"Kevin W. Bowman" wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I am working on a paper with multiple authors. As a result we have two
> copies of the same lyx file. However, the location of figures are
> referenced with respect to the location of the lyx file. If the
> directory structure is
> user1/dir1/dir2/
> and the lyx file is in /user1/dir1/dir2/file.lyx but the graphics file
> is under /user1/dir1/figure.eps then the figure's location is referenced
> in the menu as
> ../figure.eps
>
> So the pathname is relative to the location of the lyx file. However,
> because the other author is modifying his copy of the lyx file in
> another directory, he needs an absolute pathname for the figures.
try in latex preamble
\def\input@path{{yourInputPathForTheFiles/}}
Herbert
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