open old LyX format fails

[Scott Kostyshak]

On Thu, Jun 15, 2023 at 02:24:49PM +0200, Herbert Voss wrote:
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> 
> 
> Am 15.06.23 um 12:19 schrieb Herbert Voss:
> > Hello all,
> > 
> > I have an really old document and want to open it with
> > 2.4.0 Beta2, but it fail with: "Incompatible Command"
> > 
> > My old format is 2.18
> > 
> > macOS Sonora and TL23
> > 
> > Any hints?
> 
> with lyx2lyx my.lyx
> I get a converted LyX file with LyxFormat 613. But reading this file with
> LyX 2.4 it stops the input at
> 
> \begin_inset CommandInset ref
> nolink "false"
> LatexCommand ref
> reference "abb1-1"
> \end_inset

If you manually remove that chunk in a text editor, does LyX 2.4 then open it?

Scott
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