Full path to most recent temporary PDF previewed by LyX

Source: R/lyxutils.r

Can also return e.g. aux file or containing directory.

current_lyx_tempfile(ftype = c("pdf", "aux", "dir", "tex", "lof"),
  lyxfile = NULL, tmproot = NULL)

Arguments

ftype

Type of file (or 'dir' for enclosing directory)
lyxfile

Optional stem or full name of LyX file
tmproot

Optional path to temporary directory containing LyX tempdir

Value

Path to current LyX temporary directory /pdf

Details

Uses the modification date of the tex file in the directory to choose LyX dir in case of ambiguity => last previewed file.

See also

Other LyX: lyx_citekeys, lyxexport, lyxhtml2html

Examples

if (FALSE) {
# current lyx pdf
current_lyx_tempfile()
# current lyx directory
current_lyx_tempfile('pdf')
# make sure the file is main.lyx
current_lyx_tempfile(lyxfile='main.lyx')
}