Hi all,
I am a long-time LyX user and I can program in C++ and Python, so I would
like to to give a hand in the development of my favorite software.
Apart from this, I'm writing because I was wondering how to use only
relative paths in LyX documents, in particular in LaTeX preamble or TeX
inserts. As far as I know this is impossible at the moment (e.g. in the
biblatex guide http://wiki.lyx.org/BibTeX/Biblatex is reported that the
absolute path is needed).
A possible, very naive, work around of this issue would be to
automatically add in the latex temporary file (I guess its name is
"buffer", right?)
\def\relativePath{/from/relative/toAbs}
or even
\newcommand{\makeAbsPath}[1] {\relativePath/#1}
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and when the document is exported in latex the definition can be replaced
by
> \def\relativePath{./}
In the latex temp files already exists something similar:
> \batchmode
> \makeatletter
> \def\input@path{{/home/random3f/Dropbox/EsperimentiTeX//}}
> \makeatother
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but it doesn't work for bibtex and possible packages a user want to add.
Is in your opinion a possible enhancement or could it create problems? Did
you already considered this, or similar, options? I could not find
anything in the lists.
I know that in case of white spaces in the paths it could create problems,
but in many case it would solve this issue.
What do you think?
Best,
Dimitri
