[Bf-funboard] Re: Feature request: relative filenames for linked .blend files

[Jorrit Tyberghein]

Ton Roosendaal wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Long time ago I posted here! :) But i check on mails here still... 
> and  this request was a nice one to complete before this evening's 
> soccer  will again hurt our Dutch pride...
>
> Until now, to edit the relative path code "//" it was only possible 
> by  manually typing it in the filepath button. As Theeth suggested, 
> this  now is an option in the FileSelect header. So any loaded file 
> now can  become relative. 

Can you explain to me how that relative path code works exactly? Do I 
just type //library.blend instead
of a full path (provided it works for linked libraries)?

>
>
> For linked libraries this wasn't supported yet though, so that 
> required  some extra surgery, but the operation seemed to be 
> completed  successful! The commit is going out now, if possible give 
> it a good  test... 

Thanks a lot for your support!

>
>
> BTW: only place now where you can see the Library pathnames now is in  
> Oops Windw. In the header, click last button, and select orange 
> library  block.

Is there anyway to fix my blend file to have relative pathnames? Or even 
to change
the pathnames to the libraries? It is a rather big file so I want to 
relink it if possible.

Greetings,