[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi Angus, > why do we need to move the graphics to > the temporary directory? > > This I don't get. (And many other things > as well ;-). > > /me puzzeled. :-)
Let's call it 'an accident of history'. The code used to be much more convoluted than it is now. However, I think that the primary reason is that InsetGraphics can handle compressed files and needs to uncompress them to ascertain the 'hidden' file format. Herbert just found it easiest to unconditionally copy the file and then play from there. Note also the stuff about timestamps and checksums. Have a look at the code in InsetGraphics: it is anything but trivial. Have a look also at the equivalent code in InsetExternal (ExternalSupport.C). The use-case is simpler (I don't worry about .gz files) but it is still not trivial. -- Angus
