How to access files local to caller?

[SillyFreak]

There is an older post about this problem:

Why are paths always relative to the current file?

Context: I was trying to implement a small function that reads and parses a file with some regex. The function just takes the path to the file and returns the parsed context as dictionary. I wanted to move this function into a package. /somewhere/else/lib.typ #let parse-xyz(path) = { let data = read(path) … } main.typ #let values = import-xyz("my/path.xyz"); After that I found out that the read call resolves the path relative to the file that contains the function (lib.typ) and not …

In there I showed a hacky workaround that may work for your situation: Why are paths always relative to the current file? - #5 by SillyFreak