Re: [libreoffice-users] relative paths to linked graphics do not work

At 21:32 29/01/2012 +0100, Daniel Wibbing wrote:
> you are a genius! :)

Possibly not - but I'm pleased if I've solved your problem, of course.

> Using this little dot in front of the path name really works!
> > ./Bilder/Kapitel 2/Hall_effect_A.png
>
> Like this I am now able to delete the beginnings of the absolute 
> path names, set the dot in front of the relative part and the 
> picture will be shown. Great!
>
> However this is certainly not the most elegant way a program should work.
> cK correctly said:
> > I have same problem.
> > Help says "A relative reference is only possible when both files 
> > exist on the same drive" 
> > (http://help.libreoffice.org/Common/Relative_and_Absolute_Links) 
> > Nevertheless, it seems LO turns relative links to absolute links 
> > automatically. And there is no way around.
>
> So I would guess that there is a real bug in LibreOffice concerning that.

I'm not sure that this is true.  If you start a path with a slash - 
as /Bilder/Kapitel 2/Hall_effect_A.png - it has to be interpreted 
relative to *something*, and you are assuming that this will be the 
folder containing the parent document.  But this appears not to be 
so: perhaps instead it is interpreted relative to the path set for 
the default folder for documents.  Or perhaps the root folder on the 
current drive. (I haven't tested this.)  The dot forces the starting 
folder to be the current one.

Brian Barker


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