From c604b2c1003e29edb0a0194fe84cdae87ece9c1c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Janis Hutz <development@janishutz.com>
Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2026 11:02:54 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] [CORE] chore: improve helpers script

---
 setup.sh | 12 ++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/setup.sh b/setup.sh
index 8765ca6..b4ab7fa 100755
--- a/setup.sh
+++ b/setup.sh
@@ -36,6 +36,14 @@ if [[ $usesubmodule != 'n' ]]; then
     createFiles $(pwd)/latex-helpers
 else
     read -e -p "Where are the helper files located (absolute path to folder only, tab-completion enabled)? " helperpath
-    createFiles $helperpath
-    echo "Helpers set up. You may experience issues if you have not entered an absolute path. If so, simply rerun this script to regenerate the files!"
+
+    if [[ ${dir:0:1} == '/' ]]; then
+        createFiles $helperpath
+    else
+        echo "Note: You did not enter an absolute path, it was expanded automatically"
+        createFiles $(readlink -f $(pwd)/$helperpath)
+    fi
+    echo "
+    => If you entered also the file name, rerun this script, the compile will fail in that case.
+    "
 fi