Note that some things won't work as nice - like the "preview" option available for some ERT or equations which get typeset in place by running latex in the background. Other than that, it should work as a text editor just fine.
James <http://meetme.so/sutherland> On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 12:05 PM, Liviu Andronic <[email protected]>wrote: > On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 6:45 PM, Richard Heck <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 01/29/2014 12:19 PM, stefano franchi wrote: > > > > I am trying to convince a Mac-only colleague to use LyX on a common > project. > > She resists installing TeX on her system, for a number of reasons. > > > > But she won't need to typeset anything---I'll be in charge of that---and > > will only use LyX to edit jointly produced file. > > > > A LyX-only installation would suit her needs perfectly. But I can't > figure > > out from the lyx.org page if this is possible at all. The page says: > > > > "LyX for Mac OS X is available here: LyX-2.0.7+qt4.dmg. Before you > install > > LyX you need to install a TeX system such as MacTeX. " > > > > Is that requirement enforced? I don't have a Mac at my disposal to try it > > out. > > > I don't think so. LyX works fine without LaTeX; it's just that you > cannot compile documents with LaTeX. But you can edit LyX files. > > Liviu > > > > > > I'll try to figure this out here. > > > > FYI, do not use that binary. It has issues. We will be releasing 2.0.7.1 > > shortly. You can use 2.0.6 for the time being, or wait a day or two. > > > > Richard > > > > > > -- > Do you know how to read? > http://www.alienetworks.com/srtest.cfm > http://goodies.xfce.org/projects/applications/xfce4-dict#speed-reader > Do you know how to write? > http://garbl.home.comcast.net/~garbl/stylemanual/e.htm#e-mail >
