Re: Any words of wisdom switching from 1.4.2 to 1.5.6?

2008-08-27 Thread Pavel Sanda
On Saturday 23 August 2008 06:40:32 am killermike wrote: Steve Litt wrote: I have one book written in stone age LyX in 2001, using Dekl Tsur's color character style workaround. It's been upgraded to 1.4.2, and compiles on 1.4.2, but it doesn't compile on 1.5.x, and I dread getting it

Re: Any words of wisdom switching from 1.4.2 to 1.5.6?

2008-08-27 Thread Pavel Sanda
On Saturday 23 August 2008 06:40:32 am killermike wrote: Steve Litt wrote: I have one book written in stone age LyX in 2001, using Dekl Tsur's color character style workaround. It's been upgraded to 1.4.2, and compiles on 1.4.2, but it doesn't compile on 1.5.x, and I dread getting it

Re: Any words of wisdom switching from 1.4.2 to 1.5.6?

2008-08-27 Thread Pavel Sanda
> On Saturday 23 August 2008 06:40:32 am killermike wrote: > > Steve Litt wrote: > > > I have one book written in stone age LyX in 2001, using Dekl Tsur's color > > > character style workaround. It's been upgraded to 1.4.2, and compiles on > > > 1.4.2, but it doesn't compile on 1.5.x, and I dread

Re: Any words of wisdom switching from 1.4.2 to 1.5.6?

2008-08-23 Thread killermike
Steve Litt wrote: I have one book written in stone age LyX in 2001, using Dekl Tsur's color character style workaround. It's been upgraded to 1.4.2, and compiles on 1.4.2, but it doesn't compile on 1.5.x, and I dread getting it running in 1.5.6. But it has to be done :-) Would it be worth

Re: Any words of wisdom switching from 1.4.2 to 1.5.6?

2008-08-23 Thread curtis osterhoudt
@lists.lyx.org Sent: Saturday, August 23, 2008 4:40:32 AM Subject: Re: Any words of wisdom switching from 1.4.2 to 1.5.6? Steve Litt wrote: I have one book written in stone age LyX in 2001, using Dekl Tsur's color character style workaround. It's been upgraded to 1.4.2, and compiles on 1.4.2

Re: Any words of wisdom switching from 1.4.2 to 1.5.6?

2008-08-23 Thread Steve Litt
On Saturday 23 August 2008 06:40:32 am killermike wrote: Steve Litt wrote: I have one book written in stone age LyX in 2001, using Dekl Tsur's color character style workaround. It's been upgraded to 1.4.2, and compiles on 1.4.2, but it doesn't compile on 1.5.x, and I dread getting it

Re: Any words of wisdom switching from 1.4.2 to 1.5.6?

2008-08-23 Thread rgheck
Steve Litt wrote: I have one book written in stone age LyX in 2001, using Dekl Tsur's color character style workaround. It's been upgraded to 1.4.2, and compiles on 1.4.2, but it doesn't compile on 1.5.x, and I dread getting it running in 1.5.6. But it has to be done :-) You might want to

Re: Any words of wisdom switching from 1.4.2 to 1.5.6?

2008-08-23 Thread rgheck
By the way, Mandriva 2008.1 surely ships with a Qt version sufficient for 1.6. I can't remember what we need, but it may be just 4.2. It's 4.3 at most. rh

Re: Any words of wisdom switching from 1.4.2 to 1.5.6?

2008-08-23 Thread rgheck
Steve Litt wrote: Definitely not. There's a high probability that 1.6 will require a Qt version higher than what my distribution gives me, requiring a HUGE expenditure of effort and troubleshooting. I had this problem moving up to 1.5.3 on Mandriva 2007. I've had this problem several times.

Re: Any words of wisdom switching from 1.4.2 to 1.5.6?

2008-08-23 Thread killermike
Steve Litt wrote: I have one book written in stone age LyX in 2001, using Dekl Tsur's color character style workaround. It's been upgraded to 1.4.2, and compiles on 1.4.2, but it doesn't compile on 1.5.x, and I dread getting it running in 1.5.6. But it has to be done :-) Would it be worth

Re: Any words of wisdom switching from 1.4.2 to 1.5.6?

2008-08-23 Thread curtis osterhoudt
@lists.lyx.org Sent: Saturday, August 23, 2008 4:40:32 AM Subject: Re: Any words of wisdom switching from 1.4.2 to 1.5.6? Steve Litt wrote: I have one book written in stone age LyX in 2001, using Dekl Tsur's color character style workaround. It's been upgraded to 1.4.2, and compiles on 1.4.2

Re: Any words of wisdom switching from 1.4.2 to 1.5.6?

2008-08-23 Thread Steve Litt
On Saturday 23 August 2008 06:40:32 am killermike wrote: Steve Litt wrote: I have one book written in stone age LyX in 2001, using Dekl Tsur's color character style workaround. It's been upgraded to 1.4.2, and compiles on 1.4.2, but it doesn't compile on 1.5.x, and I dread getting it

Re: Any words of wisdom switching from 1.4.2 to 1.5.6?

