I hope you have a backup, because this looks like PostScript.
el On 08/04/2017 00:14, Charlie wrote: > > > Hello All, > > I have obviously made an error creating this file in 2007 and now I'm > unable to open it. > > This message in Lyx: > > /home/charlie/lyx/rec-reserve/letters/shire/07-08-shire-funding.lyx is > not a readable LyX document > > In a text editor the message is: > > The file > /home/charlie/shire/07-08-shire-funding.lyx||07-08-shire-funding.lyx > was opened with UTF-8 encoding but contained invalid characters. It is > set to read-only mode, as saving might destroy its content. Either > reopen the file with the correct encoding chosen or enable the > read-write mode again in the tools menu to be able to edit it. [end > quote] > > Then I get this: > > 48> <234575E8A4EDC1B14EE078D78DCA5E48>] >> > > startxref > > 291216 > > Dozens of these numbers > > trailer > > << /Size 180 > > /Root 178 0 R > > /Info 179 0 R > > /ID [<234575E8A4EDC1B14EE078D78DCA5E48> > <234575E8A4EDC1B14EE078D78DCA5E48>] >> > > startxref > > 291216 00000 n > > %%EOF > > More numbers. > > I attempted several encodings with the text editor but no joy. The > numbers changed a little bit but not a great deal. > > Just a question here. One of the reasons use LyX is because I thought > any LyX file could be opened in a text editor and the contents rescued? > Now I wonder? I assume that I will lose some file and their content > anyway? > > It doesn't matter if no one can help me with the problem. However, I > would like to know if I will lose old LyX files, be unable to open them > as time goes on and LyX evolves? > > TIA > > Stay well, > Charlie >
