Murat, did you try the Time Machine?
I don't use XeTeX. For the developers: If I run /Applications/LyX.app/Contents/MacOS/tex2lyx without any parameters it crashes tex2lyx error: Not enough arguments. support/lassert.cpp (52): ASSERTION i < argc_ VIOLATED IN /Users/Shared/LyX/lyx-2.4.3/src/support/../support/os_unix.cpp:61 ( 1) 1 tex2lyx 0x0000000102346ae0 _ZN3lyx21doAssertWithCallstackEb : 1 tex2lyx 0x0000000102346ae0 _ZN3lyx21doAssertWithCallstackEb + 24 ( 2) 2 tex2lyx 0x00000001023538c8 _ZN3lyx7support2os9utf8_argvEi : 2 tex2lyx 0x00000001023538c8 _ZN3lyx7support2os9utf8_argvEi + 152 ( 3) 3 tex2lyx 0x00000001022a8578 _ZN3lyx12_GLOBAL__N_110TeX2LyXApp3runEv : 3 tex2lyx 0x00000001022a8578 _ZN3lyx12_GLOBAL__N_110TeX2LyXApp3runEv + 2684 ( 4) 4 tex2lyx 0x00000001022a7aa4 _ZN3lyx12_GLOBAL__N_110TeX2LyXApp6doExecEv : 4 tex2lyx 0x00000001022a7aa4 _ZN3lyx12_GLOBAL__N_110TeX2LyXApp6doExecEv + 20 ( 5) 5 QtCore 0x000000010356a030 _ZN7QObject5eventEP6QEvent : 5 QtCore 0x000000010356a030 _ZN7QObject5eventEP6QEvent + 620 ( 6) 6 QtCore 0x00000001035419a8 _ZN23QCoreApplicationPrivate13notify_helperEP7QObjectP6QEvent : 6 QtCore 0x00000001035419a8 _ZN23QCoreApplicationPrivate13notify_helperEP7QObjectP6QEvent + 124 ( 7) 7 QtCore 0x00000001035415e4 _ZN16QCoreApplication15notifyInternal2EP7QObjectP6QEvent : 7 QtCore 0x00000001035415e4 _ZN16QCoreApplication15notifyInternal2EP7QObjectP6QEvent + 208 ( 8) 8 QtCore 0x0000000103542868 _ZN23QCoreApplicationPrivate16sendPostedEventsEP7QObjectiP11QThreadData : 8 QtCore 0x0000000103542868 _ZN23QCoreApplicationPrivate16sendPostedEventsEP7QObjectiP11QThreadData + 776 ( 9) 9 QtCore 0x000000010359f568 _ZN20QEventDispatcherUNIX13processEventsE6QFlagsIN10QEventLoop17ProcessEventsFlagEE : 9 QtCore 0x000000010359f568 _ZN20QEventDispatcherUNIX13processEventsE6QFlagsIN10QEventLoop17ProcessEventsFlagEE + 80 ( 10) 10 QtCore 0x000000010353d5a0 _ZN10QEventLoop4execE6QFlagsINS_17ProcessEventsFlagEE : 10 QtCore 0x000000010353d5a0 _ZN10QEventLoop4execE6QFlagsINS_17ProcessEventsFlagEE + 524 ( 11) 11 QtCore 0x0000000103541c14 _ZN16QCoreApplication4execEv : 11 QtCore 0x0000000103541c14 _ZN16QCoreApplication4execEv + 132 ( 12) 12 tex2lyx 0x00000001022a56b8 main : 12 tex2lyx 0x00000001022a56b8 main + 136 ( 13) 13 dyld 0x0000000199200274 start : 13 dyld 0x0000000199200274 start + 2840 tex2lyx warning: Creating file /Users/el/Downloads/.lyx the file '.lyx' shows #LyX file created by tex2lyx 2.4 \lyxformat 620 \begin_document \begin_header \save_transient_properties true \origin /Users/el/Downloads/ \textclass article \use_default_options false \maintain_unincluded_children no \language english \language_package none \inputencoding auto-legacy \fontencoding default \font_roman "default" "default" \font_sans "default" "default" \font_typewriter "default" "default" \font_math "auto" "auto" \font_default_family default \use_non_tex_fonts false \font_sc false \font_roman_osf false \font_sans_osf false \font_typewriter_osf false \font_sf_scale 100 100 \font_tt_scale 100 100 \use_microtype false \use_dash_ligatures true \graphics default \default_output_format default \output_sync 0 \bibtex_command default \index_command default \paperfontsize default \spacing single \use_hyperref false \papersize default \use_geometry false \use_package amsmath 1 \use_package amssymb 0 \use_package cancel 0 \use_package esint 1 \use_package mathdots 0 \use_package mathtools 0 \use_package mhchem 0 \use_package stackrel 0 \use_package stmaryrd 0 \use_package undertilde 0 \cite_engine basic \cite_engine_type default \biblio_style plain \use_bibtopic false \use_indices false \paperorientation portrait \suppress_date false \justification true \use_refstyle 0 \use_minted 0 \use_lineno false \index Index \shortcut idx \color #008000 \end_index \secnumdepth 3 \tocdepth 3 \paragraph_separation indent \paragraph_indentation default \is_math_indent 0 \math_numbering_side default \quotes_style english \dynamic_quotes 0 \papercolumns 1 \papersides 1 \paperpagestyle default \tracking_changes false \output_changes false \change_bars false \html_math_output 0 \html_css_as_file 0 \html_be_strict false \docbook_table_output 0 \docbook_mathml_prefix 1 \end_header \begin_body \begin_layout Standard \end_layout \end_body \end_document I think this is a bug, it should exit gracefully. Should I file this as an issue on trac? el On 2025/02/21 19:11, Murat Yildizoglu wrote: > Thanks Eberhard, > > I was able to get it back in Dropbox versions. On my laptop, Lyx has > completely overwritten the file and it is not the first time that > happens. Is my installation faulty? Why does it not have a Xelatex > Lyx converter configured by default? Maybe I deleted one? Does yours > have one? -- lyx-users mailing list lyx-users@lists.lyx.org https://lists.lyx.org/mailman/listinfo/lyx-users