On 9/3/07, Daniel Lohmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Helmut, > > In fact relative paths work very well - only the file selection dialog does > not return them. Just enter the relative path to the figure by hand or > change it after using the file selection dialog. > > Daniel > > Hauser Helmut schrieb: > > Hello, > > > > I use LyX on a Linux machine in my office and on a Windows machine at > > home. Sometimes I need to work on the same document on both machines. > > The problem is, that the path for the figures to be included is always a > > global one (/home/... or C:/....). > > It would be great if I just could use a relative path and would not have > > to change it all the time. Of course it would be great if I insert a new > > figure LyX gives my me exactly this "./figures" directory. So this > > relative path would be a variable of the document itself. > > > > Is that possible? Has anyone suggestions how to do that? > > > > thanks, > > - helmut
Well, when I was working on my Thesis I just created a Pictures folder at the same level as the document. This created a relative path /Pictures that you are talking about. I used Windoze, Linux, and OS X to make changes to my document and never had to worry about the pictures. Cheers, Bob
