Inserting graphics located in directory from which lyx is executed

[Paul A. Rubin]

On 7/25/22 13:01, David Halpern wrote:
>
>
> On Mon, Jul 25, 2022 at 11:15 AM Paul A. Rubin <parubin73 at gmail.com> 
> wrote:
>
>     On 7/25/22 11:55, David Halpern wrote:
>     > Paul,
>     > Thanks for the response. The problem seems to be that the working
>     > directory is permanently set as my home directory, /home/dhalpern.
>     > Reading the information that appears in preferences about paths, it
>     > clearly states that the working directory should be the
>     directory from
>     > which one starts lyx. However, I've tried starting lyx from
>     different
>     > directories, and the working directory does not change. It's always
>     > set as the home directory. Is this a bug?  The way around seems
>     to be
>     > to change the working directory while working on a particular
>     project,
>     > but this is not optimal.
>     >
>     > I am using Lyx 2.3.6.1, a fedora 36 binary package. I tried to
>     compile
>     > myself but it failed.
>     >
>     >
>
>     David,
>
>     Please bottom-post, since it makes the email threads easier for
>     everyone
>     to read. The default working directory is set in Tools >
>     Preferences...
>      > Paths > Working directory. Regardless of where you are when you
>     launch LyX (assuming you are launching from a terminal), that's the
>     initial working directory. So if I open a new document and browse
>     for a
>     file to insert, the directory in that setting is where the
>     browsing starts.
>
>     When you open an existing document and browse for something to
>     insert,
>     the initial directory should be the directory from which you
>     loaded the
>     document, again regardless of where you were when you started LyX.
>
>     So the issue has nothing to do with where you start LyX. The question
>     is, once you have opened a document (presumably not in your default
>     directory), why doesn't the initial directory setting in the graphics
>     insertion dialog update to the home of the document?
>
>     If you open the parent document and then click Insert > File >
>     External
>     material (or any of the other choices), then click the browse button,
>     does it again begin browsing in /home/dhalpern?
>
>     Paul
>
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> Hi Paul,
> When I do what you suggested, that is "Insert>File>External Material", 
> I get a new window and running down on its left side there is a column 
> with "Recent, Home, Desktop, Documents, Downloads, Music, etc..". The 
> other column lists the contents of whichever item on the left I click.
> I then need to navigate to the directory where the file that I would 
> like to import is located by selecting "Home" first which lists the 
> files and directories in my home directory. If I want to insert 
> another file, I need to repeat the process. The only difference is 
> that the popup window now lists the first file that was imported, 
> which is not that useful. ("Home" could be replaced with "Documents" 
> with the same outcome of having to click a number of directories.)  I 
> use a terminal window and don't start lyx from my home directory.
>
> Thanks.
>
> David

Sorry, "external material" may have been a poor choice on my part, since 
the first dialog you get has to do with the nature of the material. In 
any event, when I click the browse button there or anywhere else, I get 
a dialog with a few known locations (in my case, "Computer" and my home 
directory) listed on the left and a select box labeled "Look in:" on the 
top. The select defaults to the parent directory of the current 
document, with the rest of the options being the ancestors of the 
current directory and some recently used locations. There's also a 
button labeled "Documents" which will jump the select box entry to my 
Documents directory.

The layout of (at least some) file chooser dialogs is controlled by a Qt 
setting, so this looks as if it is either specific to Fedora or 
something Qt related. I think it is going to require input from either a 
developer or a Fedora user to sort out.

Paul
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