On Thu, Jan 19, 2017 at 05:06:28PM +0100, Wolfgang Engelmann wrote: > > > On 19.01.2017 16:48, Scott Kostyshak wrote: > > On Thu, Jan 19, 2017 at 03:13:45PM +0100, Wolfgang Engelmann wrote: > > > Lets say, I have in my home folder a folder A, which contains folder B > > > with > > > my lyx file LL.lyx and all the figures, .bib-file and .bst file. > > > > > > If I export it as LL.tar.gz the figures will be saved as /A/B/fig1, > > > /A/B/fig2 etc. If I would like to send it to my colleague, he has to > > > create > > > the same folders /A/B/ and unpack the .gz file there. It would be nicer to > > > send it to him in such a way that it does not matter where he unpacks it, > > > i.e. send the content as fig1, fig2 etc. > > > > > > I can do it by opening the lyx file with a text editor and replace all > > > "/A/B/fig's" by "fig's", but it would be nicer to do this inside lyx. I > > > could think of the following: I include the fig's and lyx is prevented > > > from > > > saving them as /A/B/fig's but to use fig's. Or lyx offers a way to get rid > > > of the folders in front of the fig's. > > > > > > The same issue turns up if I shift the content of my working folder to > > > another one. > > > > > > How would you proceed > > If your .lyx file is in /A/B/ and you include a figure in /A/B/ then > > when you insert a graphics file is the path that is shown in the text > > box relative or absolute? > > > > Scott > The path is absolute
I see. So this is the source of the problem. I don't know why we see something different. Just out of curiosity (of course this is not a fix), what happens if you first set the "Working directory" path in Tools > Paths to /A/B, restart LyX, and then include the figure. Now relative path or still absolute? Scott
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