Hi, I tend to use multiple versions of LyX, as each has a different
set of bugs. At the moment lyx-x.y.z saves the file in the native
version of lyx-x.y. This has a couple of drawbacks:
1) My version control is flooded with changing formats backwards and forwards.
2) It can be hard to keep my PC, shared computer, laptop, netbook and
work computer all up-to-date with the latest lyx2lyx from svn.
My suggestion:
- Allow user the set a default file format for new files.
- Always give user option of preserving files existing format
* Perhaps warn the user if lyx2lyx needs to remove features from file.
* Always leave file in current format if it is native or the user default.
I realize that lyx2lyx isn't perfect in all cases. But if a feature is
not supported in 1.6.X then I don't want to use it in any serious
documents anyway, and if the worst comes to the worst I can dig a
backup out of my version control. I can manually mv foo.lyx16 to
foo.lyx, but this is inconvenient, easy to forget, and fairly
dangerous to do in a hurry.
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John C. McCabe-Dansted
