2010/2/7 Paul A. Rubin <ru...@msu.edu>:
> Jason Waskiewicz wrote:
>>
>> I've been using Tikz graphics in my LyX files for some time now, with
>> success, I might add.
>>
>> Recently, I tried to include sparklines in two different LyX files. An
>> example of what I mean can be found at:
>> http://www.texample.net/tikz/examples/temperature-and-rain-sparklines/
>> They do not appear. With the first one, I simply exported the file as
>> LaTeX and was able to use it that way. My most recent project is part of a
>> much larger project with many files and the idea of switching entirely to
>> LaTeX sounds like too much work. I like the visual advantages of LyX, but
>> these sparklines only seem to work in pure LaTeX.
>>
>> Does anyone have any suggestions to make it work? If it helps, I've tried
>> this in the Tufte book and handout classes as well as the Memoir class. I've
>> even tried a standalone article class with only the graphic in it.
>>
>> Can I make it work or must I turn to LaTeX?
>>
>> --Jason Waskiewicz
>> Bowman County High School
>>
>
> You need to use an absolute path to the data files. I just set up Fauske's
> example in LyX. After changing
>
> \def\temperaturedata{data/temperaturesOslo.txt}
> \def\raindata{data/rainOslo.txt}
>
> to
>
> \def\temperaturedata{/temp/sparklines/temperaturesOslo.txt}
> \def\raindata{/temp/sparklines/rainOslo.txt}
>
> (and putting the data in C:\temp\sparklines on Windows) it worked. My LyX
> file is attached.
>
> The problem is that LyX generates the DVI or PDF file in a temporary working
> directory. It exports the LaTeX version of your LyX doc to that working
> directory, and it knows to export graphics files that you inserted the usual
> way, but it doesn't recognize the data files here, so they don't get copied
> to the working directory -- which is fine if you use an absolute path, but a
> problem is you use a relative path.
>
> /Paul
>
This is next example that LyX should have a user configurable file
copier for advanced users. One of its abilites should be putting
proper file paths in places where it is needed.
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