Paths forgotten?

John White john at whitelawchartered.com
Tue May 5 18:44:35 UTC 2020


On Tuesday, May 5, 2020 9:27:22 AM PDT Kornel Benko wrote:
> Am Tue, 5 May 2020 12:23:50 -0400
> 
> schrieb "Paul A. Rubin" <parubin73 at gmail.com>:
> > On 5/5/20 12:11 PM, Kornel Benko wrote:
> > > Am Tue, 5 May 2020 11:42:34 -0400
> > > 
> > > schrieb UD Kap <ehud.kaplan at gmail.com>:
> > >> Kornel-- I always start the lyx file from the directory where the file
> > >> is (I simply click on the lyx file in the file manager).
> > > 
> > > Interesting. Mine file-manager does _not_ start lyx so that the working
> > > directory would change with the .lyx-file position.
> > > 
> > > 	Kornel
> > 
> > I'm using LyX 2.3.4.2 on Mint (similar setup to Ehud, although I'm using
> > Mint 18.3 rather than 19.3 and MATE rather than XFCE), and I confirm
> > that when I start LyX by double-clicking a .lyx file, the LyX working
> > directory is the directory where the file lives. I can't reproduce the
> > problem with graphics paths, though. When I insert a graphic from
> > outside the working directory, LyX records the absolute path in the .lyx
> > file.
> > 
> > Paul
> 
> OK, so my previous question about stored image-paths, is still pending.
> 
> >> Could you check, if the correct (absolute) path is stored in the
> >> lyx-file?
> 
> 	Kornel

I think this (forgetting paths) is a very common problem.  Perhaps someone could 
show us exactly how our paths should be set up. Or, alternatively, a good 
explanation of all this would be helpful

John


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