On 11/23/2016 04:27 PM, Tommaso Cucinotta wrote: > On 23/11/2016 01:11, Enrico Forestieri wrote: >>> 1. versioning of the preferences file...what else is needed? >> >> Have a look at c2a18fc1 to get an idea. > > ok, thanks, do we need also anything else on the prefs2prefs side? If > not, do we actually need to bump up the prefs file version? What if a > newer prefs file is open with an older LyX ?
Yes, you should bump the prefs file version. We don't provide backwards conversions of preferences files. Note that this would be an issue only if someone downgraded from, e.g., 2.2.x to 2.1.x. Nice to see you back at work on LyX. This is stuff we really needed. Richard
