relative refernces

[Daniel]

On 23/05/2023 02:48, Steve Litt wrote:
> Daniel said on Sun, 21 May 2023 20:18:37 +0200
> 
>> On 2023-05-19 01:02, Josh Burdeshaw wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>> Am trying to create a link to a .msg (email) file. I am able to
>>> create a working link using the \href{URL}{text} only when the link
>>> is an absolute path. When I change the path to a relative path the
>>> link gives the following message:
>>>
>>> image.png
>>>
>>> -- 
>>> Josh Burdeshaw
>>>    
>>
>> Looks like an interesting issue for LyX. Maybe there should be an
>> option to create the PDF in the directory of the LyX file. The easiest
>> would be probably to first create the PDF as usual, but then put a
>> copy of it into the document directory and open that.
>>
>> Daniel
> 
> I usually just have a shellscript to export to PDF or LaTeX, and if
> LaTeX, compile it. Also deal with images needing conversion. Within that
> shellscript I can set any directories I want to. I enjoy this method
> because I know exactly every step of the conversion process.
> 
> SteveT
> 
> Steve Litt
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Sounds good.

But I take it that one idea of LyX is to make it easier for people who 
are not into scripting to be able to create working documents.

Furthermore, creating the output document directly in the working 
directory seems to be the standard way that several LaTeX editors (in 
fact all that I have tested) work when typesetting/building & viewing a 
document. So, it might be expected that the OP's issue should not occur 
in LyX (when working with LaTeX).

Daniel