Why on Earth would one want to run LyX on the Mac in a Virtual Machine using linux which runs LyX in X-WIndows or whatnot?????
Other than exploring the limits? el On 2018-11-01 20:04 , Chris Menzel wrote: > Problem solved! I upgraded to KDE Plasma version 5.14.2 (via the > backports PPA) and LyX 2.3.1 and that solved the problem. (Not sure > if either of itself would have done the job.) Thanks again to the LyX > (and KDE) developers. > > Chris Menzel > > > On Thu, Nov 1, 2018 at 12:07 PM Chris Menzel <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear Lyx folk, > > I've just installed Parallels on my iMac in part because LyX runs > so well under Linux and Parallels creates very robust virtual > machines (indeed, some things in Linux (like trackpad gestures) > work *better* in a Parallels VM). LyX looks fantastic running > natively on my (hi-res) iMac (the current problems with boldface > notwithstanding) and running natively on my Dell laptop under > Linux. But for some reason, when I run it under Linux in a > Parallels VM on my iMac, I'm not getting any font smoothing; > screen fonts are jaggy and pixelated. All other Linux apps looks > great in the VM, including those using the same screen font. I've > attached a couple of screensgrabs to illustrate the problem, one > showing the lack of font smoothing in LyX and another showing how > the same font looks in all other Linux apps. Is this a known > issue? And, if so, is there a fix? I haven't turned up anything > after a lot of googling. > > Thanks for any ideas here. > > Chris Menzel > >
