> Le 6 mars 2023 à 09:47, Jürgen Spitzmüller <jspi...@gmail.com> a écrit : > > Am Montag, dem 06.03.2023 um 09:26 +0100 schrieb Daniel CLEMENT via > lyx-users: >> I've just recently noticed that some .lyx~ files remain alongside my >> regular LyX documents. >> >> They are not hidden, but the Mac file browser adds a subtitle to >> them: >> "non admissible" (in French...) > > These are backup files. They are done and updated (by default) each > time you safe the current document.
My bad, I was mistaking them for temporary files. > >> Shouldn't they be erased automatically? > > No, they are meant as a permanent backup, should your original file get > corrupted or lost. > > In order to open them with LyX, you probably need to remove the > trailing tilde. Good to know. I guess I had only “used” them when LyX offered me to recover after a crash. > > (The trailing tilde is an established marker of backup files, coming > from the Emacs text editor) > >> Is there a setting that I'm missing? > > In Tools > Preferences > Look & Feel > Document Handling, you can > disable "Backup original documents when saving" if you really do not > want these backups. > > In Tools > Preferences > Paths, you can setup a "Backup directory" > where all these backups are stored rather than alongside the original > document. That’s it, I had forgotten to adjust this setting when I did my new install (I do have a dedicated /backup directory). It’s done now. > > HTH, > -- > Jürgen Thanks a lot Jürgen -- lyx-users mailing list lyx-users@lists.lyx.org http://lists.lyx.org/mailman/listinfo/lyx-users
