Re: LyX crash and cannot open file

Normally if you load your lyx file and there is an emergency file it tells you and if you agree it loads it. You are than asked whether you would like to keep the emergency file, and I would suggest to keep it. Wolfgang Am 15.05.2014 04:20, schrieb Steve Burnham: Forum, I was working on my

Re: LyX crash and cannot open file

2014-05-15 4:20 GMT+02:00 Steve Burnham: Forum, I was working on my thesis and tried to change some line spacing and fonts and LyX crashed on me and I cannot get the file to open up anymore (LyX freezes when I try to open it). Under normal circumstances I have an online backup always

Re: LyX crash and cannot open file

On 15/05/2014 6:37 p.m., Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote: In case the files are really corrupted, that is, if the .lyx and/or the .lyx.emergency file do not end with \end_body \end_document you can check if you have a working backup in your backups directory (see Tools Preferences Paths). HTH

Re: LyX crash and cannot open file

On May 15, 2014 at 03:40:54 AM, aparsloe (apars...@clear.net.nz) wrote: On 15/05/2014 6:37 p.m., Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote:  In case the files are really corrupted, that is, if the .lyx and/or the  .lyx.emergency file do not end with  \end_body  \end_document  you can check if you have a

Re: LyX crash and cannot open file

Hi Steve, Sorry to hear about all this. It sounds like a really frustrating experience and even though it's 6 hours, it would be 6 painful hours to do something you've already done. On Thu, May 15, 2014 at 12:24 PM, Steve Burnham dan...@gmail.com wrote: Unfortunately I cannot even get to the

Re: LyX crash and cannot open file

2014-05-15 18:24 GMT+02:00 Steve Burnham: I checked my backups directory and just my luck, there is no directory listed for backups. Ouch. I opened up the .lyx file and there is no \end_body or \end_document anywhere in the file. The document ends with “\begin_inset Tabular”. So you

Re: LyX crash and cannot open file

On Thu, May 15, 2014 at 1:56 PM, Jürgen Spitzmüller sp...@lyx.org wrote: We really need the fix this, but we are sort of stuck :-( Steve, can you send your preferences file? Since we don't know what's going on, maybe with a few more reports we can get lucky and pick out a pattern. Scott

Re: LyX crash and cannot open file

On May 15, 2014 at 12:08:40 PM, Scott Kostyshak (skost...@lyx.org) wrote: On Thu, May 15, 2014 at 1:56 PM, Jürgen Spitzmüller sp...@lyx.org wrote:  We really need the fix this, but we are sort of stuck :-(  Steve, can you send your preferences file? Since we don't know what's  going on,

Re: LyX crash and cannot open file

2014-05-15 20:08 GMT+02:00 Scott Kostyshak: Steve, can you send your preferences file? Since we don't know what's going on, maybe with a few more reports we can get lucky and pick out a pattern. I was hit myself again by this some days ago while I pasted in a table. After I restored the lost

Re: LyX crash and cannot open file

On May 15, 2014 at 11:56:05 AM, Jürgen Spitzmüller (sp...@lyx.org) wrote: 2014-05-15 18:24 GMT+02:00 Steve Burnham: I checked my backups directory and just my luck, there is no directory listed for backups. Ouch. I didn’t even know that was an option.  I’m still learning LyX, but it only

Re: LyX crash and cannot open file

2014-05-15 20:19 GMT+02:00 Steve Burnham: It sounds like at this point I am probably just SOL. A minor annoyance though compared to what I was going through with MSWord and as I am getting better at using LyX, things go faster now. I am going to start using version control. I found this

Re: LyX crash and cannot open file

On May 15, 2014 at 12:28:41 PM, Jürgen Spitzmüller (sp...@lyx.org) wrote: 2014-05-15 20:19 GMT+02:00 Steve Burnham: It sounds like at this point I am probably just SOL.  A minor annoyance though compared to what I was going through with MSWord and as I am getting better at using LyX, things go

Re: LyX crash and cannot open file

On Thu, May 15, 2014 at 2:40 PM, Steve Burnham dan...@gmail.com wrote: On May 15, 2014 at 12:28:41 PM, Jürgen Spitzmüller (sp...@lyx.org) wrote: but I am not sure RCS (which is described on that wiki page) could not be corrupted as well by this bug. Other version control options are

