On Tue, Jul 08, 2003 at 10:18:40AM -0500, Jim Lewis wrote:
> >>I just discovered that there is now a binary LyX that runs natively on
> >>OS X with an Aqua interface without using X11. It was released on July
> >>3. It's a "document processor" that uses Gerben's teTeX as its
> >>typesetting engine. It appears to be free open-source software.

'Appears'

> >>I've installed it, but haven't had time yet to explore how it works
> >>and what it can do. Installation is standard and very easy aside from
> >>the tricky little detail of creating a new .plist file.
> >>
> >>http://www.lyx.org/
> >
> >The creation of environment.plist as suggested has nasty security
> >implications, mainly because it influences all GUI apps, not only LyX.

What 'environment.plist'?

> >I would certainly not use LyX until the path settings requirements were
> >removed from the general GUI-app environment to LyX-specific preferences
> >in ~/Library/Preferences

I can read all the words but cannot make any sense of it.
Care to explain to the unenlightened what your TeX guru said?

> I'm going to be better safe than sorry, so I'd appreciate anyone's help
> in uninstalling the Lyx files from machine. I use OS 10.2.6. When I try
> to trash the application and environment.plist I get a message saying
> that these belong to the root. BTW, I'm the administrator of my machine.

So you are asking how do remove a file on a unixoid system?

su<Return>
<Rootpasswort><Return>
rm filename<Return>

Andre'

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Those who desire to give up Freedom in order to gain Security, will not have,
nor do they deserve, either one.     (T. Jefferson or B. Franklin or both...)

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