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'

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