Andrew Parsloe wrote: > I notice (in 2.2 beta2 on windows7) on typing LyX, TeX, LaTeX, LaTeX2e, > that these strings are *not* converted to the logos. Nor does saving, > closing and reopening the document convert them to the logos, nor do > they display as logos in the pdf. > > However, if I export to 2.1 format and then reload that document in 2.2 > beta2, they *are* converted to the logos. > > Something has been overlooked here.
Unfortunately this has not been overlooked, but a correct implementation of the 2.2->2.1 conversion in lyx2lyx would be very hard to achieve. Our policy for lyx2lyx is that all forward conversions have to work in all cases, but backward conversions are only guaranteed to produce a valid file format, they may change the document output. We try to implement the backward conversions correctly if possible, but in this case it is really difficult: The logic of the automatic logo translation in LyX 2.1 and older is horrible. To replicate it in lyx2lyx we would need to implement a complete layout file parser in lyx2lyx, because it depends on layout properties. For the forward conversion we did not do that and let LyX do part of the work (via the new \SpecialCharNoPassThru keyword). For the backward conversion we cannot invent new keywords. I realize that this behaviour is a problem if you do 2.1->2.2->2.1 roundtrips, but I fear we cannot do much besides mentioning it in the release notes. You can also consider this a part of the buggy logo handling in LyX 2.1 (http://www.lyx.org/trac/ticket/4752) if you like. Georg
