On 17 October 2016 at 20:13, Per Bothner <[email protected]> wrote: >> Well, I'm not sure. I don't think it does imply that. The kawa-figures >> directory would be for installation only. Thus, if you did do >> @image{kawa-figures/pic1}, this might imply installation under >> ${infodir}/kawa-figures/kawa-figures, just as >> @image{more-figures/pic2} might imply installation under >> ${infodir}/kawa-figures/more-figures. > > > Well, either "kawa-figures" has to be in the @image command, > or one of makeinfo or info mode have to magically add it. > > I see no evidence for the latter (in either info.el or from a simple > experiment).
My understanding is that info.el (Emacs Info) should add it. (Standalone Info doesn't handle images so is irrelevant here.) > 'make pdf' seems handle fine creating a pdf with images in a > sub-directory. > > I don't know about 'make dvi' - but who cares? dvi would likely work the same as pdf. >> The reason is that the >> file is processed as TeX and there are TeX systems for operating >> systems with differing types of filesystem. > > > So? Is there any currently-used system that can run TeX that wouldn't be > able to handle kawa-figures/pic1.png? (I would not expect MS-Windows > to have any problems. It's only the Windows shell that doesn't like > using slashes - most libraries work fine.) Not that I know of. >> It would be simpler just to have everything on the one level. > > > That appears inconsistent with the advice to use FOO-figures. That's for installation only, not for organization of the sources.