Re: LyX crash and cannot open file

Normally if you load your lyx file and there is an emergency file it tells you and if you agree it loads it. You are than asked whether you would like to keep the emergency file, and I would suggest to keep it. Wolfgang Am 15.05.2014 04:20, schrieb Steve Burnham: Forum, I was working on my

Re: LyX crash and cannot open file

2014-05-15 4:20 GMT+02:00 Steve Burnham: Forum, I was working on my thesis and tried to change some line spacing and fonts and LyX crashed on me and I cannot get the file to open up anymore (LyX freezes when I try to open it). Under normal circumstances I have an online backup always

Re: LyX crash and cannot open file

On 15/05/2014 6:37 p.m., Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote: In case the files are really corrupted, that is, if the .lyx and/or the .lyx.emergency file do not end with \end_body \end_document you can check if you have a working backup in your backups directory (see Tools Preferences Paths). HTH

Re: LyX crash and cannot open file

On May 15, 2014 at 03:40:54 AM, aparsloe (apars...@clear.net.nz) wrote: On 15/05/2014 6:37 p.m., Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote:  In case the files are really corrupted, that is, if the .lyx and/or the  .lyx.emergency file do not end with  \end_body  \end_document  you can check if you have a

Re: LyX crash and cannot open file

Hi Steve, Sorry to hear about all this. It sounds like a really frustrating experience and even though it's 6 hours, it would be 6 painful hours to do something you've already done. On Thu, May 15, 2014 at 12:24 PM, Steve Burnham dan...@gmail.com wrote: Unfortunately I cannot even get to the

Re: LyX crash and cannot open file

2014-05-15 18:24 GMT+02:00 Steve Burnham: I checked my backups directory and just my luck, there is no directory listed for backups. Ouch. I opened up the .lyx file and there is no \end_body or \end_document anywhere in the file. The document ends with “\begin_inset Tabular”. So you

Re: LyX crash and cannot open file

On Thu, May 15, 2014 at 1:56 PM, Jürgen Spitzmüller sp...@lyx.org wrote: We really need the fix this, but we are sort of stuck :-( Steve, can you send your preferences file? Since we don't know what's going on, maybe with a few more reports we can get lucky and pick out a pattern. Scott

Re: LyX crash and cannot open file

On May 15, 2014 at 12:08:40 PM, Scott Kostyshak (skost...@lyx.org) wrote: On Thu, May 15, 2014 at 1:56 PM, Jürgen Spitzmüller sp...@lyx.org wrote:  We really need the fix this, but we are sort of stuck :-(  Steve, can you send your preferences file? Since we don't know what's  going on,

Re: LyX crash and cannot open file

2014-05-15 20:08 GMT+02:00 Scott Kostyshak: Steve, can you send your preferences file? Since we don't know what's going on, maybe with a few more reports we can get lucky and pick out a pattern. I was hit myself again by this some days ago while I pasted in a table. After I restored the lost

Re: LyX crash and cannot open file

On May 15, 2014 at 11:56:05 AM, Jürgen Spitzmüller (sp...@lyx.org) wrote: 2014-05-15 18:24 GMT+02:00 Steve Burnham: I checked my backups directory and just my luck, there is no directory listed for backups. Ouch. I didn’t even know that was an option.  I’m still learning LyX, but it only

Re: LyX crash and cannot open file

2014-05-15 20:19 GMT+02:00 Steve Burnham: It sounds like at this point I am probably just SOL. A minor annoyance though compared to what I was going through with MSWord and as I am getting better at using LyX, things go faster now. I am going to start using version control. I found this

Re: LyX crash and cannot open file

On May 15, 2014 at 12:28:41 PM, Jürgen Spitzmüller (sp...@lyx.org) wrote: 2014-05-15 20:19 GMT+02:00 Steve Burnham: It sounds like at this point I am probably just SOL.  A minor annoyance though compared to what I was going through with MSWord and as I am getting better at using LyX, things go

Re: LyX crash and cannot open file

On Thu, May 15, 2014 at 2:40 PM, Steve Burnham dan...@gmail.com wrote: On May 15, 2014 at 12:28:41 PM, Jürgen Spitzmüller (sp...@lyx.org) wrote: but I am not sure RCS (which is described on that wiki page) could not be corrupted as well by this bug. Other version control options are

