hi, thanks for your reply. Yes, I got the point (I believe) So, the way to do things is: -- to view my .pdf output, I use the View command (and if I save my .pdf output from the pdf viewer, by default I am saving in the temp dir.) -- to save my .pdf output within my own dir., I use the Export command.
fine and simple. thanks mario say On Mon, 2006-04-10 at 20:00 +0200, Georg Baum wrote: > mario wrote: > > > Now my present issue: the final .dvi and .pdf outputs seems to be saved > > into a /tmp/lyx_tmpdir141803rM5kp/lyx_tmpbuf5 directory. > > It puts a lot of temporary files there. Normally you never need to look at > anything there. > > > How do I force lyx to save them in a choosen by myself directory? I > > don`t see anything in the preference interface. I failed to find a > > useful hint by google. > > File->Export can export your document to a varietey of formats including dvi > and pdf. It will save the exported file in the document directory. > > > Georg > > -- mario <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>