On Fri, 2008-04-25 at 13:41 -0400, Steve Litt wrote: > On Friday 25 April 2008 11:24, Abdelrazak Younes wrote: > > Steve Litt wrote: > > > On Friday 25 April 2008 05:07, Glen Whitehead wrote: > > >> Thank you everyone for your replies :-) > > >> > > >> I am so relieved (after throwing up). > > >> > > >> The error was being returned by bibtex and was nothing serious 0_o > > > > > > Good! > > > > > > Prevent future occurrence. Create a shellscript or batch file to back up > > > the file (to a different version) and run it every 10 minutes so that if > > > you get knocked back, you only get knocked back 10 minutes. > > > > Maybe you are not aware that LyX already autosaves your files? Look at > > the Preferences settings dialog; the default is to make a backup every 5 > > minutes. > > My backups work for every app, and work in a way I know.
Maybe it is off topic, but would you mind expand a bit about this backup script you have? It might give me some good ideas of how to create my own, and I have just started to program it... > > > > > > I know you're done with this project, but do this for all your projects. > > > > > > By the way, I have a system to use rsync to make incremental backups, > > > taking maybe a minute. I can run it several times a day so nothing can > > > mess me up. My backup system saves each incremental so I can restore > > > files to any of the backup times. > > > > Why don't use a source control management (SCM) system instead? > > That's a good idea. I haven't yet because it's not a high priority, given > that > I have an excellent backup system. > > Let me rephrase what I said -- find SOME way of backing up your file often > during the day, whether it's something built into the app, source control, a > incremental backup schedule, or just plain copies. > > SteveT > > Steve Litt > Books written in LyX: > Troubleshooting Techniques of the Successful Technologist > Twenty Eight Tales of Troubleshooting > Troubleshooting: Just the Facts And one more question: do you have one (or more) of these books available on the net, or otherwise free? I have never seen a full-length book that was written with LyX, and I would like to see one in order to get a feeling about LyX's abilities. Thanks ahead, Peleg.
