On Sun, Nov 25, 2012 at 2:05 PM, Graham Smith <myotis...@gmail.com> wrote: >> That's odd. The first question that pops to mind: Do you use the >> Document > Compressed option? Maybe this corrupts things. > > What is also odd is that I can open the file with no problem using a text > editor on the Mac, indeed the file preview in the Mac file Manager > (Pathfinder) reads it without any problems. BUT I have just tried on Ubuntu > (open with text editor) , and it won't open. > Yes, it's rather strange. Geany complains as follows: 15:04:42: The file "/tmp/Phase1_Tutorial.lyx" does not look like a text file or the file encoding is not supported.
Maybe it's an issue with the linebreaks which can differ from a platform to another, but I'm surprised that an advanced editor as Geany would trip on that. > I certainly haven't selected the compressed option, but this particular file > is 7 months old, and I can't remember whether it originated on the Mac or > Ubuntu or even the version of Lyx. I will check the compressed option in > future. > > However, it seems there is no obvious answer, so I will just be more > cautious in future. > If you ever manually edit your .lyx files in a text editor, try to make sure that the result is accessible on both your platforms. Liviu
