Uwe Stöhr wrote:
> >> It's correct that Lyx doesn't allow spaces and other special
> >> characters in the file dialog, because the \includegraphics command
> >> used in the background doesn't allow them in image filenames. It
> >> seems to be a restriction of the LaTeX-package "graphicx".
> >
> > Not so. I've just got this to work with MikTeX:
> >
> > If the file name contains spaces then the name must be enclosed in
> > quotes. If the file name contains LaTeX special chars, then these must
> > be escaped with \string.
>
> I also use MikTeX and can't get it to work. I tried to insert the files
> "ima ge.png" and "ima%ge.png". But no matter if I use
>
> \includegraphics{"F:/Download/ima ge.png"}
> or
> \includegraphics{F:/Download/ima\string%ge.png}
> or
> \includegraphics{F:/Download/ima\string% ge.png}
>
> it doesn't work.
> If one uses quotes, one mustn't declare the file extension, so only
>
> \includegraphics{"F:/Download/ima ge"}
>
> will work. We have to consider this behaviour.
We strip the extension already. See the "prepareFile" function in
src/insets/insetgraphics.C.
> If you find a solution for "ima%ge.png", please let me know.
Try "ima\string%ge.png", analogous to the known-to-work
"ima\string~ge.png". Let me know if it works, please.
> thanks and regards
> Uwe
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