> I would vote for a configureable option (with GUI too?). > The good old text file is easier to handle when you want to > CVS your .lyx files.
You are right. Even if I am using svn, which handles binary files better than cvs, one can not diff a binary file. (But we will have change-tracking system in 1.4.0, so 'cvs/svn diff' is less useful anyway.) Compared to a configuration/GUI option, I think a menu item 'save gziped' is easier to use and implement. In this way, user can open plain/gziped lyx file and save either plain or gziped. For the same file, I can 'save' to cvs/svn and 'save gziped' to send via email, and many users will prefer gziped file for emails due to reduced attachment size (and get around the problem without knowing it.) Bo
