Re: Greek characters in Lyx - Mac OS

[Jean-Marc Lasgouttes]

Le 23/01/2015 06:03, Jürgen Spitzmüller a écrit :

Am Donnerstag 22 Januar 2015, 21:58:20 schrieb hendrik.schm...@e.mail.de:

On a note to Greek letters to all those using LYX WITH A MAC (I'm on
Mavericks with Lyx 2.1.0):  No fuss at all if you change language to
polytonic Greek in preferences: keyboard: input sources: Greek. Then have
your Mac show the new virtual keyboard and start typing into Lyx sirectly
without any ERT or anything, it will compile just fine. (screenshot)


Note that you still need to set the language of the Greek passages to Greek in
order to get proper output (hyphenation etc.).


We should be able to do that automatically methinks. There is a 
KeyboardLayoutChange QEventthat may be useful in this respect (seems to 
be broken in qt5, though).


JMarc

Re: Greek characters in Lyx - Mac OS

[Jean-Marc Lasgouttes]

Le 23/01/2015 06:03, Jürgen Spitzmüller a écrit :

Am Donnerstag 22 Januar 2015, 21:58:20 schrieb hendrik.schm...@e.mail.de:

On a note to Greek letters to all those using LYX WITH A MAC (I'm on
Mavericks with Lyx 2.1.0):  No fuss at all if you change language to
polytonic Greek in preferences: keyboard: input sources: Greek. Then have
your Mac show the new virtual keyboard and start typing into Lyx sirectly
without any ERT or anything, it will compile just fine. (screenshot)


Note that you still need to set the language of the Greek passages to Greek in
order to get proper output (hyphenation etc.).


We should be able to do that automatically methinks. There is a 
KeyboardLayoutChange QEventthat may be useful in this respect (seems to 
be broken in qt5, though).


JMarc

Re: Greek characters in Lyx - Mac OS

[Jean-Marc Lasgouttes]

Le 23/01/2015 06:03, Jürgen Spitzmüller a écrit :

Am Donnerstag 22 Januar 2015, 21:58:20 schrieb hendrik.schm...@e.mail.de:

On a note to Greek letters to all those using LYX WITH A MAC (I'm on
Mavericks with Lyx 2.1.0):  No fuss at all if you change language to
polytonic Greek in preferences: keyboard: input sources: Greek. Then have
your Mac show the new virtual keyboard and start typing into Lyx sirectly
without any ERT or anything, it will compile just fine. (screenshot)


Note that you still need to set the language of the Greek passages to Greek in
order to get proper output (hyphenation etc.).


We should be able to do that automatically methinks. There is a 
KeyboardLayoutChange QEventthat may be useful in this respect (seems to 
be broken in qt5, though).


JMarc

Re: Greek characters in Lyx - Mac OS

[Jürgen Spitzmüller]

Am Donnerstag 22 Januar 2015, 21:58:20 schrieb hendrik.schm...@e.mail.de:
 On a note to Greek letters to all those using LYX WITH A MAC (I'm on
 Mavericks with Lyx 2.1.0):  No fuss at all if you change language to
 polytonic Greek in preferences: keyboard: input sources: Greek. Then have
 your Mac show the new virtual keyboard and start typing into Lyx sirectly
 without any ERT or anything, it will compile just fine. (screenshot)

Note that you still need to set the language of the Greek passages to Greek in 
order to get proper output (hyphenation etc.).

Jürgen

Re: Greek characters in Lyx - Mac OS

[Jürgen Spitzmüller]

Am Donnerstag 22 Januar 2015, 21:58:20 schrieb hendrik.schm...@e.mail.de:
 On a note to Greek letters to all those using LYX WITH A MAC (I'm on
 Mavericks with Lyx 2.1.0):  No fuss at all if you change language to
 polytonic Greek in preferences: keyboard: input sources: Greek. Then have
 your Mac show the new virtual keyboard and start typing into Lyx sirectly
 without any ERT or anything, it will compile just fine. (screenshot)

Note that you still need to set the language of the Greek passages to Greek in 
order to get proper output (hyphenation etc.).

Jürgen

Re: Greek characters in Lyx - Mac OS

[Jürgen Spitzmüller]

Am Donnerstag 22 Januar 2015, 21:58:20 schrieb hendrik.schm...@e.mail.de:
> On a note to Greek letters to all those using LYX WITH A MAC (I'm on
> Mavericks with Lyx 2.1.0):  No fuss at all if you change language to
> polytonic Greek in preferences: keyboard: input sources: Greek. Then have
> your Mac show the new virtual keyboard and start typing into Lyx sirectly
> without any ERT or anything, it will compile just fine. (screenshot)

Note that you still need to set the language of the Greek passages to Greek in 
order to get proper output (hyphenation etc.).

Jürgen

LyX Mac Computer Algebra System Path

[Richard Stanton]

Hi everyone,

I am trying to use the Computer Algebra System in LyX 2.1.2.2 on a Mac.

I have downloaded Maxima - version 5.30 
(http://sourceforge.net/projects/maxima/files/Maxima-MacOS/ 
http://sourceforge.net/projects/maxima/files/Maxima-MacOS/). Its installed in 
the Applications folder.

To configure with LyX I have used the Preference-Paths-PATH prefix field. I 
have set many values, using a colon : to separate: 
/usr/texbin:...:/Applications/Maxima.app

When I create a simple equation $1+1$, right click and select Maxima, an equals 
sign appears but not an answer.

I assume the path value is incorrect.

If Maxima is installed at /Applications/Maxima.app, what should be placed in 
the PATH prefix field?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Kind regards,
Richard

Re: LyX Mac Computer Algebra System Path

[Stephan Witt]

Am 16.01.2015 um 23:32 schrieb Richard Stanton stanton1...@gmail.com:

 Hi everyone,
 
 I am trying to use the Computer Algebra System in LyX 2.1.2.2 on a Mac.
 
 I have downloaded Maxima - version 5.30 
 (http://sourceforge.net/projects/maxima/files/Maxima-MacOS/). Its installed 
 in the Applications folder.
 
 To configure with LyX I have used the Preference-Paths-PATH prefix field. 
 I have set many values, using a colon : to separate: 
 /usr/texbin:...:/Applications/Maxima.app
 
 When I create a simple equation $1+1$, right click and select Maxima, an 
 equals sign appears but not an answer.
 
 I assume the path value is incorrect.
 
 If Maxima is installed at /Applications/Maxima.app, what should be placed 
 in the PATH prefix field?

Please try /Applications/Maxima.app/Contents/Resources/maxima/bin

HTH, Stephan

Re: LyX Mac Computer Algebra System Path

[Richard Stanton]

That works brilliantly! Thanks for your help!

Regards,
Richard

 On 16 Jan 2015, at 23:11, Stephan Witt st.w...@gmx.net wrote:
 
 Am 16.01.2015 um 23:32 schrieb Richard Stanton stanton1...@gmail.com:
 
 Hi everyone,
 
 I am trying to use the Computer Algebra System in LyX 2.1.2.2 on a Mac.
 
 I have downloaded Maxima - version 5.30 
 (http://sourceforge.net/projects/maxima/files/Maxima-MacOS/). Its installed 
 in the Applications folder.
 
 To configure with LyX I have used the Preference-Paths-PATH prefix 
 field. I have set many values, using a colon : to separate: 
 /usr/texbin:...:/Applications/Maxima.app
 
 When I create a simple equation $1+1$, right click and select Maxima, an 
 equals sign appears but not an answer.
 
 I assume the path value is incorrect.
 
 If Maxima is installed at /Applications/Maxima.app, what should be placed 
 in the PATH prefix field?
 
 Please try /Applications/Maxima.app/Contents/Resources/maxima/bin
 
 HTH, Stephan

LyX Mac Computer Algebra System Path

[Richard Stanton]

Hi everyone,

I am trying to use the Computer Algebra System in LyX 2.1.2.2 on a Mac.

I have downloaded Maxima - version 5.30 
(http://sourceforge.net/projects/maxima/files/Maxima-MacOS/ 
http://sourceforge.net/projects/maxima/files/Maxima-MacOS/). Its installed in 
the Applications folder.

To configure with LyX I have used the Preference-Paths-PATH prefix field. I 
have set many values, using a colon : to separate: 
/usr/texbin:...:/Applications/Maxima.app

When I create a simple equation $1+1$, right click and select Maxima, an equals 
sign appears but not an answer.

I assume the path value is incorrect.

If Maxima is installed at /Applications/Maxima.app, what should be placed in 
the PATH prefix field?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Kind regards,
Richard

Re: LyX Mac Computer Algebra System Path

[Stephan Witt]

Am 16.01.2015 um 23:32 schrieb Richard Stanton stanton1...@gmail.com:

 Hi everyone,
 
 I am trying to use the Computer Algebra System in LyX 2.1.2.2 on a Mac.
 
 I have downloaded Maxima - version 5.30 
 (http://sourceforge.net/projects/maxima/files/Maxima-MacOS/). Its installed 
 in the Applications folder.
 
 To configure with LyX I have used the Preference-Paths-PATH prefix field. 
 I have set many values, using a colon : to separate: 
 /usr/texbin:...:/Applications/Maxima.app
 
 When I create a simple equation $1+1$, right click and select Maxima, an 
 equals sign appears but not an answer.
 
 I assume the path value is incorrect.
 
 If Maxima is installed at /Applications/Maxima.app, what should be placed 
 in the PATH prefix field?

Please try /Applications/Maxima.app/Contents/Resources/maxima/bin

HTH, Stephan

Re: LyX Mac Computer Algebra System Path

[Richard Stanton]

That works brilliantly! Thanks for your help!

Regards,
Richard

 On 16 Jan 2015, at 23:11, Stephan Witt st.w...@gmx.net wrote:
 
 Am 16.01.2015 um 23:32 schrieb Richard Stanton stanton1...@gmail.com:
 
 Hi everyone,
 
 I am trying to use the Computer Algebra System in LyX 2.1.2.2 on a Mac.
 
 I have downloaded Maxima - version 5.30 
 (http://sourceforge.net/projects/maxima/files/Maxima-MacOS/). Its installed 
 in the Applications folder.
 
 To configure with LyX I have used the Preference-Paths-PATH prefix 
 field. I have set many values, using a colon : to separate: 
 /usr/texbin:...:/Applications/Maxima.app
 
 When I create a simple equation $1+1$, right click and select Maxima, an 
 equals sign appears but not an answer.
 
 I assume the path value is incorrect.
 
 If Maxima is installed at /Applications/Maxima.app, what should be placed 
 in the PATH prefix field?
 
 Please try /Applications/Maxima.app/Contents/Resources/maxima/bin
 
 HTH, Stephan

LyX Mac Computer Algebra System Path

[Richard Stanton]

Hi everyone,

I am trying to use the Computer Algebra System in LyX 2.1.2.2 on a Mac.

I have downloaded Maxima - version 5.30 
(http://sourceforge.net/projects/maxima/files/Maxima-MacOS/ 
). Its installed in 
the Applications folder.

To configure with LyX I have used the "Preference->Paths->PATH prefix" field. I 
have set many values, using a colon ":" to separate: 
/usr/texbin:...:/Applications/Maxima.app

When I create a simple equation $1+1$, right click and select Maxima, an equals 
sign appears but not an answer.

I assume the path value is incorrect.

If Maxima is installed at "/Applications/Maxima.app", what should be placed in 
the "PATH prefix" field?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Kind regards,
Richard

Re: LyX Mac Computer Algebra System Path

[Stephan Witt]

Am 16.01.2015 um 23:32 schrieb Richard Stanton :

> Hi everyone,
> 
> I am trying to use the Computer Algebra System in LyX 2.1.2.2 on a Mac.
> 
> I have downloaded Maxima - version 5.30 
> (http://sourceforge.net/projects/maxima/files/Maxima-MacOS/). Its installed 
> in the Applications folder.
> 
> To configure with LyX I have used the "Preference->Paths->PATH prefix" field. 
> I have set many values, using a colon ":" to separate: 
> /usr/texbin:...:/Applications/Maxima.app
> 
> When I create a simple equation $1+1$, right click and select Maxima, an 
> equals sign appears but not an answer.
> 
> I assume the path value is incorrect.
> 
> If Maxima is installed at "/Applications/Maxima.app", what should be placed 
> in the "PATH prefix" field?

Please try /Applications/Maxima.app/Contents/Resources/maxima/bin

HTH, Stephan

Re: LyX Mac Computer Algebra System Path

[Richard Stanton]

That works brilliantly! Thanks for your help!

