Hi Niklas, It seems that I cannot reproduce this problem in Mojave. I have put a lye file Cloud only and, once DB has followed my order (the tag changes in the Finder), I have tried to open it in Lyx 2.3.5.2 and it worked: no empty file but the document itself appeared in LyX.
> Le 7 juil. 2020 à 13:19, Niklas Huldén <nhul...@abo.fi> a écrit : > > Den 07-07-2020 kl. 03:46, skrev Murat Yildizoglu: >> >>> Le 7 juil. 2020 à 05:36, Stephan Witt <st.w...@gmx.net> a écrit : >>> >>> Am 06.07.2020 um 18:45 schrieb Kornel Benko <kor...@lyx.org>: >>>> Am Mon, 6 Jul 2020 11:58:03 -0400 >>>> schrieb "Paul A. Rubin" <parubi...@gmail.com>: >>>> >>>>> On 7/6/20 11:37 AM, Richard Kimberly Heck wrote: >>>>>> On 7/6/20 4:28 AM, Niklas Huldén wrote: >>>>>>> Den 01-07-2020 kl. 17:53, skrev Richard Kimberly Heck: >>>>>>>>> On 7/1/20 6:59 AM, Niklas Huldén wrote: >>>>>>>>>> Hello! >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> I installed LyX 2.3.5 in June on my MacBook Air 13 (Catalina) and >>>>>>>>>> noticed that I could not open files from the "Recent files" list in >>>>>>>>>> the File menu. The program opened an empty document with the name of >>>>>>>>>> the recent file. I could open old documents using the "Open.." choise >>>>>>>>>> from the menu. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> When I installed version 2.3.5.1 I hoped this behaiviour would have >>>>>>>>>> been corrected, but now I could't even use the "Open..." choise. It >>>>>>>>>> allways opens up an empty file with the name om the file that should >>>>>>>>>> have opened. Same with version 2.3.5.2 that I installed today. For >>>>>>>>>> some reason I can open the default Splash.lyx that sits on the >>>>>>>>>> "Recent >>>>>>>>>> files" >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> I have backupped my Preferenses file and started up an default >>>>>>>>>> version >>>>>>>>>> of LyX but the same behaviour continues. What could be the reason for >>>>>>>>>> this? Have anyone had similar problems? >>>>>>>>> If you can open LyX from a terminal, with argument "-dbg files", you >>>>>>>>> might get more information. You can also do this by opening the >>>>>>>>> messages pane (View> Messages Pane) and activating "files" debug >>>>>>>>> messages. (Go to Settings on the pane, click "Selected" then choose >>>>>>>>> "files"). >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> I would guess there is something wrong with the path that LyX is >>>>>>>>> getting. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Riki >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Ok, thanks! I did that but the log shows nothing unusual. But the >>>>>>>> problem seems related only to files that reside in Dropbox folders. >>>>>>>> Lyx opens the files directly but does not download the contents from >>>>>>>> the Dropbox cloud. If i open a folder in the Dropbox app and >>>>>>>> doubleclick on a LyX-file it opens correctly in LyX. It used to work >>>>>>>> without hazzle from the LyX-menus before. Maybe it is a Dropbox >>>>>>>> problem. >>>>>>> It sounds like it. I assume there must be some notification to the >>>>>>> Dropbox app that a file has been accessed. LyX wouldn't provide that, >>>>>>> but the OS, or possibly Qt in this case, might. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Riki >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>> It may be specific to the Mac OS. I just uploaded (via web browser) a >>>>> .lyx file to a shared Dropbox folder owned by a coauthor, then opened it >>>>> in LyX via the file menu with no problems. This was on Linux Mint. >>>>> >>>>> Paul >>>>> >>>> What is the setting of \use_native_filedialog (possibly in preferences? : >>>> it defaults to >>>> 'true' if not set) >>> On a Mac it’s shipped w/o any assignment. So it should be true. >>> >>> Stephan >>> -- >>> lyx-users mailing list >>> lyx-users@lists.lyx.org >>> http://lists.lyx.org/mailman/listinfo/lyx-users >> Hi Niklas, >> Have you activated the new new functionality in Dropbox that keeps files in >> the cloud but only keeping a file handle in the DB folder. You could be >> trying to open such a file and DB seems not to be able to detect the request >> to the file but Lyx and download it before opening it. > > Hello! > > Yes, that seems to be the problem. I started using the Dropbox cloud and file > handle option in March this year and as I remember it worked OK with LyX > until version 2.3.5.1. But I also have new versions of the Mac OS and Dropbox > so it is quite hard to determine the ultimate reason. But other files (jpg, > .odt, and even .docx) open fine using Open in menu options and doubleclicking > them in Finder or other filehandling programs. Just the LyX-files needs to be > opened from a folder opened in the dropbox app. I also tried the > \use_native_filedialog false/true option in Preferences but it makes no > difference in my case. > > Best regards > > Niklas > > > -- > lyx-users mailing list > lyx-users@lists.lyx.org > http://lists.lyx.org/mailman/listinfo/lyx-users — Prof. Murat Yildizoglu Advisor to the Minister of Education, Youth and Sports of Cambodia Expertise France On temporary leave from University of Bordeaux http://yildizoglu.fr
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