Re: [AUCTeX] Not including the full path in \includegraphics

[Kourosh Kalayeh]

On 25 Jul 2018, at 16:05, Mosè Giordano wrote:

> Hi Kourosh,
>
> 2018-07-22 17:50 GMT+02:00 Kourosh Kalayeh <address@hidden>:
> > Dear all,
> >
> > Sorry if my question is repeated. I was not able to find an answer on 
> > the
> > Web and AUCTeX mailing list.
> >
> > I was wondering if there is anyway that I can tell AUCTeX to not to 
> > include
> > a full path when using \includegraphics path.
> >
> > More specifically, below is my workflow;
> > I usually use insert macro command (C-c Return) to add 
> > \includegraphics.
> > AUCTeX then asks me for options and the path of the image that I want 
> > to
> > include in my file. And it adds it with the full path with respect to 
> > the
> > directory that my LaTeX file is in. I want AUCTeX to just use the 
> > image name
> > in the inserted command. How can I achieve this?
> > I have explicitly set the path to my figures by adding \graphicspath 
> > command
> > in my preamble.
>
> Add the following code to your init file:
>
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> (defun mg-LaTeX-includegraphics-read-file-basename ()
>   (file-name-base
>    (read-file-name
>     "Image file: " nil nil nil nil
>     (lambda (fname)
>       (or (file-directory-p fname)
>       (string-match (LaTeX-includegraphics-extensions) fname))))))
>
> (setq LaTeX-includegraphics-read-file
>       'mg-LaTeX-includegraphics-read-file-basename)
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>
> This is adapted from `LaTeX-includegraphics-read-file-relative', it
> returns the basename of file, without path and extension (which is
> fine for LaTeX).
>
> Bye,
> Mosè

Mosè,

It works perfect. Thanks a lot.


Kind Regards,
Kourosh