Re: file path problems with pdf output

Ralf Angeli <[email protected]> writes:

> * Björn Pedersen (2005-01-22) writes:
>
>> Following scenario:
>>
>> testdir_top:
>>  dirtest.tex
> [...]
>> testdir_top/subdir:
>>  subdirtest.tex:
> [...]
>> In pdf-mode, when trying to view from the subdirtest.tex buffer,
>> it prompts for xpdf ../dirtest.pdf, but executes xpdf in testdir_top,
>> so xpdf cannot find the pdf file. Manually removing ../ in the minibuffer 
>> works. Specifing an absoulte  path for TeX-master works correctly, too. 
> [...]
>> It thems, the the %o expansion should not use the path part, or expand
>> to the absolute path of the master file.
>
> The %o expander calls `TeX-view-output-file' which subsequently calls
> `TeX-active-master'.  Your former suggestion can be achieved by
> wrapping the call to `TeX-active-master' in `expand-file-name'.  The
> latter suggestion by extending the definition of `TeX-active-master'
> by a parameter for specifying if the output should include the
> directory or not.  That parameter will get passed to `TeX-region-file'
> or `TeX-master-file' respectively.
>
> Currently I tend to the latter solution because the shorter file
> specifier doesn't clutter the minibuffer as much as a full path.  In
> addition it would be in line with what the user gets in the DVI case
> (%d expander).  The drawback is that it might look strange to get the
> bare file name when the command is invoked in a subdirectory not
> containing the output file.

TeX-current-file-name-master-relative seems to be appropriate here.

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