontents%
+    \cleardoublepage%
 
-  \todototoc\listoftodos%
-  \cleardoublepage%
+    \todototoc\listoftodos%
+    \cleardoublepage%
 
-  \setacronymstyle{long-short}
-  \printacronyms%
-  \cleardoublepage%
-  \printglossary%
-  \cleardoublepage%
+    \setacronymstyle{long-short}
+    \printacronyms%
+    \cleardoublepage%
+    \printglossary%
+    \cleardoublepage%
+  }
 
   \mainmatter%
   \pagestyle{headings}
@@ -205,28 +207,31 @@
   % \printbibliography%
   \cleardoublepage%
 
-  \phantomsection%
-  \addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{Lists}
+  % Only compile lists/declaration with the main document
+  \ifSubfilesClassLoaded{}{%
+    \phantomsection%
+    \addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{Lists}
 
-  \listoffigures%
-  \addcontentsline{toc}{section}{List of Figures}
-  \cleardoublepage%
+    \listoffigures%
+    \addcontentsline{toc}{section}{List of Figures}
+    \cleardoublepage%
 
-  \listofalgorithms%
-  \addcontentsline{toc}{section}{List of Algorithms}
-  \cleardoublepage%
+    \listofalgorithms%
+    \addcontentsline{toc}{section}{List of Algorithms}
+    \cleardoublepage%
 
-  \tcblistof[\chapter*]{listings}{List of Listings}
-  \addcontentsline{toc}{section}{List of Listings}
-  \cleardoublepage%
+    \tcblistof[\chapter*]{listings}{List of Listings}
+    \addcontentsline{toc}{section}{List of Listings}
+    \cleardoublepage%
 
-  \listoftables%
-  \addcontentsline{toc}{section}{List of Tables}
-  \cleardoublepage%
+    \listoftables%
+    \addcontentsline{toc}{section}{List of Tables}
+    \cleardoublepage%
 
-  \phantomsection%
-  \addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{Statutory Declaration}
-  \includepdf[pages=-]{declaration_signed.pdf}
+    \phantomsection%
+    \addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{Statutory Declaration}
+    \includepdf[pages=-]{declaration_signed.pdf}
+  }
 }
 
 % Colors