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

[Ted P. <te...@te...>]

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

Yep. Some apps will unlink (i.e., delete) the file and re-create it. 
pdflatex does not do that; it overwrites whatever is there (and thus 
follows the symlink). Among other things, that helps to ensure that 
autorefreshing works in more PDF viewers.

--Ted


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