On Sun, Dec 22, 2013 at 6:14 PM, pierre-philipp braun <pbr...@nethence.com> wrote: > Hi there, > > I just switched to version 2.1 beta2 to test a layout script, saved the > document, and when I try to read it with version 2.0 again, I get an error > related to the LyX format. > > path\to\tmpdir\Buffer_convertLyXFormat.emxxxxx is not a readable LyX > document. > > Aren't LyX document supposed to be readable by various LyX versions? In > that case this is definitely a beta. > The beta is a beta, and the standard disclaimer applies: do NOT use it for production purposes.
This said, the file format in 2.1beta is incompatible with the fileformat in 2.0.x. This is a known and documented feature. If you modified your documents in 2.1beta and you want to access them in 2.0, then you need to File > Export > LyX 2.0.x. Regards, Liviu > Is there a trick to fix the document or should I look at my last backups? > > thanks, > pierre-philipp -- Do you know how to read? http://www.alienetworks.com/srtest.cfm http://goodies.xfce.org/projects/applications/xfce4-dict#speed-reader Do you know how to write? http://garbl.home.comcast.net/~garbl/stylemanual/e.htm#e-mail
