It was not very easy to find but the fix is simple and is obvious once
found.
The problem is that a screen update needs a bibtex key for proper
rendering of the Citation. This key requires the master document to load
all child document, which trigger an additional screen update, even when
we don't switch buffer. The problem is that we are already in the
process to update the screen, hence the crash.
Only one OK is sufficient for this one... OK?
Abdel.
Index: LyXFunc.cpp
===================================================================
--- LyXFunc.cpp (revision 18982)
+++ LyXFunc.cpp (working copy)
@@ -1441,6 +1441,11 @@
} else
lyx_view_->loadLyXFile(filename, true, true,
autoOpen);
+ // If a screen update is required (in case where
auto_open is false),
+ // loadLyXFile() would have taken care of it already.
Otherwise we shall
+ // reset the update flag because it can cause a
circular problem.
+ // See bug 3970.
+ updateFlags = Update::None;
break;
}
