Steve M. Robbins wrote:
> Hello,
>
> On Sun, Feb 18, 2001 at 12:52:57PM -0800, Bolin Hsu wrote:
>
>
>>I have a question about citation. I am writing a dissertation with
>>several chapters. Every chapter is stored in it's own file and included
>>in a main file. Bibliography is in the main file. So I have
>> main.lyx
>> chapter1.lyx
>> chapter2.lyx
>> ...
>>
>
> I am doing a similar thing, except that I have put the "chapter1.lyx"
> files in separate subdirectories ("main.lyx" is in the top-level dir).
> It seemed a good idea at the time: it allows me to manage all the
> files that go into the figures in a reasonable way.
>
> In the main lyx file, I can use "Input introduction/chapter.lyx", and
> it all just works. What doesn't work is the figures which, of course,
> are in the subdirs. I'm mostly using eps files for the figures and
> using "insert->figure". While editing "introduction/chapter.lyx",
> this works fine and I can see the preview &etc.
I'm just guessing, but I bet if you insert the figure as
"introduction/figure.eps" instead of "figure.eps" it'll work fine from
the main lyx source and not while editing "introduction/chapter.lyx".
> It doesn't work when I try to generate the PS file from the main lyx
> source. Latex complains that it can't find the figure file. I have
> resorted to setting TEXINPUTS, which seems sub-optimal since it is a
> global setting. Also, after starting the third chapter, changing
> TEXINPUTS is getting tedious ...
>
> I'm sure there is some preamble magic to make this work, but I
> couldn't figure it out. Any pointer or tip would be appreciated!
>
> Thanks,
> -S
>
>