Regards,
Richard

> On 16 Jan 2015, at 23:11, Stephan Witt  wrote:
> 
> Am 16.01.2015 um 23:32 schrieb Richard Stanton :
> 
>> Hi everyone,
>> 
>> I am trying to use the Computer Algebra System in LyX 2.1.2.2 on a Mac.
>> 
>> I have downloaded Maxima - version 5.30 
>> (http://sourceforge.net/projects/maxima/files/Maxima-MacOS/). Its installed 
>> in the Applications folder.
>> 
>> To configure with LyX I have used the "Preference->Paths->PATH prefix" 
>> field. I have set many values, using a colon ":" to separate: 
>> /usr/texbin:...:/Applications/Maxima.app
>> 
>> When I create a simple equation $1+1$, right click and select Maxima, an 
>> equals sign appears but not an answer.
>> 
>> I assume the path value is incorrect.
>> 
>> If Maxima is installed at "/Applications/Maxima.app", what should be placed 
>> in the "PATH prefix" field?
> 
> Please try /Applications/Maxima.app/Contents/Resources/maxima/bin
> 
> HTH, Stephan

Re: Installing Lyx/Mac w/out MacTeX. Is it possible?

[Dr Eberhard Lisse]

Stefano,

put the Mac-Basic on a mac that uses this and load all missing packages
with tlmgr until it works.

Then run something like

tlmgr list|grep ^i|awk '{print $2}'  mactexmedium.txt

Now you install Mac-Basic on her computer taransfer the file and run
something like

sudo tlmgr install `cat mactexmedium.txt`

which leaves her with a minimal installation that has all missing
packages. I am quite sure once she has started to edit and sees the
output from a compile run, she'll be convinced.

Once she's done and she really doesn't like it you can do

sudo rm -rf /usr/local/texlive/2013basic

to remove the 473MB (which reside on my box) :-)-O

el



on 2014-01-29, 19:19 stefano franchi said the following:
 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 http://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
 ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/bin/2.0.7/LyX-2.0.7+qt4.dmg. Before you
 install LyX you need to install a TeX system such as MacTeX
 http://www.tug.org/mactex/. 
 
 Is that requirement enforced? I don't have a Mac at my disposal to try
 it out.
 
 Best,
 
 Stefano
 
 
 
 -- 
 __
 Stefano Franchi
 Associate Research Professor
 Department of Hispanic StudiesPh:   +1 (979) 845-2125
 Texas AM University  Fax:  +1 (979) 845-6421
 College Station, Texas, USA
 
 stef...@tamu.edu mailto:stef...@tamu.edu
 http://stefano.cleinias.org

Re: Installing Lyx/Mac w/out MacTeX. Is it possible?

[stefano franchi]

Thanks to everyone for the many suggestions.

To clarify the issue and sum up the outcome:

My question was really about the Mac installer, not about the functionality
of LyX without a suitable TeX installation. In other words, I was asking:

Can a minimally computer savvy Mac user install LyX only with no help and
obtain a working LyX-editing only environment?

And the answer, I am happy to report, is yes. Aside from the puzzlement
raised by the Untrusted source dialog, installation (of 2.0.6) went
smoothly and we are happily cooperating.

On the other hand, on the alternative question of   How to provide a
minimal yet still fully functioning LyX+TeX installation I particularly
liked Eberhard's solution. It was not viable in my case, since the user is
an ocean away and working on a crappy (and expensive) internet connection,
but I think it should be kept as a LyX recipe for space constrained Mac
users, a category that is growing fast now that traditional hard drives
have gone the way of the dodo on the MacBook Air.

Perhaps it should be put on the wiki? And since it is really not Mac-only
(Mac-Basic is just the Mac-version of TexLive's basic scheme, I guess),
perhaps it could be generalized to other platforms as well.


Cheers,

Stefano


On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 3:12 AM, Dr Eberhard Lisse nos...@lisse.na wrote:

 Stefano,

 put the Mac-Basic on a mac that uses this and load all missing packages
 with tlmgr until it works.

 Then run something like

 tlmgr list|grep ^i|awk '{print $2}'  mactexmedium.txt

 Now you install Mac-Basic on her computer taransfer the file and run
 something like

 sudo tlmgr install `cat mactexmedium.txt`

 which leaves her with a minimal installation that has all missing
 packages. I am quite sure once she has started to edit and sees the
 output from a compile run, she'll be convinced.

 Once she's done and she really doesn't like it you can do

 sudo rm -rf /usr/local/texlive/2013basic

 to remove the 473MB (which reside on my box) :-)-O

 el



 on 2014-01-29, 19:19 stefano franchi said the following:
  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 http://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
  ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/bin/2.0.7/LyX-2.0.7+qt4.dmg. Before you
  install LyX you need to install a TeX system such as MacTeX
  http://www.tug.org/mactex/. 
 
  Is that requirement enforced? I don't have a Mac at my disposal to try
  it out.
 
  Best,
 
  Stefano
 
 
 
  --
  __
  Stefano Franchi
  Associate Research Professor
  Department of Hispanic StudiesPh:   +1 (979) 845-2125
  Texas AM University  Fax:  +1 (979) 845-6421
  College Station, Texas, USA
 
  stef...@tamu.edu mailto:stef...@tamu.edu
  http://stefano.cleinias.org




-- 
__
Stefano Franchi
Associate Research Professor
Department of Hispanic StudiesPh:   +1 (979) 845-2125
Texas AM University  Fax:  +1 (979) 845-6421
College Station, Texas, USA

stef...@tamu.edu
http://stefano.cleinias.org

Re: Installing Lyx/Mac w/out MacTeX. Is it possible?

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

Stefano,

so she can actually edit the files?  Cool.  I was wondering if the
config run (using luatex) would work.

Now what you also can do to cooperate, is to use SVN (see Additional
Features Section 7.2), which is really, really cool.

I have myself some experience with remoteness, being an Obstetrician
and Gynaecologist in Africa, though in Windhoek connectivity is
starting to become useful.

What I do between my house and the practice (and of course the
laptop) is something like this :-)-O

sudo tlmgr install `ssh USER@HOST.DOMAIN tlmgr list|grep ^i|awk
'{print $2}'|sed s/://g`

That you can easily install into crontab and or whatever scheduler
you like and run this on a number of hosts, so you need to only
update one.  If you can not predict where changes are happening one
will have to figure out a more complicated round robin scheme :-)-O


But you can configure the working BasicMacTeX and then tar the
update /usr/local/texlive.  Put all on a stick, DHL it over there
and she must install and then untar over /usr/local/texlive to bring
it up to what is required.

Mabye someone writes a shell script for her to take care of the
command line stuff, but that's not a big deal.  And, if the
university has serious Mac programming resources, someone can make
an installer for her that does all of this with a click.

greetings, el

On 2014-01-31, 16:32 , stefano franchi wrote:
 Thanks to everyone for the many suggestions.
 
 To clarify the issue and sum up the outcome:
 
 My question was really about the Mac installer, not about the
 functionality of LyX without a suitable TeX installation.  In
 other words, I was asking:
 
 Can a minimally computer savvy Mac user install LyX only with no
 help and obtain a working LyX-editing only environment?
 
 And the answer, I am happy to report, is yes.  Aside from the
 puzzlement raised by the Untrusted source dialog, installation
 (of 2.0.6) went smoothly and we are happily cooperating.
 
 On the other hand, on the alternative question of How to provide
 a minimal yet still fully functioning LyX+TeX installation I
 particularly liked Eberhard's solution.  It was not viable in my
 case, since the user is an ocean away and working on a crappy (and
 expensive) internet connection, but I think it should be kept as a
 LyX recipe for space constrained Mac users, a category that is
 growing fast now that traditional hard drives have gone the way of
 the dodo on the MacBook Air.
 
 Perhaps it should be put on the wiki?  And since it is really not
 Mac-only (Mac-Basic is just the Mac-version of TexLive's basic
 scheme, I guess), perhaps it could be generalized to other
 platforms as well.
 
 
 Cheers,
 
 Stefano
 
 
[...]



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Re: Installing Lyx/Mac w/out MacTeX. Is it possible?

[Dr Eberhard Lisse]

Stefano,

put the Mac-Basic on a mac that uses this and load all missing packages
with tlmgr until it works.

Then run something like

tlmgr list|grep ^i|awk '{print $2}'  mactexmedium.txt

Now you install Mac-Basic on her computer taransfer the file and run
something like

sudo tlmgr install `cat mactexmedium.txt`

which leaves her with a minimal installation that has all missing
packages. I am quite sure once she has started to edit and sees the
output from a compile run, she'll be convinced.

Once she's done and she really doesn't like it you can do

sudo rm -rf /usr/local/texlive/2013basic

to remove the 473MB (which reside on my box) :-)-O

el



on 2014-01-29, 19:19 stefano franchi said the following:
 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 http://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
 ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/bin/2.0.7/LyX-2.0.7+qt4.dmg. Before you
 install LyX you need to install a TeX system such as MacTeX
 http://www.tug.org/mactex/. 
 
 Is that requirement enforced? I don't have a Mac at my disposal to try
 it out.
 
 Best,
 
 Stefano
 
 
 
 -- 
 __
 Stefano Franchi
 Associate Research Professor
 Department of Hispanic StudiesPh:   +1 (979) 845-2125
 Texas AM University  Fax:  +1 (979) 845-6421
 College Station, Texas, USA
 
 stef...@tamu.edu mailto:stef...@tamu.edu
 http://stefano.cleinias.org

Re: Installing Lyx/Mac w/out MacTeX. Is it possible?

[stefano franchi]

Thanks to everyone for the many suggestions.

To clarify the issue and sum up the outcome:

My question was really about the Mac installer, not about the functionality
of LyX without a suitable TeX installation. In other words, I was asking:

Can a minimally computer savvy Mac user install LyX only with no help and
obtain a working LyX-editing only environment?

And the answer, I am happy to report, is yes. Aside from the puzzlement
raised by the Untrusted source dialog, installation (of 2.0.6) went
smoothly and we are happily cooperating.

On the other hand, on the alternative question of   How to provide a
minimal yet still fully functioning LyX+TeX installation I particularly
liked Eberhard's solution. It was not viable in my case, since the user is
an ocean away and working on a crappy (and expensive) internet connection,
but I think it should be kept as a LyX recipe for space constrained Mac
users, a category that is growing fast now that traditional hard drives
have gone the way of the dodo on the MacBook Air.

Perhaps it should be put on the wiki? And since it is really not Mac-only
(Mac-Basic is just the Mac-version of TexLive's basic scheme, I guess),
perhaps it could be generalized to other platforms as well.


Cheers,

Stefano


On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 3:12 AM, Dr Eberhard Lisse nos...@lisse.na wrote:

 Stefano,

 put the Mac-Basic on a mac that uses this and load all missing packages
 with tlmgr until it works.

 Then run something like

 tlmgr list|grep ^i|awk '{print $2}'  mactexmedium.txt

 Now you install Mac-Basic on her computer taransfer the file and run
 something like

 sudo tlmgr install `cat mactexmedium.txt`

 which leaves her with a minimal installation that has all missing
 packages. I am quite sure once she has started to edit and sees the
 output from a compile run, she'll be convinced.

 Once she's done and she really doesn't like it you can do

 sudo rm -rf /usr/local/texlive/2013basic

 to remove the 473MB (which reside on my box) :-)-O

 el



 on 2014-01-29, 19:19 stefano franchi said the following:
  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 http://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
  ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/bin/2.0.7/LyX-2.0.7+qt4.dmg. Before you
  install LyX you need to install a TeX system such as MacTeX
  http://www.tug.org/mactex/. 
 
  Is that requirement enforced? I don't have a Mac at my disposal to try
  it out.
 
  Best,
 
  Stefano
 
 
 
  --
  __
  Stefano Franchi
  Associate Research Professor
  Department of Hispanic StudiesPh:   +1 (979) 845-2125
  Texas AM University  Fax:  +1 (979) 845-6421
  College Station, Texas, USA
 
  stef...@tamu.edu mailto:stef...@tamu.edu
  http://stefano.cleinias.org




-- 
__
Stefano Franchi
Associate Research Professor
Department of Hispanic StudiesPh:   +1 (979) 845-2125
Texas AM University  Fax:  +1 (979) 845-6421
College Station, Texas, USA

stef...@tamu.edu
http://stefano.cleinias.org

Re: Installing Lyx/Mac w/out MacTeX. Is it possible?

