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UserGuide: Add documentation on our backup and safety framework
Explain the diverse types of backup, rescue and snapshot files, where to find them and when to use which one.
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you can register the changes you made to a document so that others can identify them as your changes.
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\change_inserted -712698321 1676620203
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\end_layout
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\begin_layout Section
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\change_inserted -712698321 1676622914
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\begin_inset CommandInset label
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LatexCommand label
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name "sec:Safety-Nets"
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\end_inset
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Safety Nets:
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Rescuing Files If Things Go Awry
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\end_layout
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\begin_layout Standard
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\change_inserted -712698321 1676623839
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\SpecialChar LyX
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lays much stress on safety.
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We know how much effort you invest in your work,
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and thus the last thing we want is that this work gets lost.
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However,
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we cannot completely prevent bad things from happening:
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\SpecialChar LyX
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might crash (although we put in all effort that it doesn't),
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you might face a power outage while you are working on a document with unsaved changes,
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disks might get corrupt or files might get lost or damaged during synchronization.
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For such cases,
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\SpecialChar LyX
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provides a multi-layered safety net that will hopefully prevent you from major hassles.
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This means that \SpecialChar LyX
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does not simply make a backup file,
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it makes several such files that might be useful in different scenarios.
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Parts of this multi-layered net can be switched off,
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if you prefer to go a bit more risky over having multiple files (see section
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\begin_inset space ~
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\end_inset
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\begin_inset CommandInset ref
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LatexCommand ref
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reference "subsec:Backup documents"
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\end_inset
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),
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but all measures are on by default to provide you with most possible security.
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\change_unchanged
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\end_layout
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\begin_layout Section
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@ -57292,7 +57344,11 @@ Documents
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\family sans
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Backup original documents when saving
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\family default
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creates a backup copy of the file in the state when it was opened or when it was saved the last time.
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creates a backup copy of the file in the state when it was
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opened or when it was
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\change_unchanged
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saved the last time.
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It is stored in the
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\family sans
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Backup
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@ -57323,21 +57379,103 @@ directory
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\family default
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is specified.
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The backup file has the file extension
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\family typewriter
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\begin_inset Quotes eld
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\end_inset
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\family sans
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\change_unchanged
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.lyx~
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\family default
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\begin_inset Quotes erd
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\end_inset
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and the same name than the original file.
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If a
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\family sans
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Backup
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\begin_inset space ~
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\end_inset
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directory
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\family default
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is specified,
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the file has the full path in its file name,
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separated by
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!
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\begin_inset Quotes erd
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,
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e.
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\begin_inset space \thinspace{}
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\end_inset
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g.
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\family typewriter
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!MyDir!MySubDir!Filename.lyx~
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\family default
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.
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.
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\change_unchanged
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\end_layout
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\begin_layout Standard
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If the option
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\family sans
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Make auto-save snapshots every X minutes
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\family default
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is checked,
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LyX furthermore automatically saves snapshots of the current document (including unsaved changes) in the specified interval if there are unsaved changes.
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These files which are stored as
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\family typewriter
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#<filename>.lyx#
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\family default
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in the document's directory are overwritten on each auto-save cycle and deleted when the document is closed normally.
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Should \SpecialChar LyX
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crash with unsaved changes and the restoration from the emergency file fail,
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this file can be used as a resort.
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\end_layout
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\begin_layout Standard
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Please read section
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\end_inset
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\begin_inset CommandInset ref
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LatexCommand ref
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reference "sec:Safety-Nets"
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\end_inset
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for more details on \SpecialChar LyX
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's diverse backup and safety mechanisms.
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\change_unchanged
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\end_layout
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\begin_layout Standard
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With the option
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\family sans
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Backup documents,
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@ -57345,6 +57483,8 @@ Backup documents,
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\family default
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,
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you can specify the time between backup saves.
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\change_unchanged
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\end_layout
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\begin_layout Standard
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).
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This applies to newly created documents only.
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The compression status of existing documents is not changed when saving.
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\change_inserted -712698321 1676619181
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\end_layout
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\begin_layout Standard
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\change_inserted 5863208 1673903357
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\change_inserted -712698321 1676619393
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\family sans
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Save the document directory path
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\family default
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stores the path of the document in the \SpecialChar LyX
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file.
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This is particularly handy if you have included files (such as graphics or child documents) which are referred to with relative paths.
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The option then allows moving the document elsewhere and still finding these included files if they are still in their original directories.
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\change_unchanged
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\end_layout
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\begin_layout Standard
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\change_deleted -712698321 1676618508
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Apart from that LyX autosaves document in regular intervals.
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It is used to restore unsaved changes in the document if the program crashes.
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The temporary file name is
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