>>>>> "Georg" == Georg Baum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Georg> Jean-Marc suggested to collect the filenames in validate() Georg> instead. Unfortunately this has also problems: We get the Georg> filename in latex() as a byproduct. If we want it in Georg> validate(), we have to duplicate the logic in Georg> InsetGraphics::prepareFile() or call it with a flag Georg> "validateOnly". I always thought that this prepareFile thing was ugly. Isn't there some way to split it in two (compute the name and do the conversions)? Georg> The external inset is similar. But these problems ar minor, the Georg> big problem is: How to get the collected filenames from Georg> Buffer::validate() to Exporter::Export()? One way would be the Georg> exportdata hack I described above, but then we gained nothing. Georg> Or Buffer::makeLaTeXFile() could return a list of filenames. Or Georg> it could return the LaTeXFeatures. Yes, makeLatexFile could return the filenames. Georg> What do you think? Should I use the hack described above and Georg> collect the data in latex(), or should I do it in validate(), Georg> and how should I pass the files to Exporter::Export()? Choose the way that seems the more natural to you. JMarc