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

Stefano,

so she can actually edit the files?  Cool.  I was wondering if the
config run (using luatex) would work.

Now what you also can do to cooperate, is to use SVN (see Additional
Features Section 7.2), which is really, really cool.

I have myself some experience with remoteness, being an Obstetrician
and Gynaecologist in Africa, though in Windhoek connectivity is
starting to become useful.

What I do between my house and the practice (and of course the
laptop) is something like this :-)-O

sudo tlmgr install `ssh USER@HOST.DOMAIN tlmgr list|grep ^i|awk
'{print $2}'|sed s/://g`

That you can easily install into crontab and or whatever scheduler
you like and run this on a number of hosts, so you need to only
update one.  If you can not predict where changes are happening one
will have to figure out a more complicated round robin scheme :-)-O


But you can configure the working BasicMacTeX and then tar the
update /usr/local/texlive.  Put all on a stick, DHL it over there
and she must install and then untar over /usr/local/texlive to bring
it up to what is required.

Mabye someone writes a shell script for her to take care of the
command line stuff, but that's not a big deal.  And, if the
university has serious Mac programming resources, someone can make
an installer for her that does all of this with a click.

greetings, el

On 2014-01-31, 16:32 , stefano franchi wrote:
 Thanks to everyone for the many suggestions.
 
 To clarify the issue and sum up the outcome:
 
 My question was really about the Mac installer, not about the
 functionality of LyX without a suitable TeX installation.  In
 other words, I was asking:
 
 Can a minimally computer savvy Mac user install LyX only with no
 help and obtain a working LyX-editing only environment?
 
 And the answer, I am happy to report, is yes.  Aside from the
 puzzlement raised by the Untrusted source dialog, installation
 (of 2.0.6) went smoothly and we are happily cooperating.
 
 On the other hand, on the alternative question of How to provide
 a minimal yet still fully functioning LyX+TeX installation I
 particularly liked Eberhard's solution.  It was not viable in my
 case, since the user is an ocean away and working on a crappy (and
 expensive) internet connection, but I think it should be kept as a
 LyX recipe for space constrained Mac users, a category that is
 growing fast now that traditional hard drives have gone the way of
 the dodo on the MacBook Air.
 
 Perhaps it should be put on the wiki?  And since it is really not
 Mac-only (Mac-Basic is just the Mac-version of TexLive's basic
 scheme, I guess), perhaps it could be generalized to other
 platforms as well.
 
 
 Cheers,
 
 Stefano
 
 
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Re: Installing Lyx/Mac w/out MacTeX. Is it possible?

[Dr Eberhard Lisse]

Stefano,

put the Mac-Basic on a mac that uses this and load all missing packages
with tlmgr until it works.

Then run something like

tlmgr list|grep ^i|awk '{print $2}' > mactexmedium.txt

Now you install Mac-Basic on her computer taransfer the file and run
something like

sudo tlmgr install `cat mactexmedium.txt`

which leaves her with a minimal installation that has all missing
packages. I am quite sure once she has started to edit and sees the
output from a compile run, she'll be convinced.

Once she's done and she really doesn't like it you can do

sudo rm -rf /usr/local/texlive/2013basic

to remove the 473MB (which reside on my box) :-)-O

el



on 2014-01-29, 19:19 stefano franchi said the following:
> 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.
> 
> Best,
> 
> Stefano
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> __
> Stefano Franchi
> Associate Research Professor
> Department of Hispanic StudiesPh:   +1 (979) 845-2125
> Texas A University  Fax:  +1 (979) 845-6421
> College Station, Texas, USA
> 
> stef...@tamu.edu 
> http://stefano.cleinias.org

Re: Installing Lyx/Mac w/out MacTeX. Is it possible?

[stefano franchi]

Thanks to everyone for the many suggestions.

To clarify the issue and sum up the outcome:

My question was really about the Mac installer, not about the functionality
of LyX without a suitable TeX installation. In other words, I was asking:

"Can a minimally computer savvy Mac user install LyX only with no help and
obtain a working LyX-editing only environment?"

And the answer, I am happy to report, is yes. Aside from the puzzlement
raised by the "Untrusted source" dialog, installation (of 2.0.6) went
smoothly and we are happily cooperating.

On the other hand, on the alternative question of   "How to provide a
minimal yet still fully functioning LyX+TeX installation" I particularly
liked Eberhard's solution. It was not viable in my case, since the user is
an ocean away and working on a crappy (and expensive) internet connection,
but I think it should be kept as a LyX recipe for space constrained Mac
users, a category that is growing fast now that traditional hard drives
have gone the way of the dodo on the MacBook Air.

Perhaps it should be put on the wiki? And since it is really not Mac-only
(Mac-Basic is just the Mac-version of TexLive's basic scheme, I guess),
perhaps it could be generalized to other platforms as well.


Cheers,

Stefano


On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 3:12 AM, Dr Eberhard Lisse  wrote:

> Stefano,
>
> put the Mac-Basic on a mac that uses this and load all missing packages
> with tlmgr until it works.
>
> Then run something like
>
> tlmgr list|grep ^i|awk '{print $2}' > mactexmedium.txt
>
> Now you install Mac-Basic on her computer taransfer the file and run
> something like
>
> sudo tlmgr install `cat mactexmedium.txt`
>
> which leaves her with a minimal installation that has all missing
> packages. I am quite sure once she has started to edit and sees the
> output from a compile run, she'll be convinced.
>
> Once she's done and she really doesn't like it you can do
>
> sudo rm -rf /usr/local/texlive/2013basic
>
> to remove the 473MB (which reside on my box) :-)-O
>
> el
>
>
>
> on 2014-01-29, 19:19 stefano franchi said the following:
> > 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.
> >
> > Best,
> >
> > Stefano
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > __
> > Stefano Franchi
> > Associate Research Professor
> > Department of Hispanic StudiesPh:   +1 (979) 845-2125
> > Texas A University  Fax:  +1 (979) 845-6421
> > College Station, Texas, USA
> >
> > stef...@tamu.edu 
> > http://stefano.cleinias.org
>
>


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__
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Associate Research Professor
Department of Hispanic StudiesPh:   +1 (979) 845-2125
Texas A University  Fax:  +1 (979) 845-6421
College Station, Texas, USA

stef...@tamu.edu
http://stefano.cleinias.org

Re: Installing Lyx/Mac w/out MacTeX. Is it possible?

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

Stefano,

so she can actually edit the files?  Cool.  I was wondering if the
config run (using luatex) would work.

Now what you also can do to cooperate, is to use SVN (see Additional
Features Section 7.2), which is really, really cool.

I have myself some experience with remoteness, being an Obstetrician
and Gynaecologist in Africa, though in Windhoek connectivity is
starting to become useful.

What I do between my house and the practice (and of course the
laptop) is something like this :-)-O

sudo tlmgr install `ssh USER@HOST.DOMAIN tlmgr list|grep ^i|awk
'{print $2}'|sed s/://g`

That you can easily install into crontab and or whatever scheduler
you like and run this on a number of hosts, so you need to only
update one.  If you can not predict where changes are happening one
will have to figure out a more complicated round robin scheme :-)-O


But you can configure the working BasicMacTeX and then tar the
update /usr/local/texlive.  Put all on a stick, DHL it over there
and she must install and then untar over /usr/local/texlive to bring
it up to what is required.

Mabye someone writes a shell script for her to take care of the
command line stuff, but that's not a big deal.  And, if the
university has serious Mac programming resources, someone can make
an installer for her that does all of this with a click.

greetings, el

On 2014-01-31, 16:32 , stefano franchi wrote:
> Thanks to everyone for the many suggestions.
> 
> To clarify the issue and sum up the outcome:
> 
> My question was really about the Mac installer, not about the
> functionality of LyX without a suitable TeX installation.  In
> other words, I was asking:
> 
> "Can a minimally computer savvy Mac user install LyX only with no
> help and obtain a working LyX-editing only environment?"
> 
> And the answer, I am happy to report, is yes.  Aside from the
> puzzlement raised by the "Untrusted source" dialog, installation
> (of 2.0.6) went smoothly and we are happily cooperating.
> 
> On the other hand, on the alternative question of "How to provide
> a minimal yet still fully functioning LyX+TeX installation" I
> particularly liked Eberhard's solution.  It was not viable in my
> case, since the user is an ocean away and working on a crappy (and
> expensive) internet connection, but I think it should be kept as a
> LyX recipe for space constrained Mac users, a category that is
> growing fast now that traditional hard drives have gone the way of
> the dodo on the MacBook Air.
> 
> Perhaps it should be put on the wiki?  And since it is really not
> Mac-only (Mac-Basic is just the Mac-version of TexLive's basic
> scheme, I guess), perhaps it could be generalized to other
> platforms as well.
> 
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Stefano
> 
> 
>[...]



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Installing Lyx/Mac w/out MacTeX. Is it possible?

[stefano franchi]

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.dmgftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/bin/2.0.7/LyX-2.0.7+qt4.dmg.
Before you install LyX you need to install a TeX system such as
MacTeXhttp://www.tug.org/mactex/.


Is that requirement enforced? I don't have a Mac at my disposal to try it
out.

Best,

Stefano



-- 
__
Stefano Franchi
Associate Research Professor
Department of Hispanic StudiesPh:   +1 (979) 845-2125
Texas AM University  Fax:  +1 (979) 845-6421
College Station, Texas, USA

stef...@tamu.edu
http://stefano.cleinias.org

Re: Installing Lyx/Mac w/out MacTeX. Is it possible?

[Richard Heck]

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 http://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 
ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/bin/2.0.7/LyX-2.0.7+qt4.dmg. Before you 
install LyX you need to install a TeX system such as MacTeX 
http://www.tug.org/mactex/. 


Is that requirement enforced? I don't have a Mac at my disposal to try 
it out.


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

Re: Installing Lyx/Mac w/out MacTeX. Is it possible?

[Liviu Andronic]

On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 6:45 PM, Richard Heck rgh...@lyx.org 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




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Re: Installing Lyx/Mac w/out MacTeX. Is it possible?

[James Sutherland]

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 landronim...@gmail.comwrote:

 On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 6:45 PM, Richard Heck rgh...@lyx.org 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
 



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Installing Lyx/Mac w/out MacTeX. Is it possible?

[stefano franchi]

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.dmgftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/bin/2.0.7/LyX-2.0.7+qt4.dmg.
Before you install LyX you need to install a TeX system such as
MacTeXhttp://www.tug.org/mactex/.


Is that requirement enforced? I don't have a Mac at my disposal to try it
out.

Best,

Stefano



-- 
__
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Associate Research Professor
Department of Hispanic StudiesPh:   +1 (979) 845-2125
Texas AM University  Fax:  +1 (979) 845-6421
College Station, Texas, USA

stef...@tamu.edu
http://stefano.cleinias.org

Re: Installing Lyx/Mac w/out MacTeX. Is it possible?

[Richard Heck]

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 http://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 
ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/bin/2.0.7/LyX-2.0.7+qt4.dmg. Before you 
install LyX you need to install a TeX system such as MacTeX 
http://www.tug.org/mactex/. 


Is that requirement enforced? I don't have a Mac at my disposal to try 
it out.


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

Re: Installing Lyx/Mac w/out MacTeX. Is it possible?

[Liviu Andronic]

On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 6:45 PM, Richard Heck rgh...@lyx.org 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




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Re: Installing Lyx/Mac w/out MacTeX. Is it possible?

[James Sutherland]

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

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On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 12:05 PM, Liviu Andronic landronim...@gmail.comwrote:

 On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 6:45 PM, Richard Heck rgh...@lyx.org 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
 



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Installing Lyx/Mac w/out MacTeX. Is it possible?

[stefano franchi]

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.

Best,

Stefano



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Associate Research Professor
Department of Hispanic StudiesPh:   +1 (979) 845-2125
Texas A University  Fax:  +1 (979) 845-6421
College Station, Texas, USA

stef...@tamu.edu
http://stefano.cleinias.org

Re: Installing Lyx/Mac w/out MacTeX. Is it possible?

[Richard Heck]

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'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

Re: Installing Lyx/Mac w/out MacTeX. Is it possible?

[Liviu Andronic]

On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 6:45 PM, Richard Heck  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
>



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Re: Installing Lyx/Mac w/out MacTeX. Is it possible?

