<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">I had the same issue.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I just left it in the document folder to make my life easier and because I did not expect the mdpi class file to remain static each time I submitted a paper to their respective journals. As it turned out, that was a good call because it has changed. The other thing is that their version of the class (that they use for publishing) seems to be different to the author class file. I had the same issue with the acm class too…</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Good luck</div><div class="">Alan<br class=""><div class="">
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<div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 15/09/2020, at 09:28, Themis Matsoukas via MacOSX-TeX <<a href="mailto:macosx-tex@email.esm.psu.edu" class="">macosx-tex@email.esm.psu.edu</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class="">I am using the mdpi style files (<a href="https://www.mdpi.com/authors/latex" class="">https://www.mdpi.com/authors/latex</a>) which are contained in a folder called "Definitions". The folder contains a bunch of files, including the class file mdpi.cls, the bst file, as well as some eps files that add journal-specific graphics to the manuscript. <br class=""><br class="">If I place the folder Definitions in the same folder as the manuscript, everything works fine.<br class=""><br class="">If I place the folder Definitions in my personal folder /~/Library/texmf/tex/latex/TM Inputs, the document typesets but does not find the eps files or the bst file. Looking into the style file, all paths are hardwired as Definitions/filexyz.<br class=""><br class="">Is there an easy fix? I'd rather not have to copy Definitions in every folder. <br class=""><br class="">Themis<br class="">----------- Please Consult the Following Before Posting -----------<br class="">TeX FAQ: <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/faq" class="">http://www.tex.ac.uk/faq</a><br class="">List Reminders and Etiquette: <a href="https://sites.esm.psu.edu/~gray/tex/" class="">https://sites.esm.psu.edu/~gray/tex/</a><br class="">List Archives: <a href="http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.comp.tex.macosx" class="">http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.comp.tex.macosx</a><br class=""> <a href="https://email.esm.psu.edu/pipermail/macosx-tex/" class="">https://email.esm.psu.edu/pipermail/macosx-tex/</a><br class="">TeX on Mac OS X Website: <a href="http://mactex-wiki.tug.org/" class="">http://mactex-wiki.tug.org/</a><br class="">List Info: <a href="https://email.esm.psu.edu/mailman/listinfo/macosx-tex" class="">https://email.esm.psu.edu/mailman/listinfo/macosx-tex</a><br class=""></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></body></html>