On Tuesday 6 March 2012 06:35:00 Justin C. Walker wrote: Hi Justin I suspect no-one has thought of the possibility that one might use the newfile filename (albeit in a different folder) within "Save As". Just change the filename as well as the folder.
I have never had this problem when saving a file with the same name to a different folder; so I suspect this issue is confined to using newfile in more than one folder. John -- > Hi, > > I'm just starting to use Lyx (2.0.3) on Mac OS X (10.6.8). > > I'm following the Tutorial and ran into a problem right away: I got to the > third step in 2.1.1: the title bar of my new doc says > "~/newfile1.lyx(changed)". I "Save As..." and drop down the expanded > dialog to include a file view and a "New Folder" button. I create a new > folder (~/LyXTemp), and try to save into that directory. > > I then get a dialog that says > > " The file > /Users/justin/LyXTemp/newfile1.lyx > is already open in your current session. > Please close it before attempting to overwrite it. > Do you want to choose a new filename? > Rename Cancel" > > which, to me, is inexplicable. Is LyX being to clever for me? > > Please CC me, as I'm not subscribed. > > Thanks! > > Justin > > -- > Justin C. Walker, Curmudgeon at Large > Institute for the Absorption of Federal Funds > ----------- > If it weren't for carbon-14, I wouldn't date at all. > -----------
