Yes, apparently every time. I am running on Debian Linux (Lenny) if that helps. Maybe it is something in my preferences, which I attach.
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Pavel Sanda writes: > David Raymond wrote: > > > > If you launch lyx, create and save the simplest lyx file, and then > > exit, the index file is created. (No exports, no viewing.) The index > > file has zero length, so it has no content. > > i just found the empty "index" file in my home directory. unfortunately > your recipe doesn't help me to reproduce its creation. > > if you remove the file is it really create just by this? > pavel > > > > > Dave Raymond > > > > rgheck writes: > > > On 07/30/2009 05:37 PM, Vincent van Ravesteijn wrote: > > > > rgheck schreef: > > > >> On 07/30/2009 04:02 PM, David Raymond wrote: > > > >>> I notice that lyx 1.6.3 leaves a zero-length file called "index" in > > > >>> the working directory after exiting. Is this a leftover from some > > > >>> debugging effort? > > > >>> > > > >> I don't see this on current svn, on linux. > > > >> > > > >> rh > > > >> > > > > I've seen these index files.. , but I didn't know where they came > > from.. > > > > > > > OP: What sorts of things are you doing when you see these files? Have > > > you viewed the file? If so, how? Exported it? It's possible that some > > > exporter is dumping this file. > > > > > > rh > > >