open old LyX format fails

Richard Kimberly Heck rikiheck at gmail.com
Thu Jun 15 23:02:17 UTC 2023


On 6/15/23 08:55, Herbert Voss wrote:
>
>
> Am 15.06.23 um 14:40 schrieb Scott Kostyshak:
>>
>>> 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?
>
>
> At the first try to open that file I get always the error message 
> "incompatible command".
> The second try (_without_ restarting lyx)   has the same problem with 
> the _next_
>  "CommandInset ref"  whereas the "CommandInset label" are ok.

Sorry to hear about this, Herbert. Can you send me the original file and 
the converted one? Privately? I should be able to find the problem. The 
code looks right as is. Something is fishy.

Riki




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