[James Sutherland]

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

 


On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 12:05 PM, Liviu Andronic wrote:

> On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 6:45 PM, Richard Heck  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
>

LyX-Mac-1.6 and MacTeX2010 installation problem

[Kerensa McElroy]

Hi,

I'm trying to get LyX up and running on my system (Mac OS X 10.6.2) for the 
first time. I've installed MacTeX2010 without a problem. Then when I try and 
install Lyx, I get the following problem:

1. Removing obsolete files 
... Done removing obsolete files.

2. Testing to see if old LyX user's folder should be moved to new location 
... Done moving LyX user's directory to new location.

3. (No preferences file found at ~/Library/'Application Support'/LyX-1.6/.)

4. Installing default LyX templates 
... Done installing default LyX templates.

5. Installing LyX's special LaTeX files 
• Found TeX installation at .
• Local TeX directory set to ~/Library/texmf.
• Installed LyX's additional LaTeX .cls and .sty files.

*** ERROR: Cannot run texhash command. Please run manually.

... Done.


After, all my classes are 'unavailable'.  Also, when i try and run sudo texhash 
from terminal, it simply says 'command not found'. 

I've trawled the web for a solution to this problem. It looks like a lot of 
other people have come across this. However, none of the 
suggested solutions are working for me.

Does anyone have any ideas?

Thanks,

Kerensa.

Re: LyX-Mac-1.6 and MacTeX2010 installation problem

[BH]

On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 9:36 PM, Kerensa McElroy kere...@unsw.edu.au wrote:
 Hi,

 I'm trying to get LyX up and running on my system (Mac OS X 10.6.2) for the 
 first time. I've installed MacTeX2010 without a problem. Then when I try and 
 install Lyx, I get the following problem:

 1. Removing obsolete files 
 ... Done removing obsolete files.

 2. Testing to see if old LyX user's folder should be moved to new location 
 
 ... Done moving LyX user's directory to new location.

 3. (No preferences file found at ~/Library/'Application Support'/LyX-1.6/.)

 4. Installing default LyX templates 
 ... Done installing default LyX templates.

 5. Installing LyX's special LaTeX files 
 • Found TeX installation at .
 • Local TeX directory set to ~/Library/texmf.
 • Installed LyX's additional LaTeX .cls and .sty files.

 *** ERROR: Cannot run texhash command. Please run manually.

 ... Done.


 After, all my classes are 'unavailable'.  Also, when i try and run sudo 
 texhash from terminal, it simply says 'command not found'.

 I've trawled the web for a solution to this problem. It looks like a lot of 
 other people have come across this. However, none of the
 suggested solutions are working for me.

 Does anyone have any ideas?

Did you see this thread? --

http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-users@lists.lyx.org/msg84463.html

My suspicion is that you really don't have MacTeX installed (at least
not properly); otherwise, you wouldn't have a problem running texhash
from the Terminal. You need to find where your MacTeX binaries are
(default is /usr/texbin) and make sure that path is one of the entries
in LyX  Preferences  Paths  PATH Prefix.

BH

SOLVED: LyX-Mac-1.6 and MacTeX2010 installation problem

[Kerensa McElroy]

Hi everyone,

yes, I did see this 
thread,http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-users@lists.lyx.org/msg84463.html, to no 
avail originally,
however it jogged me into working out a solution now that I've read it again!

Here is the complete instructions to solving this problem, for anyone who needs 
them:

1. change into directory /usr/local/texlive/2010/bin/universal-darwin
2. type sudo ./texhash (and enter password)
3. open lyx, go to LyXPreferencesPaths PATH Prefix. Remove whatever else is 
there and replace with  /usr/local/texlive/2010/bin/universal-darwin. Save.
4. Go to LyX Reconfigure.
5. Close LyX and open it again.

Kerensa.

Re: SOLVED: LyX-Mac-1.6 and MacTeX2010 installation problem

[BH]

On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 11:39 PM, Kerensa McElroy kere...@unsw.edu.au wrote:
 Hi everyone,
 yes, I did see this
 thread,http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-users@lists.lyx.org/msg84463.html, to
 no avail originally,
 however it jogged me into working out a solution now that I've read it
 again!
 Here is the complete instructions to solving this problem, for anyone who
 needs them:
 1. change into directory /usr/local/texlive/2010/bin/universal-darwin
 2. type sudo ./texhash (and enter password)
 3. open lyx, go to LyXPreferencesPaths PATH Prefix. Remove whatever else
 is there and replace with  /usr/local/texlive/2010/bin/universal-darwin.
 Save.
 4. Go to LyX Reconfigure.
 5. Close LyX and open it again.
 Kerensa.

This looks to me like a workaround for a botched MacTeX installation.
Take a look at:

http://www.tug.org/mactex/2010/What_Is_Installed.pdf

You should have a softlink at /usr/texbin that points to
/usr/local/texlive/2010/bin/universal-darwin. If not, then something
went wrong, and I'd wonder whether you might encounter other problems
down the road.

I'd suggest checking to see that everything was installed where that
document says it should be, and then opening System Preferences,
clicking on the TeX Distribution button at the bottom, and ensuring
that TeXLive-2010 is selected. If that creates the /usr/texbin
softlink, then you should use that in LyX -- restoring the original
list for PATH Prefix in LyX's preferences. If not, when you upgrade to
MacTeX-2011, LyX won't know how to find it.

BH

Re: SOLVED: LyX-Mac-1.6 and MacTeX2010 installation problem

[Kerensa McElroy]

hmm.  No /usr/texbin softlink. And no tex installations at all listed in system 
preferences. 

So, I repeated the installation for MacTeX2010, exactly as it says to. Same 
problem.

Any suggestions? 


On 23/02/2011, at 3:57 PM, BH wrote:

 On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 11:39 PM, Kerensa McElroy kere...@unsw.edu.au wrote:
 Hi everyone,
 yes, I did see this
 thread,http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-users@lists.lyx.org/msg84463.html, to
 no avail originally,
 however it jogged me into working out a solution now that I've read it
 again!
 Here is the complete instructions to solving this problem, for anyone who
 needs them:
 1. change into directory /usr/local/texlive/2010/bin/universal-darwin
 2. type sudo ./texhash (and enter password)
 3. open lyx, go to LyXPreferencesPaths PATH Prefix. Remove whatever else
 is there and replace with  /usr/local/texlive/2010/bin/universal-darwin.
 Save.
 4. Go to LyX Reconfigure.
 5. Close LyX and open it again.
 Kerensa.
 
 This looks to me like a workaround for a botched MacTeX installation.
 Take a look at:
 
 http://www.tug.org/mactex/2010/What_Is_Installed.pdf
 
 You should have a softlink at /usr/texbin that points to
 /usr/local/texlive/2010/bin/universal-darwin. If not, then something
 went wrong, and I'd wonder whether you might encounter other problems
 down the road.
 
 I'd suggest checking to see that everything was installed where that
 document says it should be, and then opening System Preferences,
 clicking on the TeX Distribution button at the bottom, and ensuring
 that TeXLive-2010 is selected. If that creates the /usr/texbin
 softlink, then you should use that in LyX -- restoring the original
 list for PATH Prefix in LyX's preferences. If not, when you upgrade to
 MacTeX-2011, LyX won't know how to find it.
 
 BH

Re: SOLVED: LyX-Mac-1.6 and MacTeX2010 installation problem

[BH]

On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 12:12 AM, Kerensa McElroy kere...@unsw.edu.au wrote:
 hmm.  No /usr/texbin softlink. And no tex installations at all listed in 
 system preferences.

 So, I repeated the installation for MacTeX2010, exactly as it says to. Same 
 problem.

 Any suggestions?

I'd try the MacTeX people; their support page is here:

http://www.tug.org/mactex/2010/support/emailform/#

(Make sure you click on the read this note link just above the form.)

BH

LyX-Mac-1.6 and MacTeX2010 installation problem

[Kerensa McElroy]

Hi,

I'm trying to get LyX up and running on my system (Mac OS X 10.6.2) for the 
first time. I've installed MacTeX2010 without a problem. Then when I try and 
install Lyx, I get the following problem:

1. Removing obsolete files 
... Done removing obsolete files.

2. Testing to see if old LyX user's folder should be moved to new location 
... Done moving LyX user's directory to new location.

3. (No preferences file found at ~/Library/'Application Support'/LyX-1.6/.)

4. Installing default LyX templates 
... Done installing default LyX templates.

5. Installing LyX's special LaTeX files 
• Found TeX installation at .
• Local TeX directory set to ~/Library/texmf.
• Installed LyX's additional LaTeX .cls and .sty files.

*** ERROR: Cannot run texhash command. Please run manually.

... Done.


After, all my classes are 'unavailable'.  Also, when i try and run sudo texhash 
from terminal, it simply says 'command not found'. 

I've trawled the web for a solution to this problem. It looks like a lot of 
other people have come across this. However, none of the 
suggested solutions are working for me.

Does anyone have any ideas?

Thanks,

Kerensa.

Re: LyX-Mac-1.6 and MacTeX2010 installation problem

[BH]

On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 9:36 PM, Kerensa McElroy kere...@unsw.edu.au wrote:
 Hi,

 I'm trying to get LyX up and running on my system (Mac OS X 10.6.2) for the 
 first time. I've installed MacTeX2010 without a problem. Then when I try and 
 install Lyx, I get the following problem:

 1. Removing obsolete files 
 ... Done removing obsolete files.

 2. Testing to see if old LyX user's folder should be moved to new location 
 
 ... Done moving LyX user's directory to new location.

 3. (No preferences file found at ~/Library/'Application Support'/LyX-1.6/.)

 4. Installing default LyX templates 
 ... Done installing default LyX templates.

 5. Installing LyX's special LaTeX files 
 • Found TeX installation at .
 • Local TeX directory set to ~/Library/texmf.
 • Installed LyX's additional LaTeX .cls and .sty files.

 *** ERROR: Cannot run texhash command. Please run manually.

 ... Done.


 After, all my classes are 'unavailable'.  Also, when i try and run sudo 
 texhash from terminal, it simply says 'command not found'.

 I've trawled the web for a solution to this problem. It looks like a lot of 
 other people have come across this. However, none of the
 suggested solutions are working for me.

 Does anyone have any ideas?

Did you see this thread? --

http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-users@lists.lyx.org/msg84463.html

My suspicion is that you really don't have MacTeX installed (at least
not properly); otherwise, you wouldn't have a problem running texhash
from the Terminal. You need to find where your MacTeX binaries are
(default is /usr/texbin) and make sure that path is one of the entries
in LyX  Preferences  Paths  PATH Prefix.

BH

SOLVED: LyX-Mac-1.6 and MacTeX2010 installation problem

[Kerensa McElroy]

Hi everyone,

yes, I did see this 
thread,http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-users@lists.lyx.org/msg84463.html, to no 
avail originally,
however it jogged me into working out a solution now that I've read it again!

Here is the complete instructions to solving this problem, for anyone who needs 
them:

1. change into directory /usr/local/texlive/2010/bin/universal-darwin
2. type sudo ./texhash (and enter password)
3. open lyx, go to LyXPreferencesPaths PATH Prefix. Remove whatever else is 
there and replace with  /usr/local/texlive/2010/bin/universal-darwin. Save.
4. Go to LyX Reconfigure.
5. Close LyX and open it again.

Kerensa.

Re: SOLVED: LyX-Mac-1.6 and MacTeX2010 installation problem

[BH]

On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 11:39 PM, Kerensa McElroy kere...@unsw.edu.au wrote:
 Hi everyone,
 yes, I did see this
 thread,http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-users@lists.lyx.org/msg84463.html, to
 no avail originally,
 however it jogged me into working out a solution now that I've read it
 again!
 Here is the complete instructions to solving this problem, for anyone who
 needs them:
 1. change into directory /usr/local/texlive/2010/bin/universal-darwin
 2. type sudo ./texhash (and enter password)
 3. open lyx, go to LyXPreferencesPaths PATH Prefix. Remove whatever else
 is there and replace with  /usr/local/texlive/2010/bin/universal-darwin.
 Save.
 4. Go to LyX Reconfigure.
 5. Close LyX and open it again.
 Kerensa.

This looks to me like a workaround for a botched MacTeX installation.
Take a look at:

http://www.tug.org/mactex/2010/What_Is_Installed.pdf

You should have a softlink at /usr/texbin that points to
/usr/local/texlive/2010/bin/universal-darwin. If not, then something
went wrong, and I'd wonder whether you might encounter other problems
down the road.

I'd suggest checking to see that everything was installed where that
document says it should be, and then opening System Preferences,
clicking on the TeX Distribution button at the bottom, and ensuring
that TeXLive-2010 is selected. If that creates the /usr/texbin
softlink, then you should use that in LyX -- restoring the original
list for PATH Prefix in LyX's preferences. If not, when you upgrade to
MacTeX-2011, LyX won't know how to find it.

