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This avoids dataloss in case we are unable to write the new one after all. A more sophisticated approach, due to Georg, is in master, but it needs more testing that it will be able to get before the release of 2.1.1. That should be committed to 2.1.x when it is ready and this patch backed out again.
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Public release of LyX version 2.1.1
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We are proud to announce the release of LyX 2.1.1. This is the first
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maintenance release in the 2.1.x series.
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LyX 2.1.1 is the result of on-going efforts to make our stable version
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even more reliable and stable. We have fixed a number of bugs and made
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a number of improvements. These are detailed below. We strongly encourage
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all LyX users to upgrade to this version.
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Several users have reported seemingly random crashes with 2.1.0, sometimes
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resulting in dataloss. These crashes appear to happen when the user attempts
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to save a file, and the dataloss occurs because the original LyX file is over-
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written by a corrupt file that then cannot be opened. The seemingly random
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crashes, we believe, are due to auto-save, which is enabled or disabled in
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Tools> Preferences> Document Handling > "Backup documents every...minutes".
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Unfortunately, we have been unable to find the cause of this bug, though all
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known reports seem to involve documents that contain tables, and the corrupt
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file always ends with: \begin_inset Tabular. Users who work with tables a lot
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may therefore wish to disable auto-save.
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To prevent dataloss, we have changed the way LyX saves files if the user
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has not enabled backups. LyX now renames the existing file before
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attempting to save the new one (in effect, making a temporary backup).
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Then, if the save fails, the original file can be restored.
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LyX is a document processor that encourages an approach to writing based
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on the structure of your documents and not simply their appearance. It is
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released under a Free and Open Source Software license.
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You can download LyX 2.1.1 from http://www.lyx.org/Download/.
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If you think you found a bug in LyX 2.1.1, either e-mail the LyX
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developers' mailing list (lyx-devel <at> lists.lyx.org), or open a bug
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report at http://www.lyx.org/trac/wiki/BugTrackerHome.
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If you have trouble using LyX or have a question, consult the
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documentation that comes with LyX and the LyX wiki, which lives at
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http://wiki.lyx.org/. If you can't find the answer there, e-mail the LyX
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users' list (lyx-users at lists.lyx.org).
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We hope you enjoy using LyX 2.1.1.
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The LyX team.
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http://www.lyx.org
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