>>>>> "Georg" == Georg Baum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

Georg> Michael Gerz wrote:
>> Hi all,
>> 
>> I encountered a regression with LyX 1.4.0 on Windows using MikTeX
>> (the bug probably occurs on Linux as well).
>> 
>> LyX 1.3 truncates long graphics file names, whereas LyX 1.4 does
>> not. Unfortunately, pdflatex (from MikTeX) does not accept file
>> names like
>> 
>> 
Georg> 
1C__Dokumente_und_Einstellungen_ms_Eigene_Dateien_Publikationen_Veröffentlichungen_Work_in_Progress_AnotherDir_ThisIsTheNameOfMyFile.pdf
 
>> Any solution (forward port from 1.3?) is highly appreciated!

Georg> A forward port will not happen, because the 1.3 design is
Georg> broken. The only thing we could do is to not encode the full
Georg> path name in the temporary file. This would be fairly easy to
Georg> do (in FileName::mangledFilename). In fact, there is already
Georg> code to truncate the name to 160 characters. If you could tell
Georg> us the limit of pdflatex we can adjust this value.

I think we should use something like 1ThisIsTheNameOfMyFile.pdf. We do
not really need the paths, do we? Are the numbers unique across
buffers?

JMarc

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