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[Joris van der Hoeven <address@hidden>]

On Tue, 7 Oct 2003, Page, Bill wrote:
> TeXmacs Users;
> I am using TeXmacs version 1.0.2 (RPM) on RedHat 8.0.
>
> I have a bunch of smaller tm files, some of which
> contain linked images (Insert/Image/Link image...).
> These files are distribued in groups of 10 or so
> among several sub-directories.
>
> I would like to create one master 'tm' file which
> includes each of the smaller files included via
> (Link/Include...). But I have a problem. The files
> are include alright, but the references to the linked
> images are no longer relative to the location of the
> included file! Instead they are treated as relative
> to the new master file. As a result the individual
> files display the images ok, but when included in
> the master file the images that they contain are no
> longer found.

Hmm, this indeed seems to be a problem. I probably should make
the current base file an environment variable, so as to allow
for greater flexibility. However, this is not immediate,
because the base file name is an url now. Please fill out
a bug report on Savannah and I will do this when I have time...

> I do not want to write absolute file names because
> then users who download my files and store then in
> a location on their system that is different than mine
> will not be able to access any of the image files.
>
> Also, although I would like to use the (Insert/Image/
> Insert image...) menu option instead of the (Insert/
> Image/Link image...) so that the image is actually
> included in the smaller document rather than just linked,
> I have a separate problem with this. (See previous
> message to texmacs-users.)
>
> I think TeXmacs behaviour with respect to the relative
> image file names is wrong. It should be relative to
> the location of the included file, not the master file.