Re: Empty backup directory
On 2021-06-26 10:58, Kornel Benko wrote: Am Sat, 26 Jun 2021 09:29:29 +0200 schrieb Daniel : Hi, After installing LyX, the backup directory is empty (Preferences > Paths). Does that mean that no backups are created by default or that the backups are created even though "Backup documents, every ... minutes" is checked (Preferences > Look & Feel > Document Handling) (btw. Look & Feel seems a misnomer for backup settings). Or is a backup created in the directory of the lyx file (the title bar shows a directory even for new not yet saved files, so I suppose these files are backup there as well)? Daniel From what I understand, backups are created iff a lyx file changes while edited by lyx. Kornel I still find LyX's backups a bit confusing. Officially it says in the User Guide: "Backup original documents when saving creates a backup copy of the file in the state when it was opened or when it was saved the last time. It is stored in the Backup directory (see section [sec:Paths]) or in the same folder as your document if no Backup directory is specified. The backup file has the file extension “.lyx~”. With the option Backup documents, every, you can specify the time between backup saves. Save documents compressed by default always saves files in a compressed format (see also section [subsec:Compressed]). This applies to newly created documents only. The compression status of existing documents is not changed when saving." Sometimes there is a backup with the ".lyx˜" extension but sometimes with the ".lyx#" extension (as in "#filename.lyx#"). Contrary to the Guide, it seems as if the latter is the backup created automatically every 5 minutes by default. Also, they are not strictly speaking created every 5 minutes but only if in addition the document is the active one on LyX. That does not seem very safe. Then I find the ".lyx~" files in my directories. I guess they are created when LyX crashes? And maybe also in the case that Kornel mentions, if I understood it correctly, i.e. when a document that is edited in LyX is changed (externally)? It's all a bit confusing to me. Why are there different file extensions/names? Why does it periodically backup only when the document is active? What happens when LyX crashes with documents that have never been saved? Are there any backups created? Daniel -- lyx-users mailing list lyx-users@lists.lyx.org http://lists.lyx.org/mailman/listinfo/lyx-users
Re: Empty backup directory
On 6/26/21 3:29 AM, Daniel wrote: Hi, After installing LyX, the backup directory is empty (Preferences > Paths). Does that mean that no backups are created by default or that the backups are created even though "Backup documents, every ... minutes" is checked (Preferences > Look & Feel > Document Handling) (btw. Look & Feel seems a misnomer for backup settings). Or is a backup created in the directory of the lyx file (the title bar shows a directory even for new not yet saved files, so I suppose these files are backup there as well)? Daniel My backup directory path is empty and LyX automatically creates backups in the document's directory. The backups have the extension .lyx~, so they are considered "hidden files" by Mint, Ubuntu and I suspect other Linux distros. Paul -- lyx-users mailing list lyx-users@lists.lyx.org http://lists.lyx.org/mailman/listinfo/lyx-users
Re: Empty backup directory
Am Sat, 26 Jun 2021 09:29:29 +0200 schrieb Daniel : > Hi, > > After installing LyX, the backup directory is empty (Preferences > > Paths). Does that mean that no backups are created by default or that > the backups are created even though "Backup documents, every ... > minutes" is checked (Preferences > Look & Feel > Document Handling) > (btw. Look & Feel seems a misnomer for backup settings). Or is a backup > created in the directory of the lyx file (the title bar shows a > directory even for new not yet saved files, so I suppose these files are > backup there as well)? > > Daniel > From what I understand, backups are created iff a lyx file changes while edited by lyx. Kornel pgp06pA7VCrgo.pgp Description: Digitale Signatur von OpenPGP -- lyx-users mailing list lyx-users@lists.lyx.org http://lists.lyx.org/mailman/listinfo/lyx-users
Empty backup directory
Hi, After installing LyX, the backup directory is empty (Preferences > Paths). Does that mean that no backups are created by default or that the backups are created even though "Backup documents, every ... minutes" is checked (Preferences > Look & Feel > Document Handling) (btw. Look & Feel seems a misnomer for backup settings). Or is a backup created in the directory of the lyx file (the title bar shows a directory even for new not yet saved files, so I suppose these files are backup there as well)? Daniel -- lyx-users mailing list lyx-users@lists.lyx.org http://lists.lyx.org/mailman/listinfo/lyx-users
