On Mon, Feb 1, 2016 at 5:33 PM, Anthony Campbell <[email protected]> wrote:
> I'm using 2.1.4 on OpenBSD.
>
> While editing a large file (book) I've twice had it suddenly corrupted
> which made it impossible to edit. Doing anything, such as inserting a
> space or deleting a letter, causes the whole para to be struck through
> (horizontal lines through the text) and the text changes colour. There is
> also a vertical line on the right.
>
> Oddly I can still make PDFs when this happens but it is no longer
> possible to change anything in the file. I don't know what I did
> preceding the change but it's happened twice. I spent many hours trying
> to fix it but in the end gave up and replaced the file with a slightly
> older one from offline backup. So far this is OK.
>
Sounds like Change Tracking... Did you enable this?

Liviu


> Any ideas about what could cause this? I tried reinstalling lyx but the
> problem didn't go away.
>
>
> --
> Anthony Campbell                        http://www.acampbell.uk



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