Re: Does LyX work with MBP Retina screen?

[Scott Kostyshak]

On Tue, Oct 06, 2015 at 03:32:44PM +0200, Stephan Witt wrote:
> Am 06.10.2015 um 07:09 schrieb Scott Kostyshak :
> 
> > On Tue, Oct 06, 2015 at 05:02:52AM +0200, Stephan Witt wrote:
> > 
> > Thanks for the comments, Stephan. A lot of people will be happy because
> > of your improvements. I was curious to know the current state of affairs
> > because of this question:
> > http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/271091/wysiwyg-latex-editor-that-can-export-high-resolution-images
> 
> I see. The question is a little bit strange.

Agreed.

> As someone pointed out already
> the resolution of the final product doesn't depend on screen resolution.
> Is it easy to produce PDFs with math formulas as vector graphics with LyX?

Doesn't this depend on the font that is used and isn't a vector font
used by default in most cases?

Scott

Re: Does LyX work with MBP Retina screen?

[Stephan Witt]

Am 06.10.2015 um 07:09 schrieb Scott Kostyshak :

> On Tue, Oct 06, 2015 at 05:02:52AM +0200, Stephan Witt wrote:
>> Am 06.10.2015 um 02:14 schrieb Scott Kostyshak :
>> 
>>> On Mon, Oct 05, 2015 at 03:29:32PM -0600, James Sutherland wrote:
 Scott,
 
 LyX works fine with MBP Retina displays.  However, it doesn't look very
 good on those screens (it looks slightly pixelated).  It is a matter of
 appearance, not functionality.
>>> 
>>> Thanks for explaining this James.
>>> 
>>> Do we have confirmation from anyone who has tested 2.2.0 that the
>>> pixelation is gone and that everything works as expected on MBP Retina
>>> displays?
>> 
>> Scott,
>> 
>> I've sent some users a download link for testing and got some positive
>> feedback. Although it's a little bit too general question to be answered:
>> "everything works as expected on MBP Retina?"
>> 
>> I can say: yes, the pixelation is gone. It's much better and one never
>> wants to go back to 2.1.x. There aren't any stability issues, AFAIK.
>> I cannot tell the performance difference for sure. I'll have to test
>> this explicitly.
>> 
>> One issue I'm aware is the scaling of icon insets on change of zoom.
>> But this shouldn't be an issue with HiDPI vs. normal displays.
> 
> Thanks for the comments, Stephan. A lot of people will be happy because
> of your improvements. I was curious to know the current state of affairs
> because of this question:
> http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/271091/wysiwyg-latex-editor-that-can-export-high-resolution-images

I see. The question is a little bit strange. As someone pointed out already
the resolution of the final product doesn't depend on screen resolution.
Is it easy to produce PDFs with math formulas as vector graphics with LyX?

Stephan

Re: Does LyX work with MBP Retina screen?

[Scott Kostyshak]

On Tue, Oct 06, 2015 at 05:02:52AM +0200, Stephan Witt wrote:
> Am 06.10.2015 um 02:14 schrieb Scott Kostyshak :
> 
> > On Mon, Oct 05, 2015 at 03:29:32PM -0600, James Sutherland wrote:
> >> Scott,
> >> 
> >> LyX works fine with MBP Retina displays.  However, it doesn't look very
> >> good on those screens (it looks slightly pixelated).  It is a matter of
> >> appearance, not functionality.
> > 
> > Thanks for explaining this James.
> > 
> > Do we have confirmation from anyone who has tested 2.2.0 that the
> > pixelation is gone and that everything works as expected on MBP Retina
> > displays?
> 
> Scott,
> 
> I've sent some users a download link for testing and got some positive
> feedback. Although it's a little bit too general question to be answered:
> "everything works as expected on MBP Retina?"
> 
> I can say: yes, the pixelation is gone. It's much better and one never
> wants to go back to 2.1.x. There aren't any stability issues, AFAIK.
> I cannot tell the performance difference for sure. I'll have to test
> this explicitly.
> 
> One issue I'm aware is the scaling of icon insets on change of zoom.
> But this shouldn't be an issue with HiDPI vs. normal displays.

Thanks for the comments, Stephan. A lot of people will be happy because
of your improvements. I was curious to know the current state of affairs
because of this question:
http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/271091/wysiwyg-latex-editor-that-can-export-high-resolution-images

Best,

Scott

Re: Does LyX work with MBP Retina screen?

[James Sutherland]

Scott,

LyX works fine with MBP Retina displays.  However, it doesn't look very
good on those screens (it looks slightly pixelated).  It is a matter of
appearance, not functionality.

James
On Oct 4, 2015 4:43 PM, "Scott Kostyshak"  wrote:

> I have read that LyX 2.1.4 does work, but with some tweaks.
>
> Do we have confirmation that LyX 2.2.0dev works better?
>
> I often get this question.
>
> Scott
>

Re: Does LyX work with MBP Retina screen?

[Scott Kostyshak]

On Mon, Oct 05, 2015 at 03:29:32PM -0600, James Sutherland wrote:
> Scott,
> 
> LyX works fine with MBP Retina displays.  However, it doesn't look very
> good on those screens (it looks slightly pixelated).  It is a matter of
> appearance, not functionality.

Thanks for explaining this James.

Do we have confirmation from anyone who has tested 2.2.0 that the
pixelation is gone and that everything works as expected on MBP Retina
displays?

Scott

Re: Does LyX work with MBP Retina screen?

[Stephan Witt]

Am 06.10.2015 um 02:14 schrieb Scott Kostyshak :

> On Mon, Oct 05, 2015 at 03:29:32PM -0600, James Sutherland wrote:
>> Scott,
>> 
>> LyX works fine with MBP Retina displays.  However, it doesn't look very
>> good on those screens (it looks slightly pixelated).  It is a matter of
>> appearance, not functionality.
> 
> Thanks for explaining this James.
> 
> Do we have confirmation from anyone who has tested 2.2.0 that the
> pixelation is gone and that everything works as expected on MBP Retina
> displays?

Scott,

I've sent some users a download link for testing and got some positive
feedback. Although it's a little bit too general question to be answered:
"everything works as expected on MBP Retina?"

I can say: yes, the pixelation is gone. It's much better and one never
wants to go back to 2.1.x. There aren't any stability issues, AFAIK.
I cannot tell the performance difference for sure. I'll have to test
this explicitly.

One issue I'm aware is the scaling of icon insets on change of zoom.
But this shouldn't be an issue with HiDPI vs. normal displays.

Stephan

Does LyX work with MBP Retina screen?

[Scott Kostyshak]

I have read that LyX 2.1.4 does work, but with some tweaks.

Do we have confirmation that LyX 2.2.0dev works better?

I often get this question.

Scott