Add cwd to default templates search path.

IPython/nbconvert/exporters/exporter.py

@@ -102,12 +102,14 b' class Exporter(Configurable):'
         help="Extension of the file that should be written to disk"
         )
 
-    template_path = Unicode(
-        os.path.join("..", "templates"), config=True,
+    template_paths = List(['.'], config=True)
+
+    default_template_path = Unicode(
+        os.path.join("..", "templates"), 
         help="Path where the template files are located.")
 
     template_skeleton_path = Unicode(
-        os.path.join("..", "templates", "skeleton"), config=True,
+        os.path.join("..", "templates", "skeleton"), 
         help="Path where the template skeleton files are located.") 
 
     #Jinja block definitions
@@ -335,10 +337,10 b' class Exporter(Configurable):'
         if extra_loaders:
             loaders.extend(extra_loaders)
 
-        loaders.append(FileSystemLoader([
-                os.path.join(here, self.template_path),
-                os.path.join(here, self.template_skeleton_path),
-                ]))
+        paths = self.template_paths
+        paths.extend([os.path.join(here, self.default_template_path),
+                      os.path.join(here, self.template_skeleton_path)])
+        loaders.append(FileSystemLoader(paths))
 
         self.environment = Environment(
             loader= ChoiceLoader(loaders),

IPython/nbconvert/exporters/latex.py

@@ -49,7 +49,7 b' class LatexExporter(Exporter):'
         help="Name of the template file to use")
 
     #Latex constants
-    template_path = Unicode(
+    default_template_path = Unicode(
         os.path.join("..", "templates", "latex"), config=True,
         help="Path where the template files are located.")