Re: [Vim-latex-devel] Able to do compilation in a sub-directory?

[Ng Oon-Ee <ng...@gm...>]

On Tue, 2011-02-15 at 22:02 -0500, Ted Pavlic wrote:
> >> ln -sf tmp/foo.pdf
> > Yes, I did think of that, but the symlink will always exist even if the
> > file does not =). Its plenty good enough though, so that's probably what
> > I'll use going forward.
> 
> Well, if you plan on keeping that tmp directory around for more than a 
> few builds, the symlink:
> 
> cd tmp
> ln -sf ../foo.pdf
> 
> works just as well, but the "foo.pdf" that shows up in your main 
> directory isn't a symlink. Maybe that's a better fit?
> 
> --Ted
> 
If it stays around a while, both ways work =). I suppose it WOULD stay
around a while though, so not a big deal.

*tangentially, I recall with some other apps I tried they would
overwrite symlinks, I guess its to do with how they access the file?*