Lyx 2.3.5.1 and 2.3.5.2 won't open old files on Mac [Solved]

[Kornel Benko]

Am Mon, 6 Jul 2020 14:45:36 -0400
schrieb "Paul A. Rubin" <parubin73 at gmail.com>:

> On 7/6/20 12:45 PM, Kornel Benko wrote:
> > Am Mon, 6 Jul 2020 11:58:03 -0400
> > schrieb "Paul A. Rubin" <parubin73 at 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)
> >
> > 	Kornel
> >  
> False in my case (LyX 2.3.5-1 from Liv' PPA, on Linux Mint).
> 
> Paul
> 

In that case, I'd try to set it to true and repeat the dropbox test.
(You have to edit the preferences, because there does not exist a dialog yet)

	Kornel
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