Use lyxconvert script for reading old files

[lyx.git] / src / buffer.C

diff --git a/src/buffer.C b/src/buffer.C
index f43f74a7043d95098d7d4aca700ed597195cd118..87f38656cf19a046b87c49aae4b82dbb44059f17 100644 (file)
--- a/src/buffer.C
+++ b/src/buffer.C
@@ -1713,10 +1713,22 @@ bool Buffer::readFile(LyXLex & lex, Paragraph * par)
                                                     "Use LyX 0.10.x to read this!"));
                                        return false;
                                } else if (file_format < 220) {
-                                       Alert::alert(_("ERROR!"),
-                                                    _("Old LyX file format found. "
-                                                      "Use LyX 1.2.x to read this!"));
-                                       return false;
+                                       //Alert::alert(_("Warning!"),
+                                       //           _("Old LyX file format found. "
+                                       //             "Running conversion script"));
+                                       string command = "lyxconvert "
+                                               + QuoteName(filename_);
+                                       cmd_ret const ret = RunCommand(command);
+                                       if (ret.first) {
+                                               Alert::alert(_("ERROR!"),
+                                                    _("An error occured while "
+                                                      "running the conversion script."));
+                                               return false;
+                                       }
+                                       istringstream is(ret.second);
+                                       LyXLex tmplex(0, 0);
+                                       tmplex.setStream(is);
+                                       return readFile(tmplex);
                                }
                        }
                        bool the_end = readLyXformat2(lex, par);