BH

Re: SOLVED: LyX-Mac-1.6 and MacTeX2010 installation problem

[Kerensa McElroy]

hmm.  No /usr/texbin softlink. And no tex installations at all listed in system 
preferences. 

So, I repeated the installation for MacTeX2010, exactly as it says to. Same 
problem.

Any suggestions? 


On 23/02/2011, at 3:57 PM, BH wrote:

 On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 11:39 PM, Kerensa McElroy kere...@unsw.edu.au wrote:
 Hi everyone,
 yes, I did see this
 thread,http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-users@lists.lyx.org/msg84463.html, to
 no avail originally,
 however it jogged me into working out a solution now that I've read it
 again!
 Here is the complete instructions to solving this problem, for anyone who
 needs them:
 1. change into directory /usr/local/texlive/2010/bin/universal-darwin
 2. type sudo ./texhash (and enter password)
 3. open lyx, go to LyXPreferencesPaths PATH Prefix. Remove whatever else
 is there and replace with  /usr/local/texlive/2010/bin/universal-darwin.
 Save.
 4. Go to LyX Reconfigure.
 5. Close LyX and open it again.
 Kerensa.
 
 This looks to me like a workaround for a botched MacTeX installation.
 Take a look at:
 
 http://www.tug.org/mactex/2010/What_Is_Installed.pdf
 
 You should have a softlink at /usr/texbin that points to
 /usr/local/texlive/2010/bin/universal-darwin. If not, then something
 went wrong, and I'd wonder whether you might encounter other problems
 down the road.
 
 I'd suggest checking to see that everything was installed where that
 document says it should be, and then opening System Preferences,
 clicking on the TeX Distribution button at the bottom, and ensuring
 that TeXLive-2010 is selected. If that creates the /usr/texbin
 softlink, then you should use that in LyX -- restoring the original
 list for PATH Prefix in LyX's preferences. If not, when you upgrade to
 MacTeX-2011, LyX won't know how to find it.
 
 BH

Re: SOLVED: LyX-Mac-1.6 and MacTeX2010 installation problem

[BH]

On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 12:12 AM, Kerensa McElroy kere...@unsw.edu.au wrote:
 hmm.  No /usr/texbin softlink. And no tex installations at all listed in 
 system preferences.

 So, I repeated the installation for MacTeX2010, exactly as it says to. Same 
 problem.

 Any suggestions?

I'd try the MacTeX people; their support page is here:

http://www.tug.org/mactex/2010/support/emailform/#

(Make sure you click on the read this note link just above the form.)

BH

LyX-Mac-1.6 and MacTeX2010 installation problem

[Kerensa McElroy]

Hi,

I'm trying to get LyX up and running on my system (Mac OS X 10.6.2) for the 
first time. I've installed MacTeX2010 without a problem. Then when I try and 
install Lyx, I get the following problem:

1. Removing obsolete files 
... Done removing obsolete files.

2. Testing to see if old LyX user's folder should be moved to new location 
... Done moving LyX user's directory to new location.

3. (No preferences file found at ~/Library/'Application Support'/LyX-1.6/.)

4. Installing default LyX templates 
... Done installing default LyX templates.

5. Installing LyX's special LaTeX files 
• Found TeX installation at .
• Local TeX directory set to ~/Library/texmf.
• Installed LyX's additional LaTeX .cls and .sty files.

*** ERROR: Cannot run texhash command. Please run manually.

... Done.


After, all my classes are 'unavailable'.  Also, when i try and run sudo texhash 
from terminal, it simply says 'command not found'. 

I've trawled the web for a solution to this problem. It looks like a lot of 
other people have come across this. However, none of the 
suggested solutions are working for me.

Does anyone have any ideas?

Thanks,

Kerensa.

Re: LyX-Mac-1.6 and MacTeX2010 installation problem

[BH]

On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 9:36 PM, Kerensa McElroy  wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to get LyX up and running on my system (Mac OS X 10.6.2) for the 
> first time. I've installed MacTeX2010 without a problem. Then when I try and 
> install Lyx, I get the following problem:
>
> 1. Removing obsolete files 
> ... Done removing obsolete files.
>
> 2. Testing to see if old LyX user's folder should be moved to new location 
> 
> ... Done moving LyX user's directory to new location.
>
> 3. (No preferences file found at ~/Library/'Application Support'/LyX-1.6/.)
>
> 4. Installing default LyX templates 
> ... Done installing default LyX templates.
>
> 5. Installing LyX's special LaTeX files 
> • Found TeX installation at .
> • Local TeX directory set to ~/Library/texmf.
> • Installed LyX's additional LaTeX .cls and .sty files.
>
> *** ERROR: Cannot run texhash command. Please run manually.
>
> ... Done.
>
>
> After, all my classes are 'unavailable'.  Also, when i try and run sudo 
> texhash from terminal, it simply says 'command not found'.
>
> I've trawled the web for a solution to this problem. It looks like a lot of 
> other people have come across this. However, none of the
> suggested solutions are working for me.
>
> Does anyone have any ideas?

Did you see this thread? --

http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-users@lists.lyx.org/msg84463.html

My suspicion is that you really don't have MacTeX installed (at least
not properly); otherwise, you wouldn't have a problem running texhash
from the Terminal. You need to find where your MacTeX binaries are
(default is /usr/texbin) and make sure that path is one of the entries
in LyX > Preferences > Paths > PATH Prefix.

BH

SOLVED: LyX-Mac-1.6 and MacTeX2010 installation problem

[Kerensa McElroy]

Hi everyone,

yes, I did see this 
thread,http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-users@lists.lyx.org/msg84463.html, to no 
avail originally,
however it jogged me into working out a solution now that I've read it again!

Here is the complete instructions to solving this problem, for anyone who needs 
them:

1. change into directory /usr/local/texlive/2010/bin/universal-darwin
2. type sudo ./texhash (and enter password)
3. open lyx, go to LyX>Preferences>Paths> PATH Prefix. Remove whatever else is 
there and replace with  /usr/local/texlive/2010/bin/universal-darwin. Save.
4. Go to LyX >Reconfigure.
5. Close LyX and open it again.

Kerensa.

Re: SOLVED: LyX-Mac-1.6 and MacTeX2010 installation problem

[BH]

On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 11:39 PM, Kerensa McElroy  wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> yes, I did see this
> thread,http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-users@lists.lyx.org/msg84463.html, to
> no avail originally,
> however it jogged me into working out a solution now that I've read it
> again!
> Here is the complete instructions to solving this problem, for anyone who
> needs them:
> 1. change into directory /usr/local/texlive/2010/bin/universal-darwin
> 2. type sudo ./texhash (and enter password)
> 3. open lyx, go to LyX>Preferences>Paths> PATH Prefix. Remove whatever else
> is there and replace with  /usr/local/texlive/2010/bin/universal-darwin.
> Save.
> 4. Go to LyX >Reconfigure.
> 5. Close LyX and open it again.
> Kerensa.

This looks to me like a workaround for a botched MacTeX installation.
Take a look at:

http://www.tug.org/mactex/2010/What_Is_Installed.pdf

You should have a softlink at /usr/texbin that points to
/usr/local/texlive/2010/bin/universal-darwin. If not, then something
went wrong, and I'd wonder whether you might encounter other problems
down the road.

I'd suggest checking to see that everything was installed where that
document says it should be, and then opening System Preferences,
clicking on the TeX Distribution button at the bottom, and ensuring
that TeXLive-2010 is selected. If that creates the /usr/texbin
softlink, then you should use that in LyX -- restoring the original
list for PATH Prefix in LyX's preferences. If not, when you upgrade to
MacTeX-2011, LyX won't know how to find it.

BH

Re: SOLVED: LyX-Mac-1.6 and MacTeX2010 installation problem

[Kerensa McElroy]

hmm.  No /usr/texbin softlink. And no tex installations at all listed in system 
preferences. 

So, I repeated the installation for MacTeX2010, exactly as it says to. Same 
problem.

Any suggestions? 


On 23/02/2011, at 3:57 PM, BH wrote:

> On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 11:39 PM, Kerensa McElroy  wrote:
>> Hi everyone,
>> yes, I did see this
>> thread,http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-users@lists.lyx.org/msg84463.html, to
>> no avail originally,
>> however it jogged me into working out a solution now that I've read it
>> again!
>> Here is the complete instructions to solving this problem, for anyone who
>> needs them:
>> 1. change into directory /usr/local/texlive/2010/bin/universal-darwin
>> 2. type sudo ./texhash (and enter password)
>> 3. open lyx, go to LyX>Preferences>Paths> PATH Prefix. Remove whatever else
>> is there and replace with  /usr/local/texlive/2010/bin/universal-darwin.
>> Save.
>> 4. Go to LyX >Reconfigure.
>> 5. Close LyX and open it again.
>> Kerensa.
> 
> This looks to me like a workaround for a botched MacTeX installation.
> Take a look at:
> 
> http://www.tug.org/mactex/2010/What_Is_Installed.pdf
> 
> You should have a softlink at /usr/texbin that points to
> /usr/local/texlive/2010/bin/universal-darwin. If not, then something
> went wrong, and I'd wonder whether you might encounter other problems
> down the road.
> 
> I'd suggest checking to see that everything was installed where that
> document says it should be, and then opening System Preferences,
> clicking on the TeX Distribution button at the bottom, and ensuring
> that TeXLive-2010 is selected. If that creates the /usr/texbin
> softlink, then you should use that in LyX -- restoring the original
> list for PATH Prefix in LyX's preferences. If not, when you upgrade to
> MacTeX-2011, LyX won't know how to find it.
> 
> BH

Re: SOLVED: LyX-Mac-1.6 and MacTeX2010 installation problem

[BH]

On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 12:12 AM, Kerensa McElroy  wrote:
> hmm.  No /usr/texbin softlink. And no tex installations at all listed in 
> system preferences.
>
> So, I repeated the installation for MacTeX2010, exactly as it says to. Same 
> problem.
>
> Any suggestions?

I'd try the MacTeX people; their support page is here:

http://www.tug.org/mactex/2010/support/emailform/#

(Make sure you click on the "read this note" link just above the form.)

BH

Re: lyx/mac cursor off by 1 character

[Jean-Marc Lasgouttes]

Le 1 oct. 10 à 10:40, Niklas Hulden a écrit :

I have seen this on Windows 7 also. Very annoying.


Is it related to having ligatures in the text (fi, ffi, fl, ffl...) ?

JMarc

Re: lyx/mac cursor off by 1 character

[Derek Lamb]

On Sep 30, 2010, at 3:52 PM, Derek Lamb wrote:

 Hi,
 
 I've been using LyX on Linux for a long time (wrote several papers and my 
 thesis with it), but this is the first time I've tried to use it on a Mac.  
 I'm running OS X 10.6.4, and installed LyX 1.6.7 via MacPorts (I'm regretting 
 not just using the binary, but that's another thread).  I have a slightly 
 annoying problem in that the text cursor seems to be off by one character on 
 occasion.  I can't get a screenshot with the cursor in it, so I'll try to 
 describe it in more detail.
 
 I have a line that contains the following text:  'word1, word2'.  If I press 
 the back arrow 6 times, the cursor should be right after the comma.. But it 
 appears to be halfway between the comma and the 'w'.  We all know you can't 
 have two spaces in a row in LyX, and there aren't: when I hit the mac's 
 delete key (i.e., backwards delete), the comma goes away.  If I reinsert the 
 comma, then press the back arrow one time, the cursor is just to the right of 
 the comma, but backwards-deleting gets rid of the '1'.
 
 I'm going to be writing a 15-page paper over the next month, and I'm sure you 
 can imagine that that sort of behavior is going to get annoying really 
 quickly.  Has anyone else run into this, and if so, what was your solution?
 
 thanks,
 Derek
 

I installed Qt and LyX via MacPorts.  '$ port installed | grep qt' says I have 
Qt 4.6.3_6.
Playing with the zoom provides some relief: the default zoom was 150%, and when 
I increased it all the way up to 300% at least the cursor didn't appear in 
front of the comma before deleting the 1.  However, it still appears in the 
middle of the space between the comma and the second 'w', and 300% isn't really 
a zoom level I'd like to work with long term.
Changing the default Roman font from 'Times' to 'Times New Roman' makes the 
text cursor behave properly.  I had to increase the zoom to 200% though, since 
TNR is such a small font.

thanks for the ideas.

