@marmot @TorbjørnT. so.... what do I do now? The premise of the question is answered quite fully with Torbjörn's answer (sorry, I can't make the strikethrough "o"), but Marmot's answer is more thorough and explains a lot. (Even though I still don't really know what `path` is good for after this set of answers :D )
(For anyone interested in what I'm talking about: https://tex.stackexchange.com/q/471336 )