Re: What is the best way to upgrade to LyX 1.6?

[Konrad Hofbauer]

Richard Heck wrote:
Note that doing this means using separate user directories, since the 
preferences file and the like have different formats. So launch 1.6 
using a command like:
/usr/local/bin/lyx -userdir ~/.lyx16/
and put that into a trivial shellscript so you don't get confused.

That's for Linux!

What platform are you on, Erez?

On Mac, the installer creates a separate user-directory for 1.6, keeping 
the 1.5 user directory untouched (and the right one is used 
automatically). Just give the 1.6-application a different name (e.g. 
LyX16.app), and the two versions happily co-exist.

And: James' warnings DO apply!

/Konrad

P.S. On Windows it is another story again (which I cannot tell).