LyX ⇒ Help! I can't open my file

[kwhl]

Hi. I am writing my very first serious Lyx document for my CV. All was well and I was having fun until tonight when I tried to open it, an error message popped up saying :

xxxxxx.lyx is not a readable document.

What is going on? How can I fix this problem? I don't really want to start it over again. I have spent quite a few nights on it already.

[meho_r]

I can't test this since I don't have any problematic lyx file, but you may try converting it to .tex file and then importing in LyX. Convert it from Terminal if you're using linux, or Command Line on Windows:

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lyx --export latex path-to-file.lyx

Replace path-to-file.lyx with actual path to the problematic .lyx file.

[kwhl]

It still doesn't work though. This is what I got:

Error: Document format failure
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xxxx.lyx is not a readable LyX document.

Helen

[meho_r]

Maybe to ask at LyX's mailing list? Perhaps some of its devs can help you.