>>>>> "Juergen" == Juergen Vigna <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

Juergen> Could you elaborate this? I think we CAN have this in lyx (at
Juergen> least starting from the version we support with 1.2.0). Why
Juergen> should 1 additional file give any more problems? It's
Juergen> isolated and if you don't want you don't have too look inside
Juergen> it, we just say if we don't support this file-version anymore
Juergen> then call this function and it should handle it as it thinks
Juergen> it should do it!

Juergen> If you don't want to work on it noone is forcing you, but IMO
Juergen> it is the best thing to do and mybe we can extend the
Juergen> compatibility read also for older files. We don't need any
Juergen> external application it's one file module and I don't think
Juergen> it will neighter add a lot more bytes to the lyx executable
Juergen> nor give you any more thing to think of! And this is "really"
Juergen> user friendly!

I do not know what the plans are for the lyx meeting, but it would be
great if at least a prototype of backawards compatibility code (either
external script or internal code) is created. The more we wait the
more difficult it will be...

JMarc

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