LyX's temp directory

[Kornel Benko]

Am Wed, 27 Jul 2022 10:27:35 +0000
schrieb tush via lyx-users <lyx-users at lists.lyx.org>:

> When I export a lyx file to pdf, the tex output files (.aux, .lof, .synctex etc. as
> well as the pdf) are all located not in the project’s directory but in
> “/private/var/folders/vw/ry_x0fbs7rb3qz7v3_cmb_4h0000gn/T/lyx_tmpdir.ndQoOCZFjkaB/lyx_tmpbuf0/”
> on my macOS.
> 
> 1. What is the reason that LyX developers decided to put those files there and not in
> the “intuitive” place - the project’s root directory? 2. And how can I change it to
> export the files to the project’s directory?

If you export as pdf or any other format, the file is created in the source directory of
the lyx-file.
The files you see in the temp-dir are intermediate files only, not the exported files.

> This answer:https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/126747 says that one can achieve that by
> changing the preferences, but is there another way to do it? A less, “techy” way?

Why is this a techy way? The preferences are the way user selects his desired behaviour
IMHO.

	Kornel
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