- if (exists && !filename.isReadableFile()) {
- docstring text = bformat(_("The file %1$s exists but is not "
- "readable by the current user."),
- from_utf8(filename.absFileName()));
- Alert::error(_("File not readable!"), text);
- return 0;
+ if (exists) {
+ if (!filename.isReadableFile()) {
+ docstring text = bformat(_("The file %1$s exists but is not "
+ "readable by the current user."),
+ from_utf8(filename.absFileName()));
+ Alert::error(_("File not readable!"), text);
+ return nullptr;
+ }
+ if (filename.extension() == "lyx" && filename.isFileEmpty()) {
+ // Makes it possible to open an empty (0 bytes) .lyx file
+ return newFile(filename.absFileName(), "", true);
+ }