Cross-Platform Path Issues in LyX 2.4

[Pavel Sanda]

On Fri, Sep 06, 2024 at 11:55:03AM +0800, ????????? wrote:
> I hope this email finds you well. I'm writing to bring to your attention an issue I've encountered while using LyX across different operating systems.
> I'm currently using LyX on both MacOS and Windows, with OneDrive for file synchronization between the two systems. I've noticed that since upgrading to LyX 2.4, the software only supports relative paths within the current folder. For files located in parent directories, it now uses absolute paths instead. This is a change from LyX 2.3, which was able to use relative paths more extensively.
> This new approach in version 2.4 creates a problem in my cross-platform setup because MacOS and Windows use different formats for absolute paths. As a result, LyX fails to locate the correct files when I switch between operating systems.

I do not think that we intentionally removed any support for relative paths.

Could you please write exact recipy how to obtain your problem in 2.4, which was working in 2.3?

Pavel