def get_latex_figure_str2(fpath_list, cmdname, **kwargs):
    """ hack for candidacy """
    import utool as ut
    from os.path import relpath
    # Make relative paths
    if kwargs.pop('relpath', True):
        start = ut.truepath('~/latex/crall-candidacy-2015')
        fpath_list = [relpath(fpath, start) for fpath in fpath_list]
    cmdname = ut.latex_sanitize_command_name(cmdname)

    kwargs['caption_str'] = kwargs.get('caption_str', cmdname)
    figure_str  = ut.get_latex_figure_str(fpath_list, **kwargs)
    latex_block = ut.latex_newcommand(cmdname, figure_str)
    return latex_block
hack for candidacy