*/
bool queryUserLyXDir(bool explicit_userdir);
/// read lyxrc/preferences
- bool readRcFile(std::string const & name);
+ /// \param check_format: whether to try to convert the format of
+ /// the file, if there is a mismatch.
+ bool readRcFile(std::string const & name, bool check_format = false);
/// read the given languages file
bool readLanguagesFile(std::string const & name);
/// read the encodings.