On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 1:53 PM, Richard Heck <rgh...@comcast.net> wrote: >> Agreed. Could we make this easily available on the net and add the URL to >> the error message like >> >> If this file is from a newer LyX version, try to download the >> conversion script www.lyx.org/downloads/newest-stable/lyx2lyx.py and >> place it in LYXDIR/scripts/. >> >> ? >> >> Also, documenting how to upgrade lyx2lyx on wiki.lyx.org is an option. >> > I'd go for the latter. And you really need to copy the entire > lib/lyx2lyx/ directory, actually. There can be changes to support > scripts that matter. (I had to do that when adding it to 1.6.10.) > This is a good point.
Personally I would vote for an implementation (like the 'Download' button) that automates the process. We shouldn't expect inexperienced users to easily parse a message talking about 'conversion scripts' and 'lyxdirs' and easily understand what is being required of them to be able to edit a LyX file. It is more likely that in their eyes LyX would appear broken. I would also expect many of them to be reticent to perform such surgery, not least because they would be afraid to break their installation. As I pointed out in the other message, an automatised solution would complicate things for us, but, if implemented cleanly, would save many people a lot of trouble. Cheers Liviu
