-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 18/04/11 16:52, Christian Wilhelmsen wrote: > Exactly! A message box that is indicating change on the file I am > currently editing would resolve my problem just perfect.
But what if a figure file is changing? or a child document? That should be included in the message box as well, otherwise this approach would be a little dangerous, as it would not show all changes which can happen to a lyx document. Rainer > > 2011/4/18 Vincent van Ravesteijn <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > > On 18-1-2011 11:17, Christian Wilhelmsen wrote: > > 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'm also not sure I understand your problem. Usually, if your file > is changed, you can use File->Revert to Saved. This should give you > the new version of the file. > > I've been working on a mechanism that pops up a messagebox > indicating that the file you're editing has been changed on disk. > > I'm not familiar with Dropbox, so I don't know whether it will help > you out in that case. > > > > > - christian wilhelmsen > > > Vincent > > - -- Rainer M. Krug, PhD (Conservation Ecology, SUN), MSc (Conservation Biology, UCT), Dipl. Phys. (Germany) Centre of Excellence for Invasion Biology Stellenbosch University South Africa Tel : +33 - (0)9 53 10 27 44 Cell: +33 - (0)6 85 62 59 98 Fax : +33 - (0)9 58 10 27 44 Fax (D): +49 - (0)3 21 21 25 22 44 email: [email protected] Skype: RMkrug -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk2sUVAACgkQoYgNqgF2egrKTwCeKl2LQigu9NCe1n/pfRE+tb6E AoQAnigEH2IyMJMLLeFe8BVas8cjKNcp =MlR/ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
