On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 8:06 AM, Pierfranco
Minsenti<pierfranco.minse...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> I would like to replace my LyX 1.5.4 version on my iBook with MAC OS X
> 10.3.9 ("Panther") with the new 1.6.3 version of LyX but I have two
> questions:
>
> 1) compatibility between LyX 1.6.3 and my version of the MAC OS X: I am
> unable to find on http://wiki.lyx.org/Mac/Mac or at
> http://www.lyx.org/Download information about the system requirements for
> version 1.6.3. Is this version compatible with MAC OS X 10.3.9 or not?
> Apple downloads at
> http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/unix_open_source/lyx.html says it
> requires at least MAC OS X 10.4 ("Tiger"); VersionTracker at
> http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/47551 says it is
> compatible with MAC OS X 10.3.9; softt32
> http://www.soft32.com/download_226661.html says it requires Tiger.
> So what is the truth about compatibility with the OS?
Actually, I'm not sure. I know it's compatible with 10.4; 10.3.9 might
work, though I don't have any such machine around to test with. Try it
and report back!
> 2) what is the compatibility with documents written with the old version.
> Are there any problem?
Short answer is that there is no problem. Every version of LyX can
read file formats of any earlier version. The latest bug fix release
of the 1.x series can also read the 1.(x+1) file format. For example,
1.5.7 can read the 1.6.x file format. (1.5.4 was released before the
file format for 1.6 was finalized.)
BH
The latest bug fix version of 1.5 is able to