Re: LyX crash and cannot open file

Normally if you load your lyx file and there is an emergency file it tells you and if you agree it loads it. You are than asked whether you would like to keep the emergency file, and I would suggest to keep it. Wolfgang Am 15.05.2014 04:20, schrieb Steve Burnham: Forum, I was working on my

Re: LyX crash and cannot open file

2014-05-15 4:20 GMT+02:00 Steve Burnham: > Forum, > > I was working on my thesis and tried to change some line spacing and fonts > and LyX crashed on me and I cannot get the file to open up anymore (LyX > freezes when I try to open it). Under normal circumstances I have an > online backup always

Re: LyX crash and cannot open file

On 15/05/2014 6:37 p.m., Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote: In case the files are really corrupted, that is, if the .lyx and/or the .lyx.emergency file do not end with \end_body \end_document you can check if you have a working backup in your backups directory (see Tools > Preferences > Paths). HTH

Re: LyX crash and cannot open file

On May 15, 2014 at 03:40:54 AM, aparsloe (apars...@clear.net.nz) wrote: On 15/05/2014 6:37 p.m., Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote:  In case the files are really corrupted, that is, if the .lyx and/or the  .lyx.emergency file do not end with  \end_body  \end_document  you can check if you have a

Re: LyX crash and cannot open file

Hi Steve, Sorry to hear about all this. It sounds like a really frustrating experience and even though it's 6 hours, it would be 6 painful hours to do something you've already done. On Thu, May 15, 2014 at 12:24 PM, Steve Burnham wrote: > Unfortunately I cannot even get to

Re: LyX crash and cannot open file

2014-05-15 18:24 GMT+02:00 Steve Burnham: > I checked my backups directory and just my luck, there is no directory > listed for backups. > Ouch. > I opened up the .lyx file and there is no \end_body or \end_document > anywhere in the file. The document ends with “\begin_inset Tabular”. > So

Re: LyX crash and cannot open file

On Thu, May 15, 2014 at 1:56 PM, Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote: > We really need the fix this, but we are sort of stuck :-( Steve, can you send your preferences file? Since we don't know what's going on, maybe with a few more reports we can get lucky and pick out a pattern. Scott

Re: LyX crash and cannot open file

On May 15, 2014 at 12:08:40 PM, Scott Kostyshak (skost...@lyx.org) wrote: On Thu, May 15, 2014 at 1:56 PM, Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote:  > We really need the fix this, but we are sort of stuck :-(  Steve, can you send your preferences file? Since we don't know what's  going on,

Re: LyX crash and cannot open file

2014-05-15 20:08 GMT+02:00 Scott Kostyshak: > Steve, can you send your preferences file? Since we don't know what's > going on, maybe with a few more reports we can get lucky and pick out > a pattern. > I was hit myself again by this some days ago while I pasted in a table. After I restored the

Re: LyX crash and cannot open file

On May 15, 2014 at 11:56:05 AM, Jürgen Spitzmüller (sp...@lyx.org) wrote: 2014-05-15 18:24 GMT+02:00 Steve Burnham: I checked my backups directory and just my luck, there is no directory listed for backups. Ouch. I didn’t even know that was an option.  I’m still learning LyX, but it only

Re: LyX crash and cannot open file

2014-05-15 20:19 GMT+02:00 Steve Burnham: > It sounds like at this point I am probably just SOL. A minor annoyance > though compared to what I was going through with MSWord and as I am getting > better at using LyX, things go faster now. I am going to start using > version control. I found

Re: LyX crash and cannot open file

On May 15, 2014 at 12:28:41 PM, Jürgen Spitzmüller (sp...@lyx.org) wrote: 2014-05-15 20:19 GMT+02:00 Steve Burnham: It sounds like at this point I am probably just SOL.  A minor annoyance though compared to what I was going through with MSWord and as I am getting better at using LyX, things go

Re: LyX crash and cannot open file

On Thu, May 15, 2014 at 2:40 PM, Steve Burnham wrote: > > On May 15, 2014 at 12:28:41 PM, Jürgen Spitzmüller (sp...@lyx.org) wrote: > > but I am not sure RCS > (which is described on that wiki page) could not be corrupted as well by > this bug. Other version control options are