2011/1/18 Christian Wilhelmsen <[email protected]>: > I juse LyX and Dropbox in collaboration with my team mates, and the problem > is that when you have opened a file, another user edits it and sync it > through > dropbox, LyX wont open the new version, it opens a buffered copy or > something. > > We have to close LyX each time we want to open an updated document, or else > you just get the copy that is stored in memory... Tried removing > auto-backup, if that was the problem, but no. > > Anyone knows how we can get past this problem?
I think your problem lies in Dropbox itself and the file locking mechanics (I understand you are working on Windows). Dropbox cannot update (write to) file currently open by any application for reading, Windows permission system does not allow that. I do not know whether LyX keep file opened or locked anyhow (should for NFS purpose), however while Dropbox > 1.0 is able to read and sync files to the server (it do that with my opened Excel sheets) it is not able to write anything while file is opened. When you close the LyX all locks are removed, Dropbox quickly updates your file from the server, then when you reopen LyX you see new version. I think LyX should operate at Dropbox API level to handle properly that case you expect. I think it won't happen fast if at all. Forst it need good "merge" feature - I do not know if is finished or not. -- Manveru jabber: [email protected] gg: 1624001 http://www.manveru.pl
