On Wed, Mar 17, 2004 at 03:51:14PM +0100, Georg Baum wrote: > > Of course, if the converter command was run from the master buffer > > dir, the situation would be different, since $$FName would always be > > the right variable to use. > > This would work. I don't know very well all the capabilities of external > templates. Angus, if this does not break anything, I propose not to > introduce a new variable but to change the meaning of $$FName from > > "The filename exactly as the user entered it" > > to > > "The absolute filename (if the user entered an absolute name) or the > filename relative to the master document (if the user entered a relative > name)"
I'd certainly prefer two differnt names for the two different cases. This kind of cleverness usually backfires at some point of time. Andre'