That's exactly what I experienced. In my case, the working directory is mounted on one machine as /share/cuigl/pcshare/doc/dissertation, and on another machine it's mounted something else. So the absolute path doesn't work on the 2nd machine.
Guanglei On Monday 07 July 2003 13:11, Fernando Perez wrote: > Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: > > Fernando> The question wasn't to me, but here's a simple example where > > Fernando> absolute paths are a problem: suppose I work on the same lyx > > Fernando> doc at my work computer and on my laptop. At work, $HOME is > > Fernando> /usr/users/fperez, on my laptop it's /usr/local/home/fperez. > > Fernando> If the figure paths are absolute, the document won't work > > Fernando> correctly in one of the two computers. I can work around > > Fernando> that by making fake symlinks to simulate the paths, but it's > > Fernando> kind of a clunky solution. > > > > This is why LyX tries to use relative paths when it think it is > > reasonable (of course there is a bug in the qt port in 1.3.2, but this > > will be fixed in 1.3.3). > > Sure, I'll update when 1.3.3 is out. I just wanted to give an example > explicitly, as I think I saw someone asking for absolute paths, and I > wanted to show a case where they cause problems. But I could have just > misinterpreted something in the earlier discussion. > > Best, > > f -- Guanglei Cui Dept. of Chemistry SUNY at Stony Brook Stony Brook, NY 11790
