On 19.01.2017 18:30, Scott Kostyshak wrote:
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
Yes, that is a way. However, LyX remembers this path for the next
project I am working on and I have to change the path again for this
lyx-file. But that is alright.
Thanks Scott
Wolfgang
