Liviu Andronic wrote: > On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 3:04 AM, Tommaso Cucinotta <tomm...@lyx.org> wrote: > > AFAICS, it would not be bad to have an option with which LyX tries to ignore > > what is not understood in future file-formats, and simply goes on trying to > > execute anyway (e.g., --keep-going a'la make). For example, in the RC file > > > This allows for the possibility of LyX opening the file nonetheless > while corrupting/truncating some feature and without the user's > knowledge. Very dangerous.
i'm having similar thoughts. development lyx2lyx routines are not widely tested and go through changes as the time passes, remember pre 2.0.0 carneval of hundred commits when Richard got inspired by higher spirits ;) if there is a need to cooperate on 1.6 documents we may think of the feature present in openoffice which asks you to stay on old format before saving... pavel
