John McCabe-Dansted wrote: > Different Linux distributions tend to package different versions of LyX. > This can cause a bit of a headache since these packaged versions are > usually not forward compatible with later major released (e.g. are not LyX > 1.5.5.).
The minor releases are backward compatible. There's no file format change within the 1.5.x series. So 1.5.0 is forward compatible with 1.5.5. Then, you can always export to an older major version. E.g., if your co-authors have 1.4, you can export your file from 1.5 to 1.4 (through lyx2lyx). The latest version of 1.4 (1.4.5.1) can import 1.5.x files itself (and the last release of 1.5.x will be able to import 1.6.x files). If the co-authors have a newer version than you, the process goes vice versa. I think this should suffice in most cases. For any other cases, I think a web service that runs lyx2lyx would be even more comfortable than distributing lyx2lyx separately. Jürgen
