RE: Where is the autosave in LyX 1.6.1 (Windows)?

[Vincent van Ravesteijn - TNW]

> But auto-backups then are in the same directory - you haven't search
for them.

The auto-backups are rather hard to find for unnamed docs. This will be
fixed in 1.6.3.

Vincent

Re: Where is the autosave in LyX 1.6.1 (Windows)?

[Manveru]

2009/4/2 TJ McLaughlin :
>
> Today, for the second time, I was working on something in LyX and managed to
> crash it, losing my document. I had not yet saved the file (so the name in
> the title bar was "newfile1.lyx").
> Both LyX itself and the documentation say that there is an "auto-save"
> feature to create emergency backups. (LyX said before crashing that when it
> resumed, I would be prompted to open my auto-saved document--this did not
> happen.)
>
> I worked on the document for a good 40 minutes so the auto-save should have
> worked, right? /Does/ it work on the Windows version of LyX and if so, where
> does it put the backup files? I can't find them anywhere. Can anyone help me
> out?

It is really good practice, to type document title and then save it
under name in directory you want. I almost always do that as I often
leave editor (not LyX only) opened for very long periods of time doing
something else. But auto-backups then are in the same directory - you
haven't search for them.

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Re: Where is the autosave in LyX 1.6.1 (Windows)?

[Vincent van Ravesteijn]

TJ McLaughlin schreef:


Today, for the second time, I was working on something in LyX and 
managed to crash it, losing my document. I had not yet saved the file 
(so the name in the title bar was "newfile1.lyx").
Both LyX itself and the documentation say that there is an "auto-save" 
feature to create emergency backups. (LyX said before crashing that 
when it resumed, I would be prompted to open my auto-saved 
document--this did not happen.)


I worked on the document for a good 40 minutes so the auto-save should 
have worked, right? /Does/ it work on the Windows version of LyX and 
if so, where does it put the backup files? I can't find them anywhere. 
Can anyone help me out?


Thanks,

TJ McLaughlin


I fixed this problem a few days ago.

Your autosave file is either in the temporary directory, somewhere in 
Documents&Settings\user. There should be a number of directories called 
lyx_tmpdir.***.


Or: the autosave file is in the directory of another document that was 
opened when you created the new one.


Good luck.

Vincent