[PATCH] Re: Weird compile result -- bug?

[Jürgen Spitzmüller]

Am Samstag, dem 16.10.2021 um 12:30 -0400 schrieb Richard Kimberly
Heck:
> > > As I tried to explain this is not due to preamble edits per se,
> > > but due
> > > to doing any change in document preferences. As biber is not
> > > available,
> > > it cannot be (re-)selected in settings. All we could do about
> > > that is
> > > issue a warning.
> 
> I think this would be an adequate solution.

The attached patches implement a better solution:

* LyX does _not_ change document settings silently. Rather than that,
it keeps the current setting but indicates it is not available, like we
do for document classes, e.g. "biber (not available)". This prevents
unwanted changes on document sharing (patch 0002).

* on compilation of such documents, LyX tries to fall back to a
sensible available compiler (e.g. biber -> bibtex8) and warns the user
about that, suggesting to install the missing compiler (patch 0001).

I think this addresses Paul's concerns as good as it gets.

Could somebody please commit to master? I still cannot connect to the
git server.

Riki, this might also be candidate for stable. If you think so, please
cherry-pick.

Thanks,
Jürgen

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