Derek

Re: lyx/mac cursor off by 1 character

[Jean-Marc Lasgouttes]

Le 1 oct. 10 à 10:40, Niklas Hulden a écrit :

I have seen this on Windows 7 also. Very annoying.


Is it related to having ligatures in the text (fi, ffi, fl, ffl...) ?

JMarc

Re: lyx/mac cursor off by 1 character

[Derek Lamb]

On Sep 30, 2010, at 3:52 PM, Derek Lamb wrote:

 Hi,
 
 I've been using LyX on Linux for a long time (wrote several papers and my 
 thesis with it), but this is the first time I've tried to use it on a Mac.  
 I'm running OS X 10.6.4, and installed LyX 1.6.7 via MacPorts (I'm regretting 
 not just using the binary, but that's another thread).  I have a slightly 
 annoying problem in that the text cursor seems to be off by one character on 
 occasion.  I can't get a screenshot with the cursor in it, so I'll try to 
 describe it in more detail.
 
 I have a line that contains the following text:  'word1, word2'.  If I press 
 the back arrow 6 times, the cursor should be right after the comma.. But it 
 appears to be halfway between the comma and the 'w'.  We all know you can't 
 have two spaces in a row in LyX, and there aren't: when I hit the mac's 
 delete key (i.e., backwards delete), the comma goes away.  If I reinsert the 
 comma, then press the back arrow one time, the cursor is just to the right of 
 the comma, but backwards-deleting gets rid of the '1'.
 
 I'm going to be writing a 15-page paper over the next month, and I'm sure you 
 can imagine that that sort of behavior is going to get annoying really 
 quickly.  Has anyone else run into this, and if so, what was your solution?
 
 thanks,
 Derek
 

I installed Qt and LyX via MacPorts.  '$ port installed | grep qt' says I have 
Qt 4.6.3_6.
Playing with the zoom provides some relief: the default zoom was 150%, and when 
I increased it all the way up to 300% at least the cursor didn't appear in 
front of the comma before deleting the 1.  However, it still appears in the 
middle of the space between the comma and the second 'w', and 300% isn't really 
a zoom level I'd like to work with long term.
Changing the default Roman font from 'Times' to 'Times New Roman' makes the 
text cursor behave properly.  I had to increase the zoom to 200% though, since 
TNR is such a small font.

thanks for the ideas.

Derek

Re: lyx/mac cursor off by 1 character

[Jean-Marc Lasgouttes]

Le 1 oct. 10 à 10:40, Niklas Hulden a écrit :

I have seen this on Windows 7 also. Very annoying.


Is it related to having ligatures in the text (fi, ffi, fl, ffl...) ?

JMarc

Re: lyx/mac cursor off by 1 character

[Derek Lamb]

On Sep 30, 2010, at 3:52 PM, Derek Lamb wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I've been using LyX on Linux for a long time (wrote several papers and my 
> thesis with it), but this is the first time I've tried to use it on a Mac.  
> I'm running OS X 10.6.4, and installed LyX 1.6.7 via MacPorts (I'm regretting 
> not just using the binary, but that's another thread).  I have a slightly 
> annoying problem in that the text cursor seems to be off by one character on 
> occasion.  I can't get a screenshot with the cursor in it, so I'll try to 
> describe it in more detail.
> 
> I have a line that contains the following text:  'word1, word2'.  If I press 
> the back arrow 6 times, the cursor should be right after the comma.. But it 
> appears to be halfway between the comma and the 'w'.  We all know you can't 
> have two spaces in a row in LyX, and there aren't: when I hit the mac's 
> delete key (i.e., backwards delete), the comma goes away.  If I reinsert the 
> comma, then press the back arrow one time, the cursor is just to the right of 
> the comma, but backwards-deleting gets rid of the '1'.
> 
> I'm going to be writing a 15-page paper over the next month, and I'm sure you 
> can imagine that that sort of behavior is going to get annoying really 
> quickly.  Has anyone else run into this, and if so, what was your solution?
> 
> thanks,
> Derek
> 

I installed Qt and LyX via MacPorts.  '$ port installed | grep qt' says I have 
Qt 4.6.3_6.
Playing with the zoom provides some relief: the default zoom was 150%, and when 
I increased it all the way up to 300% at least the cursor didn't appear in 
front of the comma before deleting the 1.  However, it still appears in the 
middle of the space between the comma and the second 'w', and 300% isn't really 
a zoom level I'd like to work with long term.
Changing the default Roman font from 'Times' to 'Times New Roman' makes the 
text cursor behave properly.  I had to increase the zoom to 200% though, since 
TNR is such a small font.

thanks for the ideas.

Derek

lyx/mac cursor off by 1 character

[Derek Lamb]

Hi,

I've been using LyX on Linux for a long time (wrote several papers and my 
thesis with it), but this is the first time I've tried to use it on a Mac.  I'm 
running OS X 10.6.4, and installed LyX 1.6.7 via MacPorts (I'm regretting not 
just using the binary, but that's another thread).  I have a slightly annoying 
problem in that the text cursor seems to be off by one character on occasion.  
I can't get a screenshot with the cursor in it, so I'll try to describe it in 
more detail.

I have a line that contains the following text:  'word1, word2'.  If I press 
the back arrow 6 times, the cursor should be right after the comma.. But it 
appears to be halfway between the comma and the 'w'.  We all know you can't 
have two spaces in a row in LyX, and there aren't: when I hit the mac's delete 
key (i.e., backwards delete), the comma goes away.  If I reinsert the comma, 
then press the back arrow one time, the cursor is just to the right of the 
comma, but backwards-deleting gets rid of the '1'.

I'm going to be writing a 15-page paper over the next month, and I'm sure you 
can imagine that that sort of behavior is going to get annoying really quickly. 
 Has anyone else run into this, and if so, what was your solution?

thanks,
Derek

Re: lyx/mac cursor off by 1 character

[Richard Heck]

On 9/30/10 5:52 PM, Derek Lamb wrote:

Hi,

I've been using LyX on Linux for a long time (wrote several papers and my 
thesis with it), but this is the first time I've tried to use it on a Mac.  I'm 
running OS X 10.6.4, and installed LyX 1.6.7 via MacPorts (I'm regretting not 
just using the binary, but that's another thread).  I have a slightly annoying 
problem in that the text cursor seems to be off by one character on occasion.  
I can't get a screenshot with the cursor in it, so I'll try to describe it in 
more detail.

I have a line that contains the following text:  'word1, word2'.  If I press 
the back arrow 6 times, the cursor should be right after the comma.. But it 
appears to be halfway between the comma and the 'w'.  We all know you can't 
have two spaces in a row in LyX, and there aren't: when I hit the mac's delete 
key (i.e., backwards delete), the comma goes away.  If I reinsert the comma, 
then press the back arrow one time, the cursor is just to the right of the 
comma, but backwards-deleting gets rid of the '1'.

   
I've also seen this problem. It may be a Qt/Mac issue. I don't know. But 
what I'd try to do is experiment with different screen fonts and, in 
particular, different zoom settings.


Richard

lyx/mac cursor off by 1 character

[Derek Lamb]

Hi,

I've been using LyX on Linux for a long time (wrote several papers and my 
thesis with it), but this is the first time I've tried to use it on a Mac.  I'm 
running OS X 10.6.4, and installed LyX 1.6.7 via MacPorts (I'm regretting not 
just using the binary, but that's another thread).  I have a slightly annoying 
problem in that the text cursor seems to be off by one character on occasion.  
I can't get a screenshot with the cursor in it, so I'll try to describe it in 
more detail.

I have a line that contains the following text:  'word1, word2'.  If I press 
the back arrow 6 times, the cursor should be right after the comma.. But it 
appears to be halfway between the comma and the 'w'.  We all know you can't 
have two spaces in a row in LyX, and there aren't: when I hit the mac's delete 
key (i.e., backwards delete), the comma goes away.  If I reinsert the comma, 
then press the back arrow one time, the cursor is just to the right of the 
comma, but backwards-deleting gets rid of the '1'.

I'm going to be writing a 15-page paper over the next month, and I'm sure you 
can imagine that that sort of behavior is going to get annoying really quickly. 
 Has anyone else run into this, and if so, what was your solution?

thanks,
Derek

Re: lyx/mac cursor off by 1 character

[Richard Heck]

On 9/30/10 5:52 PM, Derek Lamb wrote:

Hi,

I've been using LyX on Linux for a long time (wrote several papers and my 
thesis with it), but this is the first time I've tried to use it on a Mac.  I'm 
running OS X 10.6.4, and installed LyX 1.6.7 via MacPorts (I'm regretting not 
just using the binary, but that's another thread).  I have a slightly annoying 
problem in that the text cursor seems to be off by one character on occasion.  
I can't get a screenshot with the cursor in it, so I'll try to describe it in 
more detail.

I have a line that contains the following text:  'word1, word2'.  If I press 
the back arrow 6 times, the cursor should be right after the comma.. But it 
appears to be halfway between the comma and the 'w'.  We all know you can't 
have two spaces in a row in LyX, and there aren't: when I hit the mac's delete 
key (i.e., backwards delete), the comma goes away.  If I reinsert the comma, 
then press the back arrow one time, the cursor is just to the right of the 
comma, but backwards-deleting gets rid of the '1'.

   
I've also seen this problem. It may be a Qt/Mac issue. I don't know. But 
what I'd try to do is experiment with different screen fonts and, in 
particular, different zoom settings.


Richard

lyx/mac cursor off by 1 character

[Derek Lamb]

Hi,

I've been using LyX on Linux for a long time (wrote several papers and my 
thesis with it), but this is the first time I've tried to use it on a Mac.  I'm 
running OS X 10.6.4, and installed LyX 1.6.7 via MacPorts (I'm regretting not 
just using the binary, but that's another thread).  I have a slightly annoying 
problem in that the text cursor seems to be off by one character on occasion.  
I can't get a screenshot with the cursor in it, so I'll try to describe it in 
more detail.

I have a line that contains the following text:  'word1, word2'.  If I press 
the back arrow 6 times, the cursor should be right after the comma.. But it 
appears to be halfway between the comma and the 'w'.  We all know you can't 
have two spaces in a row in LyX, and there aren't: when I hit the mac's delete 
key (i.e., backwards delete), the comma goes away.  If I reinsert the comma, 
then press the back arrow one time, the cursor is just to the right of the 
comma, but backwards-deleting gets rid of the '1'.

I'm going to be writing a 15-page paper over the next month, and I'm sure you 
can imagine that that sort of behavior is going to get annoying really quickly. 
 Has anyone else run into this, and if so, what was your solution?

thanks,
Derek

Re: lyx/mac cursor off by 1 character

[Richard Heck]

On 9/30/10 5:52 PM, Derek Lamb wrote:

Hi,

I've been using LyX on Linux for a long time (wrote several papers and my 
thesis with it), but this is the first time I've tried to use it on a Mac.  I'm 
running OS X 10.6.4, and installed LyX 1.6.7 via MacPorts (I'm regretting not 
just using the binary, but that's another thread).  I have a slightly annoying 
problem in that the text cursor seems to be off by one character on occasion.  
I can't get a screenshot with the cursor in it, so I'll try to describe it in 
more detail.

I have a line that contains the following text:  'word1, word2'.  If I press 
the back arrow 6 times, the cursor should be right after the comma.. But it 
appears to be halfway between the comma and the 'w'.  We all know you can't 
have two spaces in a row in LyX, and there aren't: when I hit the mac's delete 
key (i.e., backwards delete), the comma goes away.  If I reinsert the comma, 
then press the back arrow one time, the cursor is just to the right of the 
comma, but backwards-deleting gets rid of the '1'.

   
I've also seen this problem. It may be a Qt/Mac issue. I don't know. But 
what I'd try to do is experiment with different screen fonts and, in 
particular, different zoom settings.


Richard

Spellchecking on LyX/Mac

[Bruce Pourciau]

After going without a spellchecker for years on LyX/Mac, I'm ready to  
take the plunge. Reading about installing cocoAspell on the LyX Wiki  
made me nervous, though: sounds like it often fails to work, and it's  
unclear how recent the instructions are. Anyone out there with good  
spellchecking experiences with LyX and the Mac? I'm a Mac guy and not  
a Terminal guy, so installation needs to be pretty easy or I'm going  
to screw it up. I would just love some simple, step-by-step help.


