Re: Inconvenience: Loss of custom styles during document class reversion

2008-04-30 Thread Daniel Lohmann
On 29.04.2008, at 19:28, Steve Litt wrote: On Tuesday 29 April 2008 13:11, rgheck wrote: Steve Litt wrote: On Tuesday 29 April 2008 09:00, you wrote: But I've done a little experimenting, and here's one way this can happen. First, you have to be using a local layout file, that is, a

Re: Inconvenience: Loss of custom styles during document class reversion

2008-04-30 Thread Daniel Lohmann
On 29.04.2008, at 19:28, Steve Litt wrote: On Tuesday 29 April 2008 13:11, rgheck wrote: Steve Litt wrote: On Tuesday 29 April 2008 09:00, you wrote: But I've done a little experimenting, and here's one way this can happen. First, you have to be using a local layout file, that is, a

Re: Inconvenience: Loss of custom styles during document class reversion

2008-04-30 Thread Daniel Lohmann
On 29.04.2008, at 19:28, Steve Litt wrote: On Tuesday 29 April 2008 13:11, rgheck wrote: Steve Litt wrote: On Tuesday 29 April 2008 09:00, you wrote: But I've done a little experimenting, and here's one way this can happen. First, you have to be using a "local" layout file, that is, a

Inconvenience: Loss of custom styles during document class reversion

2008-04-29 Thread Steve Litt
Hi all, I'm not going to call this a bug. I suppose the explanation is rooted in a mistake I made, followed by ignoring a warning. However, I think this represents a MAJOR useability problem and should be addressed, if only to protect the user from himself. This is the second time I lost all

Re: Inconvenience: Loss of custom styles during document class reversion

2008-04-29 Thread rgheck
Steve Litt wrote: Hi all, I'm not going to call this a bug. Sounds like it is a bug to me. I suppose the explanation is rooted in a mistake I made, followed by ignoring a warning. However, I think this represents a MAJOR useability problem and should be addressed, if only to protect

Re: Inconvenience: Loss of custom styles during document class reversion

2008-04-29 Thread Steve Litt
On Tuesday 29 April 2008 09:00, you wrote: Steve Litt wrote: My LyX file keeps reverting to a blank document class. I have a feeling it's something in my \frontmatter, but can't be sure. Basically, any time I do anything involving Document-settings, my custom document class goes away.

Re: Inconvenience: Loss of custom styles during document class reversion

2008-04-29 Thread Steve Litt
On Tuesday 29 April 2008 09:00, rgheck wrote: Steve Litt wrote: Hi all, I'm not going to call this a bug. Sounds like it is a bug to me. Whatever it is, the last time I brought this up someone came up with an idea: Throw up a clear error message that your doc has changed, and not for

Re: Inconvenience: Loss of custom styles during document class reversion

2008-04-29 Thread rgheck
Steve Litt wrote: On Tuesday 29 April 2008 09:00, you wrote: But I've done a little experimenting, and here's one way this can happen. First, you have to be using a local layout file, that is, a layout file that is not in your LyX user directory but instead in the directory with the source

Re: Inconvenience: Loss of custom styles during document class reversion

2008-04-29 Thread Steve Litt
On Tuesday 29 April 2008 13:11, rgheck wrote: Steve Litt wrote: On Tuesday 29 April 2008 09:00, you wrote: But I've done a little experimenting, and here's one way this can happen. First, you have to be using a local layout file, that is, a layout file that is not in your LyX user

Inconvenience: Loss of custom styles during document class reversion

2008-04-29 Thread Steve Litt
Hi all, I'm not going to call this a bug. I suppose the explanation is rooted in a mistake I made, followed by ignoring a warning. However, I think this represents a MAJOR useability problem and should be addressed, if only to protect the user from himself. This is the second time I lost all

