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-Update LyX's .lyx documentation files to the new format.
+Test your lyx2lyx code by updating LyX's .lyx documentation files to the
+ new format.
The developer who makes the change knows best what changes to expect when
inspecting the resulting diff.
Because of this, you might be able to catch a bug in the lyx2lyx code that
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+ Only commit file format changes in the doc files if these files are using
+ the new feature of the new file format.
+ The reason is rule
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+ of the documentation policies described in sec.
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The fileformat of a file must not be changed unless you document a new feature
in LyX that requires a new fileformat.
The reason for this rule is to keep it easy for the doc maintainers to