On Sun, May 03, 2015 at 07:00:06PM -0400, Scott Kostyshak wrote: > On Sun, May 3, 2015 at 6:44 PM, Enrico Forestieri <for...@lyx.org> wrote: > > The two methods browseRelToParent() and browseRelToSub() in GuiView.cpp > > both return a relative path. The only difference is that the first one > > returns an absolute path if it would start with "../", and the second one > > if it does not start with "../". So, even if a relative path is possible, > > an absolute path may be returned by both. > > > > Both methods were introduced at > > http://www.lyx.org/trac/changeset/38915/lyxsvn > > to fix bug 7540. I have read the discussion there, but could not make any > > sense of why two methods behaving like that are necessary. A single method > > returning a relative path (either starting or not by "../") would suffice. > > A relative path is a relative path and this distinction makes no sense. > > I think the following issue has relevant discussion: > http://www.lyx.org/trac/ticket/7122
Thanks for the pointer. I read that discussion and still don't see any good reason for this behavior. If that's all, it is an arbitrary decision which gives no benefits and only causes nuisances. -- Enrico
