Angus Leeming wrote:

> All conversions for a given buffer (document) take place in a single temp
> directory. All files that need to be converted to a different format are
> first copied to this temp directory and there names are mangled to ensure
> that files that are originally in different directories can happily
> coexist when placed in a single directory.

Small correction: All conversions except those initiated by the external
inset for latex export. But I almost have a patch ready that changes this,
the only problem it still has can be resolved by the mover.

> So, to answer your question, conversions do take place in a single
> directory. That's not a restriction of the converters concept per se but
> does make the implemetation easier.

And it has the (important IMHO) benefit that no byproducts of the conversion
process pollute your document directory.


Georg

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