Jim Lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > 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'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.
Gerben Wierda (who posted the note to the TeX list) personally does not like setting PATH in ~/.MacOSX/environment.plist. I have recently modified the PATH in environment.plist to place system bin directories before user-directories like /sw/bin and /usr/local/bin. I believe this creates a safe working environment for LyX and other GUI applications. I recommend that users upgrade their environment.plist file for this reason. The LyX (Aqua) binary package installs a number of files as root, because the installation requires the creation of a /usr/local/bin and additions to /usr/lib. If you want to remove these files, you can either log into the machine as root, or use "sudo rm" from a terminal. -- Ronald Florence www.18james.com
