Andre Poenitz wrote:
On Wed, Apr 02, 2008 at 11:23:33PM +0100, José Matos wrote:
On Wednesday 02 April 2008 22:43:57 Bo Peng wrote:
Actually, I know only one limitation (assuming others are bugs), and
this limitation exists from lyx 0.1. I mean, you simply cannot use a
file with absolute-path on different systems.
Actually you are referring to version 1.5 the first version (don't ask :-)
lyrics) and the next one lyx 0.5.
OK, let us suppose the following scenario where we have an embedded file
with a given content that was originally in a certain absolute path. In the
current author's path there is a file with the same absolute name but a
different content. What do you suggest to do?
a) use the external file
b) use the external file and suggest to replace the internal with the external
c) use the internal file warning that there is an external file
d) something else
d1) never allow explicit embedding of anything above the bundle file.
There be dragons.
This is precisely the suggestion I made a while ago. And IF you do this,
then every other problem Bo mentioned with the "transparent embedding"
solution can be solved. I won't detail the solutions now. I've done so
in other messages. If people are really interested, I can summarize it.
In any event, I think Bo pretty much agrees with that. Modulo a few
quibbles, perhaps.
rh
