Re: [PATCH] ob-latex: Added support for including files with a relative path

[Ihor Radchenko]

emacs--- via "General discussions about Org-mode."
<emacs-orgmode@gnu.org> writes:

>> Hi, adding an "input" type of header is one option. What about adding a
>> call to resolve relative file names instead, thus solving maybe other
>> needs in addition?
>>
> That was my second approach. I was concerned that forcing all imports with
> an absolute path could break existing exports? Correct me if I'm wrong. 
> Using the :header syntax external files can be loaded in via the old way,
> whereas using :inputs all relative paths are resolved. 
> The downside of course is that we clutter the export settings with a new 
> parameter. 

Rather than changing paths to absolute, we can simply play with the
working directly for latex process and set it to the directory of the
.org file (unless :dir argument is passed to the latex source block).
This is probably the most expected behavior.

Best,
Ihor