Michael Gerz wrote: > Georg, > > when saving file "C:\Dokumente und Einstellungen\foo\bar\foo.lyx" (no > non-ASCII characters), the following assertion is raised: > > Assertion triggered in __thiscall lyx::support::FileName::FileName(const > class std::basic_string<char,struct std::char_traits<char>,class > std::allocator<char> > &) by failing check "absolutePath(name_)" in file > C:\cygwin\home\ms\lyx-trunk\src\support\filename.C:44 > > FYI: The file is saved correctly. Afterwards, a dialog pops up that > states that no backup could be created (which does not make sense > because the backup directory mentioned does exist).
That is a known problem. I sometimes get this, too, but not always, and I don't know the reason. > As soon as I press > OK, the assertion is violated. Can you please produce a backtrace and the value of name_ that makes the assertion fail? Without that I don't know how to find the problem. Georg
