Built-In Preview Options - Temporary folder

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Trasd
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Built-In Preview Options - Temporary folder

Post by Trasd »

When I set my "Built-In Preview Options" to point to a "Temporary folder:" in Options->Preferences->Preview->General, shouldn't the 'prev#~.html' file be created there instead of my Project folder?

Or, am I interpreting this incorrectly? If so, what is the option used for, because the temporary 'prev#~.html' file is being created in my Project folder, not the folder I set it to?

It does delete the file after, but I like all my temp files in one place.
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Post by chrisjlocke »

This has been mentioned here:
http://forums.blumentals.net/viewtopic.php?t=1327

It is annoying, yes. Ideally, the temp files should live in the standard windows temp folder, but because the html file contains 'relative' links, it has to be where the final html file is stored.

Other programs probably get around it by using two files - one for editing with relative links, then the temp file gets stored in the temp folder using absolute links.
Last edited by chrisjlocke on Fri Sep 01, 2006 12:31 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Post by Trasd »

That makes sense. Sorry I missed the posting, I’m usually pretty good at researching these things.
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Post by Karlis »

Indeed to make fully capable preview with relative links we must have the file where it should be. However we are researching other ways as well...
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