Installing LyX 2.4.1 and 2.3.8 side by side

[M. Luque]

In any case, I would recommend exporting the document periodically to plain
LaTeX to have a backup in case something goes wrong in any version of LyX.

On Wed, Jul 10, 2024, 16:50 Scott Kostyshak <skostysh at lyx.org> wrote:

> On Wed, Jul 10, 2024 at 08:28:36AM GMT, tkpmep at gmail.com wrote:
> > Can I install both LyX 2.4.1 and 2.3.8 simultaneously on my Windows
> laptop
> > with TeXLive 2023?
>
> I believe in theory yes, not sure how it works in practice.
>
> > If I edit and save a file using LyX 2.4.1 will it still
> > be viewable and editable using 2.3.8?
>
> I think so, but even if technically possible I wouldn't recommend it.
> Longer explanation: 2.3.8 has code ("lyx2lyx") to convert 2.4.x files
> back into 2.3.x file format. So yes, you should be able to open them,
> and please let us know if there is any problem if you do so because that
> could be a bug. That said, if you continually change between 2.4.x and
> 2.3.8, you'll be doing a lot of conversions, and there's a good chance
> something could go wrong. My recommendation would be to just use 2.3.8
> and wait until you (and your coauthors) are ready to upgrade everything
> to 2.4.x.
>
> Scott
>
>
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