> > If I accept that much, I still have to copy files around and modify > > each and every copies if it needs to be modified. This is exactly the > > thing I would like to avoid. > > This goal is independent of the next sentence.
Not exactly. I want to share the same files across different lyx documents, so I do not want to keep local copies. The link solution was suggested but it does not really work. > > Basically, I would like to share the same > > files across different lyx documents. > > I think that we all agree here. Then you have to agree with the need to access out of tree files. > > If I do accept that much, we still differ by the embed-editing mode. My implementation has an embed-editing mode. That is basically the word/ooffice way of handling embedded objects. Right now, this is the mode to use when an embedded file is opened, until a user unbundle the file. Richard's solution always unbundles, so there is no such mode. The benefits of such a mode are: 1. The out of tree path problem goes away 2. Users do not have to unbundle and bundle to edit a file and send. 3. Some users may feel more at home with this mode. The disadvantage is of course programming complexity, but it is more or less working in the trunk now. Also, this is an editing mode that can be discouraged by now using the 'automatic unbundling' option, and be removed if it eventually proved to be a wrong feature. I mean, there is no file format issue here. Cheers, Bo
