On 7/25/22 13:01, David Halpern wrote:
On Mon, Jul 25, 2022 at 11:15 AM Paul A. Rubin <parubi...@gmail.com>
wrote:
On 7/25/22 11:55, David Halpern wrote:
> Paul,
> Thanks for the response. The problem seems to be that the working
> directory is permanently set as my home directory, /home/dhalpern.
> Reading the information that appears in preferences about paths, it
> clearly states that the working directory should be the
directory from
> which one starts lyx. However, I've tried starting lyx from
different
> directories, and the working directory does not change. It's always
> set as the home directory. Is this a bug? The way around seems
to be
> to change the working directory while working on a particular
project,
> but this is not optimal.
>
> I am using Lyx 2.3.6.1, a fedora 36 binary package. I tried to
compile
> myself but it failed.
>
>
David,
Please bottom-post, since it makes the email threads easier for
everyone
to read. The default working directory is set in Tools >
Preferences...
> Paths > Working directory. Regardless of where you are when you
launch LyX (assuming you are launching from a terminal), that's the
initial working directory. So if I open a new document and browse
for a
file to insert, the directory in that setting is where the
browsing starts.
When you open an existing document and browse for something to
insert,
the initial directory should be the directory from which you
loaded the
document, again regardless of where you were when you started LyX.
So the issue has nothing to do with where you start LyX. The question
is, once you have opened a document (presumably not in your default
directory), why doesn't the initial directory setting in the graphics
insertion dialog update to the home of the document?
If you open the parent document and then click Insert > File >
External
material (or any of the other choices), then click the browse button,
does it again begin browsing in /home/dhalpern?
Paul
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Hi Paul,
When I do what you suggested, that is "Insert>File>External Material",
I get a new window and running down on its left side there is a column
with "Recent, Home, Desktop, Documents, Downloads, Music, etc..". The
other column lists the contents of whichever item on the left I click.
I then need to navigate to the directory where the file that I would
like to import is located by selecting "Home" first which lists the
files and directories in my home directory. If I want to insert
another file, I need to repeat the process. The only difference is
that the popup window now lists the first file that was imported,
which is not that useful. ("Home" could be replaced with "Documents"
with the same outcome of having to click a number of directories.) I
use a terminal window and don't start lyx from my home directory.
Thanks.
David
Sorry, "external material" may have been a poor choice on my part, since
the first dialog you get has to do with the nature of the material. In
any event, when I click the browse button there or anywhere else, I get
a dialog with a few known locations (in my case, "Computer" and my home
directory) listed on the left and a select box labeled "Look in:" on the
top. The select defaults to the parent directory of the current
document, with the rest of the options being the ancestors of the
current directory and some recently used locations. There's also a
button labeled "Documents" which will jump the select box entry to my
Documents directory.
The layout of (at least some) file chooser dialogs is controlled by a Qt
setting, so this looks as if it is either specific to Fedora or
something Qt related. I think it is going to require input from either a
developer or a Fedora user to sort out.
Paul
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