Re: Inconvenience: Loss of custom styles during document class reversion

2008-04-29 Thread rgheck
Steve Litt wrote: Hi all, I'm not going to call this a bug. Sounds like it is a bug to me. I suppose the explanation is rooted in a mistake I made, followed by ignoring a warning. However, I think this represents a MAJOR useability problem and should be addressed, if only to protect

Re: Inconvenience: Loss of custom styles during document class reversion

2008-04-29 Thread Steve Litt
On Tuesday 29 April 2008 09:00, you wrote: Steve Litt wrote: My LyX file keeps reverting to a blank document class. I have a feeling it's something in my \frontmatter, but can't be sure. Basically, any time I do anything involving Document-settings, my custom document class goes away.

Re: Inconvenience: Loss of custom styles during document class reversion

2008-04-29 Thread Steve Litt
On Tuesday 29 April 2008 09:00, rgheck wrote: Steve Litt wrote: Hi all, I'm not going to call this a bug. Sounds like it is a bug to me. Whatever it is, the last time I brought this up someone came up with an idea: Throw up a clear error message that your doc has changed, and not for

Re: Inconvenience: Loss of custom styles during document class reversion

2008-04-29 Thread rgheck
Steve Litt wrote: On Tuesday 29 April 2008 09:00, you wrote: But I've done a little experimenting, and here's one way this can happen. First, you have to be using a local layout file, that is, a layout file that is not in your LyX user directory but instead in the directory with the source

Re: Inconvenience: Loss of custom styles during document class reversion

2008-04-29 Thread Steve Litt
On Tuesday 29 April 2008 13:11, rgheck wrote: Steve Litt wrote: On Tuesday 29 April 2008 09:00, you wrote: But I've done a little experimenting, and here's one way this can happen. First, you have to be using a local layout file, that is, a layout file that is not in your LyX user

Inconvenience: Loss of custom styles during document class reversion

2008-04-29 Thread Steve Litt
Hi all, I'm not going to call this a bug. I suppose the explanation is rooted in a mistake I made, followed by ignoring a warning. However, I think this represents a MAJOR useability problem and should be addressed, if only to protect the user from himself. This is the second time I lost all

Re: Inconvenience: Loss of custom styles during document class reversion

2008-04-29 Thread rgheck
Steve Litt wrote: Hi all, I'm not going to call this a bug. Sounds like it is a bug to me. I suppose the explanation is rooted in a mistake I made, followed by ignoring a warning. However, I think this represents a MAJOR useability problem and should be addressed, if only to protect

Re: Inconvenience: Loss of custom styles during document class reversion

2008-04-29 Thread Steve Litt
On Tuesday 29 April 2008 09:00, you wrote: > Steve Litt wrote: > > My LyX file keeps reverting to a blank document class. I have a feeling > > it's something in my \frontmatter, but can't be sure. Basically, any time > > I do anything involving Document->settings, my custom document class goes >

Re: Inconvenience: Loss of custom styles during document class reversion

2008-04-29 Thread Steve Litt
On Tuesday 29 April 2008 09:00, rgheck wrote: > Steve Litt wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I'm not going to call this a bug. > > Sounds like it is a bug to me. Whatever it is, the last time I brought this up someone came up with an idea: Throw up a clear error message that your doc has changed, and

Re: Inconvenience: Loss of custom styles during document class reversion

2008-04-29 Thread rgheck
Steve Litt wrote: On Tuesday 29 April 2008 09:00, you wrote: But I've done a little experimenting, and here's one way this can happen. First, you have to be using a "local" layout file, that is, a layout file that is not in your LyX user directory but instead in the directory with the source

Re: Inconvenience: Loss of custom styles during document class reversion

2008-04-29 Thread Steve Litt
On Tuesday 29 April 2008 13:11, rgheck wrote: > Steve Litt wrote: > > On Tuesday 29 April 2008 09:00, you wrote: > >> But I've done a little experimenting, and here's one way this can > >> happen. First, you have to be using a "local" layout file, that is, a > >> layout file that is not in your