On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 2:00 AM, Andrew Parsloe <apars...@clear.net.nz> wrote: >> - Section 2.1: After defining the 'Converter box', it would help to >> note that next teh user has to click Add and Apply. (Personally I find >> this handling confusing.) > > (Ah, you too type "teh" for "the".) > Oh, I stopped paying attention to such spelling errors some time ago. :) I type very fast, and often after pressing a 't' with my left hand the 'e' gets hit faster than the 'h'. I guess I should scold my right hand.
> The .lyx~ back-up file is still there. The initial buffer-write sends the > unsorted .lyx file to .lyx~, so it should still be possible to retrieve the > situation if the overwrite goes wrong. In fact I've just rescued myself from > an unwanted overwrite by exactly this means. (And that suggests another > issue which I'll put to the developers: the visibility of .lyx~ files as on > option in LyX's Open dialog.) > This is still living dangerously. The backups shouldn't be taken for granted: The option can be disabled in LyX Prefs. It would be nice if the approach could be slightly redesigned, but my understanding is that the implementation is stretching the limits of what LyX allows users to do. Maybe the Update > LyX (table) is the better approach: It may feel less built-in, but it would give people more control over the process. Thanks Liviu
