On 12/13/2014 05:54 PM, aparsloe wrote:
... and is it still necessary? I'm referring to the file saving introduced with LyX 2.1.1 to cope with the "tabular" bug which hadn't been diagnosed at that stage.
Yes, this is active, and it's permanent. There's a slightly different scheme for 2.2.x.
It isn't extra file saving, though. It's just a change in how the file is saved. Before, we would over-write the original file if "Backup original documents when saving" was not active. Now, we make a backup even in that case.
I use PSTricks in an ERT inset in LyX. The View other formats and Update other formats buttons provide a convenient way of updating a drawing, which inevitably involves a succession of iterations as elements of the the diagram are nudged into position. However, it seems to me now, with LyX 2.1.2, that there is a noticeable lag between clicking the View or Update button and the execution of the command, which I don't recall in the past.
Would it work to use Insert>Preview for this?
Is there a file save before the updating? And is it necessary now? Or could it optionally be turned off (for instance, by virtuous types who specify a back-up directory)? With an iterative process like working on a drawing, the performance lag becomes irritating.
As far as I know, the file is not saved before viewing or updating. Of course, the LaTeX version has to be written so it can be compiled, but that is done from the current version in memory.
Richard
