Am 18.08.2022 um 18:07 schrieb Paul A. Rubin <parubi...@gmail.com>: > > On 8/18/22 11:15, Tim J Garrett wrote: >> Running MacOS Monterrey and getting this error message trying to open old >> lyx files as recent as 2016: >> >> “file.lyx is from an older version of LyX and the lyx2lyx script failed to >> convert it.” >> >> Unclear what to do from online forums. Any advice? I’m not a developer, so >> step-by-step would be appreciated. I have tried installing old versions of >> lyx but without success. Below is the lyx preamble >> >> Thanks >> >> Tim >> >> #LyX 2.1 created this file. For more info see http://www.lyx.org/ >> \lyxformat 474 >> \begin_document >> \begin_header >> \textclass article >> \begin_preamble >> >> \usepackage[left,modulo]{lineno} >> \end_preamble >> \options agums >> \use_default_options false >> \maintain_unincluded_children false >> \language english >> \language_package default >> \inputencoding auto >> \fontencoding global >> \font_roman times >> \font_sans default >> \font_typewriter default >> \font_math auto >> \font_default_family default >> \use_non_tex_fonts false >> \font_sc false >> \font_osf false >> \font_sf_scale 100 >> \font_tt_scale 100 >> \graphics default >> \default_output_format default >> \output_sync 0 >> \bibtex_command default >> \index_command default >> \float_placement h >> \paperfontsize 12 >> \spacing double >> \use_hyperref false >> \papersize letterpaper >> \use_geometry true >> \use_package amsmath 1 >> \use_package amssymb 1 >> \use_package cancel 1 >> \use_package esint 0 >> \use_package mathdots 1 >> \use_package mathtools 1 >> \use_package mhchem 1 >> \use_package stackrel 1 >> \use_package stmaryrd 1 >> \use_package undertilde 1 >> \cite_engine natbib >> \cite_engine_type authoryear >> \biblio_style plainnat >> \use_bibtopic false >> \use_indices false >> \paperorientation portrait >> \suppress_date false >> \justification true >> \use_refstyle 0 >> \index Index >> \shortcut idx >> \color #008000 >> \end_index >> \leftmargin 1in >> \topmargin 1in >> \rightmargin 1in >> \bottommargin 1in >> \secnumdepth 3 >> \tocdepth 3 >> \paragraph_separation indent >> \paragraph_indentation default >> \quotes_language english >> \papercolumns 1 >> \papersides 1 >> \paperpagestyle default >> \tracking_changes false >> \output_changes false >> \html_math_output 0 >> \html_css_as_file 0 >> \html_be_strict false >> \end_header >> >> > > There does not seem to be any problem with the header. I created an empty LyX > document with it, and the lyx2lyx script had no issues processing it. So the > problem must be in the document body. > > You can try the following. Find the lyx2lyx executable on your system. On > Debian based Linux systems, it defaults to /usr/share/lyx/lyx2lyx/lyx2lyx. I > have no idea where it is on a Mac, so I'll just refer to the equivalent > string as "<whatever>". In a terminal window, run > > <whatever> -v <path to your doc> > > which should print the converted document line by line in the terminal > window. If it gorks, hopefully you will be able to see what it choked on and > possibly an error message, which you can bring back to the list. > > Paul
Hi Tim, do you have any progress with your issue? Did you update Monterey recently? Do you have a working Python installation? Stephan -- lyx-users mailing list lyx-users@lists.lyx.org http://lists.lyx.org/mailman/listinfo/lyx-users
