Fernando> The question wasn't to me, but here's a simple example where Fernando> absolute paths are a problem: suppose I work on the same lyx Fernando> doc at my work computer and on my laptop. At work, $HOME is Fernando> /usr/users/fperez, on my laptop it's /usr/local/home/fperez. Fernando> If the figure paths are absolute, the document won't work Fernando> correctly in one of the two computers. I can work around Fernando> that by making fake symlinks to simulate the paths, but it's Fernando> kind of a clunky solution.
This is why LyX tries to use relative paths when it think it is reasonable (of course there is a bug in the qt port in 1.3.2, but this will be fixed in 1.3.3).
Sure, I'll update when 1.3.3 is out. I just wanted to give an example explicitly, as I think I saw someone asking for absolute paths, and I wanted to show a case where they cause problems. But I could have just misinterpreted something in the earlier discussion.
Best,
f
