Problem converting older files with lyx2lyx

ahostmadsen at icloud.com ahostmadsen at icloud.com
Thu Oct 20 17:45:12 UTC 2022


Yes, it is very worrisome not to be able to open older files. Usually, I don’t want to edit them, I just want to copy and paste things from the files, so I just need LyX to be able to open them.

I think it must have something to do with LyX installation on Monterey.
On Oct 20, 2022, 12:39 AM -1000, Gordon Watson <gordon.watson at me.com>, wrote:
> 1. I also seek to resolve the “lyx2lyx” problem when opening my old LyX files. Example message:
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> /Users/gordonwatson/Desktop/LyX files/BTR19.lyx is from an older version of LyX and the lyx2lyx script failed to convert it.
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> 2. I am using LyX Version 2.3.6.2 (7 January 2021) on a Mac with MacOS Monterey, version 12.6 (21G115).
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> 3. More recently, I found, at https://latex.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=19&p=117963:
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> "Through the LyX forum, the result that worked was the following
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> /System/Volumes/Data/Applications/LyX.app/Contents/Resources/lyx2lyx/lyx2lyx -v oldfile.lyx > newfile.lyx
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> BUT I have no clue what this means.
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> 4. And when I went to https://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-users@lists.lyx.org/ the required correction was unclear to me.
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> 5. In part, the above meanderings are because I have hundreds of files at risk, AND I am very nervous about losing them!
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> 6. Question: Should I download  LyX Version 2.3.6.2 (7 January 2021) again? If so, what precautions do I first need to take?
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> Thanks.
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>
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> > On 19 Oct 2022, at 5:24 am, ahostmadsen--- via lyx-users <lyx-users at lists.lyx.org> wrote:
> >
> > I appreciate the feedback I have received, but I’m still left with a somewhat non-functioning LyX installation. To repeat
> >
> > 1. I cannot open older LyX formats.
> > 2. Instant preview does not work.
> >
> > This happened recently. Can anyone suggest how I can get LyX to work again?
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