On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 1:29 PM, Egon Alter <egon.al...@gmx.net> wrote:
> > On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 4:46 PM, Manveru <manv...@manveru.pl> wrote: > > > 2009/11/1 Egon Alter <egon.al...@gmx.net>: > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > I like to use the pdfx package which needs some external files (icc > > > > profile, xmpdata file) in the lyx_tmpbuf folder. The filenames are > hardcoded. > > > > How can I tell lyx to copy these files to the tmpbuf folder before > compiling? > > > > > > Oh yes, I was thinking about such feature couple of times when people > > > requests some additional files in latex process through LyX. So > > > customized copier option could be added to document settings allowing > > > user to select files which he wants to be copied to temp dir for > > > processing. This could be a feature request. > > > > A user defined copier definitely works, but I think that in the Document > -- > > Settings dialog, there should be an additional section named "Files to > > copy", in which one can select files which should be also copied into the > > tmpbuf folder. This would make the whole process much easier to handle. > > ok - step by step. > > First, I define a new filetype e.g. "ICC-profile" with .icc extension. > > Than I define a converter from icc to ??? (I used png, and included the > file as a > graph which I commented out manualy - ugly). > > As a copier, I tried ext_copy -e icc $p $r (don't remember the exact > variables > anymore, not well documented), but lyx allways wants to rename the copied > files to > <number>-filename style, so this didn't work. > > There was a discusion on this list recently, which included that aspect: using a user defined copier to copy files into the tmpbuf directory - I think it was the one co-operation with co-authors, i.e. sharing and commenting LyX Documents - but I don't remember exactly. Soeey. I THINK it involved writing a shell script, which copies the files, and is doing what another copier is doing. This copier is then re[lace in LyX with the shell script - but I am not sure. Rainer > There should be some better way! > > Egon > -- Rainer M. Krug, PhD (Conservation Ecology, SUN), MSc (Conservation Biology, UCT), Dipl. Phys. (Germany) Centre of Excellence for Invasion Biology Natural Sciences Building Office Suite 2039 Stellenbosch University Main Campus, Merriman Avenue Stellenbosch South Africa Cell: +27 - (0)83 9479 042 Fax: +27 - (0)86 516 2782 Fax: +49 - (0)721 151 334 888 email: rai...@krugs.de Skype: RMkrug Google: r.m.k...@gmail.com
