why don't you specify the path to your figures manually? \setupexternalfigures[directory={path1/subpath1,path2}] Wolfgang Giuseppe Bilotta schrieb:

Situation:

Tree structure:

main.tex subdir/inc.tex subdir/fig.1

in main .tex

" \include subdir/inc.tex "

in subdir/inc.tex

" \externalfigure[fig.1] "

texexecing main.tex doesn't find the figure fig.1

subdir/inc.tex must use

" \externalfigure[subdir/fig.1] "

for the figure to be found.

IMO this is a bug. Image should be checked for existence using as base the directory of the current input file *first*, then in the others.

Hi, I agree with Willi and Wolfgang's remarks, but I also agree with Giuseppe that the behaviour is a bit weird. Assuming context will not be changed, something about this should be written down somewhere (in manual or Wiki). Taco Giuseppe Bilotta wrote:

Situation:

Tree structure:

main.tex subdir/inc.tex subdir/fig.1

in main .tex

" \include subdir/inc.tex "

in subdir/inc.tex

" \externalfigure[fig.1] "

texexecing main.tex doesn't find the figure fig.1

subdir/inc.tex must use

" \externalfigure[subdir/fig.1] "

for the figure to be found.

IMO this is a bug. Image should be checked for existence using as base the directory of the current input file *first*, then in the others.