LyXOverwrite on export?

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EdGatzke
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Overwrite on export?

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Is there a way to have LyX overwrite on export?

Currently, when I export a pdf, 10-30 seconds later I get a modal window with the option warning me that I am about to overwrite. This window is usually buried, as I am not expecting it.

The -f --force-overwrite is only for command line usage, and I saw not other overwrite options in my googling.

Maybe if I change my export to include a rm to get rid of the pdf before it even starts? It seems to only check at the end, when it is making/exporting the pdf. That sounds a litte scary to me.
Last edited by EdGatzke on Tue Dec 14, 2010 11:47 pm, edited 1 time in total.

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EdGatzke
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Re: Overwrite on export?

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Preferences -> Output -> General seems to solve this problem so that you can overwrite automatically on export.
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