Bruce
LyX 1.6.5 for Mac

Re: Spellchecking on LyX/Mac

[Richard Heck]

On 07/21/2010 12:41 PM, Bruce Pourciau wrote:
After going without a spellchecker for years on LyX/Mac, I'm ready to 
take the plunge. Reading about installing cocoAspell on the LyX Wiki 
made me nervous, though: sounds like it often fails to work, and it's 
unclear how recent the instructions are. Anyone out there with good 
spellchecking experiences with LyX and the Mac? I'm a Mac guy and not 
a Terminal guy, so installation needs to be pretty easy or I'm going 
to screw it up. I would just love some simple, step-by-step help.


I believe 1.6.7 includes much better spelling support for Mac. But this 
may only be in a version that Stephen Witt did. Trying asking on 
lyx-devel about it.


rh

Re: Spellchecking on LyX/Mac

[BH]

2010/7/21 Richard Heck rgh...@comcast.net:
 On 07/21/2010 12:41 PM, Bruce Pourciau wrote:

 After going without a spellchecker for years on LyX/Mac, I'm ready to take
 the plunge. Reading about installing cocoAspell on the LyX Wiki made me
 nervous, though: sounds like it often fails to work, and it's unclear how
 recent the instructions are. Anyone out there with good spellchecking
 experiences with LyX and the Mac? I'm a Mac guy and not a Terminal guy, so
 installation needs to be pretty easy or I'm going to screw it up. I would
 just love some simple, step-by-step help.

 I believe 1.6.7 includes much better spelling support for Mac. But this may
 only be in a version that Stephen Witt did. Trying asking on lyx-devel about
 it.

To my knowledge, the instructions on the wiki for getting cocoAspell
to work with LyX are not out of date, and you can follow them without
using the Terminal at all. It should work. So try it, and report back
any troubles you might have.

Stephen has native spellchecking support for the upcoming LyX-2.0 (for
which the 5th alpha was recently released). You might try that to see
if it works for you (and report back to the list with any positive or
negative experiences), but be aware that this alpha release is not
something I'd recommend using for serious work.

BH

Spellchecking on LyX/Mac

[Bruce Pourciau]

After going without a spellchecker for years on LyX/Mac, I'm ready to  
take the plunge. Reading about installing cocoAspell on the LyX Wiki  
made me nervous, though: sounds like it often fails to work, and it's  
unclear how recent the instructions are. Anyone out there with good  
spellchecking experiences with LyX and the Mac? I'm a Mac guy and not  
a Terminal guy, so installation needs to be pretty easy or I'm going  
to screw it up. I would just love some simple, step-by-step help.


Bruce
LyX 1.6.5 for Mac

Re: Spellchecking on LyX/Mac

[Richard Heck]

On 07/21/2010 12:41 PM, Bruce Pourciau wrote:
After going without a spellchecker for years on LyX/Mac, I'm ready to 
take the plunge. Reading about installing cocoAspell on the LyX Wiki 
made me nervous, though: sounds like it often fails to work, and it's 
unclear how recent the instructions are. Anyone out there with good 
spellchecking experiences with LyX and the Mac? I'm a Mac guy and not 
a Terminal guy, so installation needs to be pretty easy or I'm going 
to screw it up. I would just love some simple, step-by-step help.


I believe 1.6.7 includes much better spelling support for Mac. But this 
may only be in a version that Stephen Witt did. Trying asking on 
lyx-devel about it.


rh

Re: Spellchecking on LyX/Mac

[BH]

2010/7/21 Richard Heck rgh...@comcast.net:
 On 07/21/2010 12:41 PM, Bruce Pourciau wrote:

 After going without a spellchecker for years on LyX/Mac, I'm ready to take
 the plunge. Reading about installing cocoAspell on the LyX Wiki made me
 nervous, though: sounds like it often fails to work, and it's unclear how
 recent the instructions are. Anyone out there with good spellchecking
 experiences with LyX and the Mac? I'm a Mac guy and not a Terminal guy, so
 installation needs to be pretty easy or I'm going to screw it up. I would
 just love some simple, step-by-step help.

 I believe 1.6.7 includes much better spelling support for Mac. But this may
 only be in a version that Stephen Witt did. Trying asking on lyx-devel about
 it.

To my knowledge, the instructions on the wiki for getting cocoAspell
to work with LyX are not out of date, and you can follow them without
using the Terminal at all. It should work. So try it, and report back
any troubles you might have.

Stephen has native spellchecking support for the upcoming LyX-2.0 (for
which the 5th alpha was recently released). You might try that to see
if it works for you (and report back to the list with any positive or
negative experiences), but be aware that this alpha release is not
something I'd recommend using for serious work.

BH

Spellchecking on LyX/Mac

[Bruce Pourciau]

After going without a spellchecker for years on LyX/Mac, I'm ready to  
take the plunge. Reading about installing cocoAspell on the LyX Wiki  
made me nervous, though: sounds like it often fails to work, and it's  
unclear how recent the instructions are. Anyone out there with good  
spellchecking experiences with LyX and the Mac? I'm a Mac guy and not  
a Terminal guy, so installation needs to be pretty easy or I'm going  
to screw it up. I would just love some simple, step-by-step help.


Bruce
LyX 1.6.5 for Mac

Re: Spellchecking on LyX/Mac

[Richard Heck]

On 07/21/2010 12:41 PM, Bruce Pourciau wrote:
After going without a spellchecker for years on LyX/Mac, I'm ready to 
take the plunge. Reading about installing cocoAspell on the LyX Wiki 
made me nervous, though: sounds like it often fails to work, and it's 
unclear how recent the instructions are. Anyone out there with good 
spellchecking experiences with LyX and the Mac? I'm a Mac guy and not 
a Terminal guy, so installation needs to be pretty easy or I'm going 
to screw it up. I would just love some simple, step-by-step help.


I believe 1.6.7 includes much better spelling support for Mac. But this 
may only be in a version that Stephen Witt did. Trying asking on 
lyx-devel about it.


rh

Re: Spellchecking on LyX/Mac

[BH]

2010/7/21 Richard Heck <rgh...@comcast.net>:
> On 07/21/2010 12:41 PM, Bruce Pourciau wrote:
>>
>> After going without a spellchecker for years on LyX/Mac, I'm ready to take
>> the plunge. Reading about installing cocoAspell on the LyX Wiki made me
>> nervous, though: sounds like it often fails to work, and it's unclear how
>> recent the instructions are. Anyone out there with good spellchecking
>> experiences with LyX and the Mac? I'm a Mac guy and not a Terminal guy, so
>> installation needs to be pretty easy or I'm going to screw it up. I would
>> just love some simple, step-by-step help.
>>
> I believe 1.6.7 includes much better spelling support for Mac. But this may
> only be in a version that Stephen Witt did. Trying asking on lyx-devel about
> it.

To my knowledge, the instructions on the wiki for getting cocoAspell
to work with LyX are not out of date, and you can follow them without
using the Terminal at all. It should work. So try it, and report back
any troubles you might have.

Stephen has native spellchecking support for the upcoming LyX-2.0 (for
which the 5th alpha was recently released). You might try that to see
if it works for you (and report back to the list with any positive or
negative experiences), but be aware that this alpha release is not
something I'd recommend using for serious work.

BH

What are System Requirements for LyX Mac OS X?

[Pierfranco Minsenti]

Dear all,

I would like to replace my LyX 1.5.4 version on my iBook with MAC OS X
10.3.9 (Panther) with the new 1.6.3 version of LyX but I have two
questions:

1) compatibility between LyX 1.6.3 and my version of the MAC OS X:  I am
unable to find on http://wiki.lyx.org/Mac/Mac or at
http://www.lyx.org/Download information about the system requirements for
version 1.6.3. Is this version compatible with MAC OS X 10.3.9 or not?
Apple downloads at
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/unix_open_source/lyx.html says it
requires at least MAC OS X 10.4 (Tiger); VersionTracker at
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/47551 says it is
compatible with MAC OS X 10.3.9; softt32
http://www.soft32.com/download_226661.html says it requires Tiger.
So what is the truth about compatibility with the OS?


2) what is the compatibility with documents written with the old version.
Are there any problem?

Thank you for your cooperation.

Pierfranco

Re: What are System Requirements for LyX Mac OS X?

[BH]

On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 8:06 AM, Pierfranco
Minsentipierfranco.minse...@gmail.com wrote:
 Dear all,

 I would like to replace my LyX 1.5.4 version on my iBook with MAC OS X
 10.3.9 (Panther) with the new 1.6.3 version of LyX but I have two
 questions:

 1) compatibility between LyX 1.6.3 and my version of the MAC OS X:  I am
 unable to find on http://wiki.lyx.org/Mac/Mac or at
 http://www.lyx.org/Download information about the system requirements for
 version 1.6.3. Is this version compatible with MAC OS X 10.3.9 or not?
 Apple downloads at
 http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/unix_open_source/lyx.html says it
 requires at least MAC OS X 10.4 (Tiger); VersionTracker at
 http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/47551 says it is
 compatible with MAC OS X 10.3.9; softt32
 http://www.soft32.com/download_226661.html says it requires Tiger.
 So what is the truth about compatibility with the OS?

Actually, I'm not sure. I know it's compatible with 10.4; 10.3.9 might
work, though I don't have any such machine around to test with. Try it
and report back!

 2) what is the compatibility with documents written with the old version.
 Are there any problem?

Short answer is that there is no problem. Every version of LyX can
read file formats of any earlier version. The latest bug fix release
of the 1.x series can also read the 1.(x+1) file format. For example,
1.5.7 can read the 1.6.x file format. (1.5.4 was released before the
file format for 1.6 was finalized.)

BH
The latest bug fix version of 1.5 is able to

What are System Requirements for LyX Mac OS X?

[Pierfranco Minsenti]

Dear all,

I would like to replace my LyX 1.5.4 version on my iBook with MAC OS X
10.3.9 (Panther) with the new 1.6.3 version of LyX but I have two
questions:

1) compatibility between LyX 1.6.3 and my version of the MAC OS X:  I am
unable to find on http://wiki.lyx.org/Mac/Mac or at
http://www.lyx.org/Download information about the system requirements for
version 1.6.3. Is this version compatible with MAC OS X 10.3.9 or not?
Apple downloads at
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/unix_open_source/lyx.html says it
requires at least MAC OS X 10.4 (Tiger); VersionTracker at
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/47551 says it is
compatible with MAC OS X 10.3.9; softt32
http://www.soft32.com/download_226661.html says it requires Tiger.
So what is the truth about compatibility with the OS?


2) what is the compatibility with documents written with the old version.
Are there any problem?

Thank you for your cooperation.

Pierfranco

Re: What are System Requirements for LyX Mac OS X?

[BH]

On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 8:06 AM, Pierfranco
Minsentipierfranco.minse...@gmail.com wrote:
 Dear all,

 I would like to replace my LyX 1.5.4 version on my iBook with MAC OS X
 10.3.9 (Panther) with the new 1.6.3 version of LyX but I have two
 questions:

 1) compatibility between LyX 1.6.3 and my version of the MAC OS X:  I am
 unable to find on http://wiki.lyx.org/Mac/Mac or at
 http://www.lyx.org/Download information about the system requirements for
 version 1.6.3. Is this version compatible with MAC OS X 10.3.9 or not?
 Apple downloads at
 http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/unix_open_source/lyx.html says it
 requires at least MAC OS X 10.4 (Tiger); VersionTracker at
 http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/47551 says it is
 compatible with MAC OS X 10.3.9; softt32
 http://www.soft32.com/download_226661.html says it requires Tiger.
 So what is the truth about compatibility with the OS?

Actually, I'm not sure. I know it's compatible with 10.4; 10.3.9 might
work, though I don't have any such machine around to test with. Try it
and report back!

 2) what is the compatibility with documents written with the old version.
 Are there any problem?

Short answer is that there is no problem. Every version of LyX can
read file formats of any earlier version. The latest bug fix release
of the 1.x series can also read the 1.(x+1) file format. For example,
1.5.7 can read the 1.6.x file format. (1.5.4 was released before the
file format for 1.6 was finalized.)

BH
The latest bug fix version of 1.5 is able to

What are System Requirements for LyX Mac OS X?

[Pierfranco Minsenti]

Dear all,

I would like to replace my LyX 1.5.4 version on my iBook with MAC OS X
10.3.9 ("Panther") with the new 1.6.3 version of LyX but I have two
questions:

1) compatibility between LyX 1.6.3 and my version of the MAC OS X:  I am
unable to find on http://wiki.lyx.org/Mac/Mac or at
http://www.lyx.org/Download information about the system requirements for
version 1.6.3. Is this version compatible with MAC OS X 10.3.9 or not?
Apple downloads at
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/unix_open_source/lyx.html says it
requires at least MAC OS X 10.4 ("Tiger"); VersionTracker at
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/47551 says it is
compatible with MAC OS X 10.3.9; softt32
http://www.soft32.com/download_226661.html says it requires Tiger.
So what is the truth about compatibility with the OS?


