title: Sphinx: different relative paths to same figure possible?
body: <p>I am new to Sphinx and would like to show the same figure in two different <code>*.rst</code> files.</p>
  
  <p>The first *.rst file <code>"lower.rst"</code> is on the same level as the "figures" folder and I am including a figure in it like this:</p>
  
  <pre><code>.. figure:: figures/figure1.png
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>The second *.rst file <code>"higher.rst</code>", is several levels higher than lower.rst. In fact, I am including lower.rst in higher.rst like this:</p>
  
  <pre><code>.. include:: relative/path/to/lower.rst.
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Unfortunately, in the <code>higher.rst</code>, the figures from lower.rst are not displayed:</p>
  
  <pre><code>"image file not readable" error.
  </code></pre>
  
  <p><code>higher.rst</code> looks in the current directory for the figure instead of pointing to the original lower directory.</p>
  
  <p>This question is sort-of addressed here: <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/10199233/can-sphinx-link-to-documents-that-are-not-located-in-directories-below-the-root">Can sphinx link to documents that are not located in directories below the root document?</a>, but I still do not understand how to resolve my problem with the information given there.</p>