Hello: When exporting a lyx file (eg. to pdf) lyx tries to save the exported file in the same directory where the lyx file is located. If the user doesn't have write permission to that directory exporting fails. For example I tried to make pdf from the lyx manual I opened from the help menu, but saving the pdf failed since I don't have write permission to the lyx directory path. One solution is to copy the lyx file to my own directory but depending on complexity of the document it might be necessary to copy other files as well. In case of lyx documents this includes dummy lyx files, clipart images, and images, that is files from at least 3 different directories. It is very tedious and requires several unsuccessful export tries until all necessary files are copied to the proper place. Other solution would be if the user could select a directory where the exported file is saved. Is there such an option in lyx? If not, I suggest that it should be implemented.
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