On Saturday 25 January 2014 22:52:50 Andrew Parsloe wrote: > On 25/01/2014 7:13 a.m., Wolfgang Engelmann wrote: > > Dear Lyx Users, > > > > I have exported my lyx file as a lyx archive, which contains as a > > tar.gz file the lyx file, the used bib file and the figures used. > > This is quite handy, because only the used figures, bib are saved. > > > > However, I have this problem: > > > > The path to the figures should be ./Kalanchoe-closed.jpg > > > > as an example and not e.g.: > > > > \begin_inset Graphics > > > > filename BluFloClockTar/AAAflowerclock20130909/Kalanchoe-closed.jpg > > > > since I would like to move the lyx file to another folder or send it > > away. > > > > There are many figures, therefore I would prefer NOT to select each > > figure path anew. > > > > What would you recommend? > > > > Using the tex file and, in an editor, replace the path, to end up with > > ./figureFile? Or is there a way in Lyx? (Which would be handy) > > > > Wolfgang > > Hullo Wolfgang, > > This is the kind of thing that can be done with the find-&-replace > script of the pLyX scripting system (on the wiki under Examples/pLyX > system) which allows you to work from within the LyX gui. In fact I was > faced with a similar task a couple of weeks ago (and found a bug in the > script which I've since corrected). The system takes a little setting up > (two file formats and two converters to be defined, plus some files to > be distributed around your personal LyX folders), and some practice to > get a feel for how it works. > > If you do go this way, then you would need to insert a .find-&-replace > inset containing > > -i -r > > to specify a regular expression inset search, followed by two .argument > insets, the first (the find regular expression) containing > > filename .+/([\w\d\-]+)\.jpg > > and the second (the replace expression) containing > > filename ./\1.jpg > > Then click the View other formats button and select pLyX. > > This assumes that all your graphics are .jpg format, and that the names > of your images (like 'Kalanchoe-closed') are made up only from letters, > digits, hyphens and underscores. > > Andrew > Thanks, Andrew,
for pointing to this interesting addition to lyx. I have to try to understand and use it, sounds quite useful. In the meantime I have solved my problem manually, which was not that time consuming as I thought. Your proposal is of course much more elegant. Wolfgang
