On 3/16/22 16:27, Hal Kierstead via lyx-users wrote:
All -
I have many preference settings that I would like to transfer to a new MacBook
Pro. What is the approved way to do this? Can I just copy the preference file
and bind file in Application Support/LyX-2.3 from one computer to the other or
what? Maybe I could copy the whole LyX-2.3 folder? Along the same lines, what
is the best way to keep my LyX setup consistent across several computers. I use
dropbox to sync files.
Thanks,
Hal
I would not copy the entire folder. After you have installed LyX on the
new machine and verified it is running, you can copy the preferences
file and the user.bind file in the bind subfolder. Also, you should
check the templates and layouts subfolders under Application
Support/LyX-2.3 and copy any custom templates, layouts and/or modules
you might have. As always, if something with the same name already
exists on the new machine it would safest to change the name of the file
on the new machine before copying over the files from the old machine,
just in case you need to undo things.
I think putting the user directory on Dropbox and syncing to all
machines should be fine, so long as all machines will be running the
same LyX version ... but I've never tried it myself.
Paul
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