2008-08-23 Thread rgheck
Steve Litt wrote: I have one book written in stone age LyX in 2001, using Dekl Tsur's color character style workaround. It's been upgraded to 1.4.2, and compiles on 1.4.2, but it doesn't compile on 1.5.x, and I dread getting it running in 1.5.6. But it has to be done :-) You might want to

Re: Any words of wisdom switching from 1.4.2 to 1.5.6?

2008-08-23 Thread rgheck
By the way, Mandriva 2008.1 surely ships with a Qt version sufficient for 1.6. I can't remember what we need, but it may be just 4.2. It's 4.3 at most. rh

Re: Any words of wisdom switching from 1.4.2 to 1.5.6?

2008-08-23 Thread rgheck
Steve Litt wrote: Definitely not. There's a high probability that 1.6 will require a Qt version higher than what my distribution gives me, requiring a HUGE expenditure of effort and troubleshooting. I had this problem moving up to 1.5.3 on Mandriva 2007. I've had this problem several times.

Re: Any words of wisdom switching from 1.4.2 to 1.5.6?

2008-08-23 Thread killermike
Steve Litt wrote: I have one book written in stone age LyX in 2001, using Dekl Tsur's color character style workaround. It's been upgraded to 1.4.2, and compiles on 1.4.2, but it doesn't compile on 1.5.x, and I dread getting it running in 1.5.6. But it has to be done :-) Would it be worth

Re: Any words of wisdom switching from 1.4.2 to 1.5.6?

2008-08-23 Thread curtis osterhoudt
-users@lists.lyx.org Sent: Saturday, August 23, 2008 4:40:32 AM Subject: Re: Any words of wisdom switching from 1.4.2 to 1.5.6? Steve Litt wrote: > I have one book written in stone age LyX in 2001, using Dekl Tsur's color > character style workaround. It's been upgraded to 1.4.2,

Re: Any words of wisdom switching from 1.4.2 to 1.5.6?

2008-08-23 Thread Steve Litt
On Saturday 23 August 2008 06:40:32 am killermike wrote: > Steve Litt wrote: > > I have one book written in stone age LyX in 2001, using Dekl Tsur's color > > character style workaround. It's been upgraded to 1.4.2, and compiles on > > 1.4.2, but it doesn't compile on 1.5.x, and I dread getting it

Re: Any words of wisdom switching from 1.4.2 to 1.5.6?

2008-08-23 Thread rgheck
Steve Litt wrote: I have one book written in stone age LyX in 2001, using Dekl Tsur's color character style workaround. It's been upgraded to 1.4.2, and compiles on 1.4.2, but it doesn't compile on 1.5.x, and I dread getting it running in 1.5.6. But it has to be done :-) You might want to

Re: Any words of wisdom switching from 1.4.2 to 1.5.6?

2008-08-23 Thread rgheck
By the way, Mandriva 2008.1 surely ships with a Qt version sufficient for 1.6. I can't remember what we need, but it may be just 4.2. It's 4.3 at most. rh

Re: Any words of wisdom switching from 1.4.2 to 1.5.6?

2008-08-23 Thread rgheck
Steve Litt wrote: Definitely not. There's a high probability that 1.6 will require a Qt version higher than what my distribution gives me, requiring a HUGE expenditure of effort and troubleshooting. I had this problem moving up to 1.5.3 on Mandriva 2007. I've had this problem several times.

Any words of wisdom switching from 1.4.2 to 1.5.6?

2008-08-22 Thread Steve Litt
Hi all, As a result of a hardware upgrade and a switch from Mandriva 2007 to Mandriva 2008.1, I'm upgrading to LyX 1.5.6 and abandoning the 1.4.2 that came with my old Mandriva 2007. On the old computer, I kept 1.4.2 in parallel with 1.5.3. My newer books were compiled in 1.5.3, and all

Any words of wisdom switching from 1.4.2 to 1.5.6?

2008-08-22 Thread Steve Litt
Hi all, As a result of a hardware upgrade and a switch from Mandriva 2007 to Mandriva 2008.1, I'm upgrading to LyX 1.5.6 and abandoning the 1.4.2 that came with my old Mandriva 2007. On the old computer, I kept 1.4.2 in parallel with 1.5.3. My newer books were compiled in 1.5.3, and all

Any words of wisdom switching from 1.4.2 to 1.5.6?

2008-08-22 Thread Steve Litt
Hi all, As a result of a hardware upgrade and a switch from Mandriva 2007 to Mandriva 2008.1, I'm upgrading to LyX 1.5.6 and abandoning the 1.4.2 that came with my old Mandriva 2007. On the old computer, I kept 1.4.2 in parallel with 1.5.3. My newer books were compiled in 1.5.3, and all