Create a document with lyx 1.3 Set the quoting style to single quotes instead of the usual doubles.

Open this document in lyx-1.4 Notice how it is impossible to turn single-quoting off again, as lyx-1.4 don't have this in the GUI anymore. The problem persists as the file is saved by lyx-1.4.

The correct solution:
Lyx 1.4 have no GUI for singlequote-mode, because single quotes are now inserted as special characters. So support for singlequote-mode in the .lyx should be removed too (no saving/loading of this option, and no internal state variable to keep this state either), and lyx2lyx should simply strip this option when converting old documents.

This would solve the problem. Old documents with single quotes should still work, and users will be forced to insert single quotes using the insert menu.

Alternative solution: Reinstate the button that switches between single/double quote mode. Everything else is in place already - it was never removed. (Ideally, in single-quote mode the insert menu should then offer the insertion of a double quote as an alternative to the default single.) This is the best solution _if_ singlequotes are popular anywhere in the world.

Helge Hafting

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