Am 04.04.2014 um 00:13 schrieb Jerry <[email protected]>:

> 
> On Apr 3, 2014, at 1:53 PM, Scott Kostyshak <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 4:17 PM, Liviu Andronic <[email protected]> 
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> One idea would be to use a commandline utility that allows copying
>>> image files to the clipboard, and create a new converter from
>>> PDF(cropped) towards this utility. But so far I couldn't find anything
>>> for Linux, let alone cross-platform. Otherwise, I'm wondering if we
>>> have an LFUN that would provide this functionality. But I'm not sure
>>> how exactly that could work.
>> 
>> Good idea Liviu. I recommend CopyQ if you want to implement this. It
>> works great on Linux, supposedly works on Windows, and support is
>> experimental on OS X 10.9+. The author of CopyQ is extremely
>> responsive to features and bug reports (he implemented a feature that
>> I'm pretty sure only I use, just for me). This is one of the best
>> clipboard managers out there (although note the focus is on features
>> over lightweight) but it is not well known.
>> 
>> To put an image on the clipboard, you can do e.g.
>> copyq write image/svg - < image.svg
>> 
>> For more info, see
>> https://github.com/hluk/CopyQ
>> 
>> To install, I believe it's a simple
>> cmake .
>> make
>> sudo make install
>> 
>> First you must have dependencies. See the INSTALL file for explicit
>> instructions for which packages you need for Ubuntu. Let me know if
>> you want help with anything.
>> 
>> Best,
>> 
>> Scott
> 
> Interesting solution, looks a bit bloaty as noted by Scott. Also, support for 
> OS X is a little concerning, at 10.9+. I wonder if there is a concrete reason 
> for this limitation or perhaps it's due to the developer's lack of access to 
> other versions. Also, the web site states, "To compile and run the 
> application you'll need the latest stable version of Qt library (there is 
> also experimental support for Qt 5). To compile on OS X, you will need at 
> least Qt 5.2."

Where did you find this? It's not totally correct. It should read: "To compile 
with Qt 5 on Mac Qt5.2 is the first feature complete version."

> 
> Dumb question: if Qt 5.2 is required to compile on OS X, is it required to 
> run?

The official package on Mac OS X contains the private Qt frameworks used to 
build it.
So, you don't have to install any Qt package to run LyX. The version doesn't 
matter.

Stephan

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