> I have noticed that the when current LyX (1.6.2) reads and writes a > document containing multiple authors for tracked changes it re-orders > the Author List. For example if Andy and Bert are both working on a > document, when Andy saves, he will be author 0. If Bert then loads > the file adds changes of his own and then resaves he will become > author 0 and Andy will become author 1. I think that this resetting has > something to do with: > > BufferList::setCurrentAuthor > > Insisting that the current author have id 0. > > This means that diffing lyx files with tracked changes becomes a mess > (I version control most of my lyx documents).
I almost forgot that this is indeed a very good point. Could you also please file a bug report at http://www.lyx.org/trac/newticket ? Vincent