[OS X TeX] graphicspath

[Gary L. Gray]

On Jan 28, 2006, at 1:40 PM, Alain Schremmer wrote:

> Alain Schremmer wrote:
>
>> Jan Hegewald wrote:
>>
>>> So if you  have
>>>
>>> BookFolder:
>>>     GraphicsFolder:
>>>         SomeFancyPicture.png
>>>     TextFolder:
>>>         yourTeXFile.tex
>>>
>>> you can use \graphicspath{{../GraphicsFolder/}} % note the two  
>>> dots (..)
>>> in your .tex file and write \includegraphics{SomeFancyPicture}
>>>
>>> Does this help?
>>
>>
>> That's exactly what I needed. But where is this kind of things  
>> described? Companion 2ed barely mentions graphicspath on page 624.

That is standard UNIX syntax as far as I know.


> "When you give them a hand, they ask for the whole arm" department:
>
> Is there a way to set up \graphicspath{} to go back up more than  
> one level? For instance, in
>
>    BookFolder:
>        Chapter1Folder
>            GraphicsFolder1
>                Picture1.pdf
>            TextFolder1:
>                TeXFile1.tex
>        Chapter2Folder
>            GraphicsFolder2
>                Picture2.pdf
>            TextFolder2:
>                TeXFile2.tex
>
> I would like to use, say, \includegraphics{Picture1} in TeXFile2.tex.
>
> (The book is for so-called "developmental students" and just to put  
> in a reference does not work for them. Of course, I can always  
> place a copy of Picture1 in GraphicsFolder2 but this makes editing  
> murderously hazardous. This is the main reason I have a huge flat  
> file as, last time I tried, for some reason, aliases didn't work.)

Yes, simply do the following:

\graphicspath{{../../GraphicsFolder/}}

I hope this helps.

-- Gary
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