Set __ROBEXT_WAY_BACK__ as standard in a preset

[dflvunoooooo]

Is it possible to set __ROBEXT_WAY_BACK__ as the default in a preset? If __ROBEXT_WAY_BACK__ is added to \input{} or \include{} vscode does not recognize those files and therefore does not display the structure inside those files.

[tobiasBora]

You should be able to add in your preset:

add to preamble={\makeatletter
  \def\input@path{{__ROBEXT_WAY_BACK__}}
  \makeatother
}

and \input should automatically look into the proper folder (but as usual, make sure to add the inputted file to the list of dependencies).

[dflvunoooooo]

Thank you for your answer! This does lead to the error Use of \input doesn't match its definition..

[tobiasBora]

Ah, good point, I forgot that you need to wrap the whole \robExtConfigure{ with \makeatletter … \makeatother (otherwise latex will automatically add a space like \input @path instead of \input@path. For instance:

\documentclass{scrreport}

\usepackage{robust-externalize}
\usepackage{pdfpages}
\usepackage{blindtext}
\makeatletter % <----- this line is important
\robExtConfigure{
    new preset={latex scrreport}{
        latex, 
        %use lualatex,
        set placeholder={__ROBEXT_LATEX_ENGINE__}{latexmk -pdflatex=lualatex -pdf},
        add to compilation command options={--shell-escape},
        set documentclass={scrreport},
        set latex options={fontsize=11pt},
        add to preamble={
          \usepackage{robust-externalize}
          % optional: if you do that clearing the cache will also clear the cache of the inner images inside,
          % test2.tex, otherwise you need to go first to robustExternalize to clear the cache
          \robExtConfigure{no cache folder}
          \usepackage{scrlayer-scrpage}
          \clearpairofpagestyles
          % --------- These lines are important: ----------
          \makeatletter
          \def\input@path{{__ROBEXT_WAY_BACK__}}
          \makeatother
        },
        copy file to cache={robust-externalize.sty},
        do not wrap code,
        custom include command={\includepdf[pages=-,pagecommand={}]{\robExtAddCachePathAndName{\robExtFinalHash.pdf}}}
    },
}
\makeatother

\begin{filecontents}[overwrite]{test2.tex}   
    \chapter{Test1}
    Test bla Test. 

    \begin{figure}
        \centering
        \begin{CacheMeCode}{python}
            import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
            import matplotlib
            matplotlib.use('pgf')
            year = [2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019]
            tutorial_count = [39, 117, 111, 110, 67, 29]
            plt.plot(year, tutorial_count, color="#6c3376", linewidth=2)
            plt.title("Simple plot")
            plt.xlabel('Year')
            plt.ylabel('Number of futurestud.io Tutorials')
            print(get_filename_from_extension(".pgf"))
            plt.savefig("__ROBEXT_OUTPUT_PDF__")
        \end{CacheMeCode}
        \caption{test}%
        \label{py:test}
    \end{figure}  
\end{filecontents}

\begin{document}

\Blindtext

\cacheMe[latex scrreport, add dependencies=test2.tex]{\input{test2.tex}}

\end{document}

[dflvunoooooo]

This is working perfectly, thank you very much!