How can I refer to a file (e.g. in \includegraphics{}) that lives in my home directory (I am on linux)?
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\begin{document}
not working: $\sim$/foo.png
%%\includegraphics{~/foo.png}
not working either: \$HOME/foo.png
%%\includegraphics{$HOME/foo.png}
\end{document}
\includegraphics{foo} would work if your home directory is in your TEXINPUTS path, or \includegraphics{\string~/foo} should work on most systems.
\string~ remains valid. Using PDFLATEX: pdflatex -version
pdfTeX 3.14159265-2.6-1.40.18 (TeX Live 2017/Debian)
– EA304GT
Jan 15 '21 at 04:17
\string~? I have needed this for a long time and just discovered your answer a decade late. And, thanks!
– Alan
Feb 02 '24 at 17:41
\includegraphics{foo}would work if your home directory is in your TEXINPUTS path, or\includegraphics{\string~/foo}should work on most systems. – David Carlisle Feb 11 '13 at 21:57\string~. That does work indeed. – Andreas Feb 11 '13 at 22:08