On Mon, 09 Mar 2009 07:58:49 -0400 rgheck <rgh...@bobjweil.com> wrote:
> Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote: > > The method proposed by Siegfried works if (and only if) you do not > > use a new feature of LyX 1.6 and if you do not use a feature whose > > semantics was changed (which is the case for many features). > > > > > Let me just clarify what Jurgen means by this by giving an example. > In LyX 1.5, a BibTeX inset would be written in the LyX file this way: > > \begin_inset LatexCommand bibtex > bibfiles "heck" > options "plain" > > \end_inset > > In 1.6, it's like this: > > \begin_inset CommandInset bibtex > LatexCommand bibtex > bibfiles "heck" > options "plain" > > \end_inset > > There's a similar difference with citations and other "command" > insets. Changing the format might work with these, if the parser > happens to skip over the "CommandInset bibtex" bit that it doesn't > recognize. But if that did work, it'd be by pure luck, and there are > similar cases that won't work. > > As Jurgen said, export to 1.5.x should work on Windows, too. But you > have to find the right file: FILENAME.lyx15. > > Richard Thank you for that. I will have to look for the right file in windows. It seems that was the problem and I didn't know a new file was generated, just thought the original was converted. I sent the wrong file and therefore LyX produced the error message on my Linux box. Thanks again to all for the explanations, Charlie -- Registered Linux User:- 329524 *********************************************** The nail that sticks up will be hammered down. ----------Japanese proverb *********************************************** Debian, just the best way to create magic _______________________________________________
