On Wed, 25 Jul 2001, Herbert Voss wrote:
> Michael Schmitt wrote:
>
> > In most cases, conversion from latex layout to ERT seems to work
> > problem-free. And in my opinion some minor incompatibilities with
> > former LyX versions are acceptable provided that 1) LyX tells you about it
> > when reading old documents (with a short description on how to fix the
> > problem by hand) and 2) a short note in the NEWS file explains the
> > reasons (give the user some information and he will accept it).
>
> this is not acceptable for me and I suppose for most of the
> other users! 1.1.6 gets new file format and 1.2.0 will be
> again. this is crazy enough!
> 1.2.0 has to read all 1.1.6 files without any restrictions!
So it makes sense to keep the old latex stuff untouched (no conversion)
but ERT insets are offered as the _only_ way for new documents! In
addition, in the NEWS file, LyX may draw attention to the fact that the
latex stuff will only be supported for, say, the next 1 or 2 releases.
Michael
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