2) what is the compatibility with documents written with the old version.
Are there any problem?

Thank you for your cooperation.

Pierfranco

Re: What are System Requirements for LyX Mac OS X?

[BH]

On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 8:06 AM, Pierfranco
Minsenti wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> I would like to replace my LyX 1.5.4 version on my iBook with MAC OS X
> 10.3.9 ("Panther") with the new 1.6.3 version of LyX but I have two
> questions:
>
> 1) compatibility between LyX 1.6.3 and my version of the MAC OS X:  I am
> unable to find on http://wiki.lyx.org/Mac/Mac or at
> http://www.lyx.org/Download information about the system requirements for
> version 1.6.3. Is this version compatible with MAC OS X 10.3.9 or not?
> Apple downloads at
> http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/unix_open_source/lyx.html says it
> requires at least MAC OS X 10.4 ("Tiger"); VersionTracker at
> http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/47551 says it is
> compatible with MAC OS X 10.3.9; softt32
> http://www.soft32.com/download_226661.html says it requires Tiger.
> So what is the truth about compatibility with the OS?

Actually, I'm not sure. I know it's compatible with 10.4; 10.3.9 might
work, though I don't have any such machine around to test with. Try it
and report back!

> 2) what is the compatibility with documents written with the old version.
> Are there any problem?

Short answer is that there is no problem. Every version of LyX can
read file formats of any earlier version. The latest bug fix release
of the 1.x series can also read the 1.(x+1) file format. For example,
1.5.7 can read the 1.6.x file format. (1.5.4 was released before the
file format for 1.6 was finalized.)

BH
The latest bug fix version of 1.5 is able to

pdflatex epstopdf problem on lyx/mac

[Konstantin Milbradt]

Hello,

I am running Lyx 1.5.6 on both a windows vista pc and a recently acquired
mac os 10.5 (intel). the windows pc has a full installation of miktex and
the mac of mactex both up to date (as of nov 2008) and lyx reconfigured. (I
tried Lyx 1.6 and it gave the same results)

my paper includes numerous eps graphics.

the lyx file compiles without problems under windows via pdflatex.

the same file does not compile on the mac via pdflatex (although it does via
the dvi detour - but some functionality is lost that way). the erorr code i
get is
An error occurred whilst running epstopdf
--
outfile='0_graphics.eps
(It is cut off at the end)

How do i get the file to compile under pdflatex without the detours of
converting the eps to another file format or via the dvi.
I am aware of
http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-users@lists.lyx.org/msg55007.html, but it
seems to only relate to windows installers.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
K

pdflatex epstopdf problem on lyx/mac

[Konstantin Milbradt]

Hello,

I am running Lyx 1.5.6 on both a windows vista pc and a recently acquired
mac os 10.5 (intel). the windows pc has a full installation of miktex and
the mac of mactex both up to date (as of nov 2008) and lyx reconfigured. (I
tried Lyx 1.6 and it gave the same results)

my paper includes numerous eps graphics.

the lyx file compiles without problems under windows via pdflatex.

the same file does not compile on the mac via pdflatex (although it does via
the dvi detour - but some functionality is lost that way). the erorr code i
get is
An error occurred whilst running epstopdf
--
outfile='0_graphics.eps
(It is cut off at the end)

How do i get the file to compile under pdflatex without the detours of
converting the eps to another file format or via the dvi.
I am aware of
http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-users@lists.lyx.org/msg55007.html, but it
seems to only relate to windows installers.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
K

pdflatex epstopdf problem on lyx/mac

[Konstantin Milbradt]

Hello,

I am running Lyx 1.5.6 on both a windows vista pc and a recently acquired
mac os 10.5 (intel). the windows pc has a full installation of miktex and
the mac of mactex both up to date (as of nov 2008) and lyx reconfigured. (I
tried Lyx 1.6 and it gave the same results)

my paper includes numerous eps graphics.

the lyx file compiles without problems under windows via pdflatex.

the same file does not compile on the mac via pdflatex (although it does via
the dvi detour - but some functionality is lost that way). the erorr code i
get is
"An error occurred whilst running epstopdf
--
outfile='0_graphics.eps"
(It is cut off at the end)

How do i get the file to compile under pdflatex without the detours of
converting the eps to another file format or via the dvi.
I am aware of
http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-users@lists.lyx.org/msg55007.html, but it
seems to only relate to windows installers.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
K

LyX/Mac 1.6.0rc1 released

[Konrad Hofbauer]

Hello,

LyX/Mac 1.6.0rc3, a preview of the Mac OS X version of the upcoming
LyX 1.6, has now been released and is available for download here:

ftp://ftp.devel.lyx.org/pub/lyx/pre/LyX-1.6.0rc3-Mac-Universal.dmg

LyX 1.6rc3 is not a stable release! This means it is good for
testing, but expect inconsistencies, regressions, and bugs. This preview
release is built for interested LyX users who want to test the new
features of LyX. We advise to backup your files and not to use this
version for anything else but testing.

Please report bugs to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Best regards,
Konrad

LyX/Mac 1.6.0rc1 released

[Konrad Hofbauer]

Hello,

LyX/Mac 1.6.0rc3, a preview of the Mac OS X version of the upcoming
LyX 1.6, has now been released and is available for download here:

ftp://ftp.devel.lyx.org/pub/lyx/pre/LyX-1.6.0rc3-Mac-Universal.dmg

LyX 1.6rc3 is not a stable release! This means it is good for
testing, but expect inconsistencies, regressions, and bugs. This preview
release is built for interested LyX users who want to test the new
features of LyX. We advise to backup your files and not to use this
version for anything else but testing.

Please report bugs to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Best regards,
Konrad

LyX/Mac 1.6.0rc1 released

[Konrad Hofbauer]

Hello,

LyX/Mac 1.6.0rc3, a preview of the Mac OS X version of the upcoming
LyX 1.6, has now been released and is available for download here:

ftp://ftp.devel.lyx.org/pub/lyx/pre/LyX-1.6.0rc3-Mac-Universal.dmg

LyX 1.6rc3 is not a stable release! This means it is good for
testing, but expect inconsistencies, regressions, and bugs. This preview
release is built for interested LyX users who want to test the new
features of LyX. We advise to backup your files and not to use this
version for anything else but testing.

Please report bugs to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Best regards,
Konrad

LyX/Mac: Palatino Screen Font Missing

[Bruce Pourciau]

Have just upgraded my Mac and LyX (to 1.5.6). A hoard of fonts show up  
in the list of available _screen_ fonts, but for some reason not  
Palatino. Palatino show up in the font lists for Word and Nisus, and  
my LyX produced pdf's are generated in Palatino. Any thoughts?


Bruce

LyX/Mac: Palatino Screen Font Missing

[Bruce Pourciau]

Have just upgraded my Mac and LyX (to 1.5.6). A hoard of fonts show up  
in the list of available _screen_ fonts, but for some reason not  
Palatino. Palatino show up in the font lists for Word and Nisus, and  
my LyX produced pdf's are generated in Palatino. Any thoughts?


Bruce

LyX/Mac: Palatino Screen Font Missing

[Bruce Pourciau]

Have just upgraded my Mac and LyX (to 1.5.6). A hoard of fonts show up  
in the list of available _screen_ fonts, but for some reason not  
Palatino. Palatino show up in the font lists for Word and Nisus, and  
my LyX produced pdf's are generated in Palatino. Any thoughts?


Bruce

LyX/Mac 1.6.0rc1 released

[Konrad Hofbauer]

LyX/Mac 1.6.0rc1, the Mac OS X version of LyX, has now been released and 
can be found here:


ftp://ftp.devel.lyx.org/pub/lyx/pre/LyX-1.6.0rc1-Mac-Universal.dmg

LyX 1.6rc1 is not a stable release! That means it is stable enough for 
testing, but expect inconsistencies and regressions. This preview 
release is built for interested LyX users who want to test the new 
features of LyX. We advise to backup your files and not to use this 
version for anything else but testing.


Please report bugs to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Regards,
Konrad

LyX/Mac 1.6.0rc1 released

[Konrad Hofbauer]

LyX/Mac 1.6.0rc1, the Mac OS X version of LyX, has now been released and 
can be found here:


ftp://ftp.devel.lyx.org/pub/lyx/pre/LyX-1.6.0rc1-Mac-Universal.dmg

LyX 1.6rc1 is not a stable release! That means it is stable enough for 
testing, but expect inconsistencies and regressions. This preview 
release is built for interested LyX users who want to test the new 
features of LyX. We advise to backup your files and not to use this 
version for anything else but testing.


Please report bugs to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Regards,
Konrad

LyX/Mac 1.6.0rc1 released

[Konrad Hofbauer]

LyX/Mac 1.6.0rc1, the Mac OS X version of LyX, has now been released and 
can be found here:


ftp://ftp.devel.lyx.org/pub/lyx/pre/LyX-1.6.0rc1-Mac-Universal.dmg

LyX 1.6rc1 is not a stable release! That means it is stable enough for 
testing, but expect inconsistencies and regressions. This preview 
release is built for interested LyX users who want to test the new 
features of LyX. We advise to backup your files and not to use this 
version for anything else but testing.


Please report bugs to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Regards,
Konrad

LyX/Mac 1.6.0 beta 4 released

[Bennett Helm]

LyX/Mac 1.6.0 beta 4 has now been released and can be found here:

ftp://ftp.devel.lyx.org/pub/lyx/pre/LyX-1.6.0b4-Mac-Universal.dmg

From the release notes:

This release is the last planned beta release in the path that leads to 1.6.
 0, the beta status is thus an indication of the development stage and
 so we advise care when using this release. Please back up your work before
 using this release as it should be generally done in a beta release. The
 next scheduled release is rc1 (the first release candidate).


Bennett

LyX/Mac 1.6.0 beta 4 released

[Bennett Helm]

LyX/Mac 1.6.0 beta 4 has now been released and can be found here:

ftp://ftp.devel.lyx.org/pub/lyx/pre/LyX-1.6.0b4-Mac-Universal.dmg

From the release notes:

This release is the last planned beta release in the path that leads to 1.6.
 0, the beta status is thus an indication of the development stage and
 so we advise care when using this release. Please back up your work before
 using this release as it should be generally done in a beta release. The
 next scheduled release is rc1 (the first release candidate).


Bennett

LyX/Mac 1.6.0 beta 4 released

[Bennett Helm]

LyX/Mac 1.6.0 beta 4 has now been released and can be found here:

ftp://ftp.devel.lyx.org/pub/lyx/pre/LyX-1.6.0b4-Mac-Universal.dmg

>From the release notes:

This release is the last planned beta release in the path that leads to 1.6.
> 0, the beta status is thus an indication of the development stage and
> so we advise care when using this release. Please back up your work before
> using this release as it should be generally done in a beta release. The
> next scheduled release is rc1 (the first release candidate).


Bennett

lyx/mac and texshop

[Stephen Buonopane]

I have just upgraded to LyX/Mac 1.5.5 and TeXShop 2.14 on OS X 10.5.3
I use TeXShop as my pdf viewer since it automatically updates when I  
do View-Update in LyX.

Or at least it used to automatically update.

In my prior set-up (Lyx 1.4 and OS X 10.4),  View-Update would  
automatically show the updated pdf in TexShop and bring the window to  
the front if it was hidden.
Now in order to see the updated pdf in TeXShop I have to click on the  
pdf window.


I have the viewer preference set as
open -a 'texshop.app'

I do have the Automatic Update preference checked in TexShop.
Note that if I am manually editing a Latex file in TexShop then the  
pdf window updates as expected with no extra clicks required.


Just wondering if any other LyX/Mac folks can confirm this behavior.

Steve

Re: lyx/mac and texshop

[Stephen Buonopane]

Skim.app udpates in the background and leaves the LyX window in front,  
no clicks of any sort required

So that would seem to be the best choice.
I guess the change must be due to TeXShop? I will report it there.

On Jul 9, 2008, at 1:14 PM, Stephen Buonopane wrote:


I have just upgraded to LyX/Mac 1.5.5 and TeXShop 2.14 on OS X 10.5.3
I use TeXShop as my pdf viewer since it automatically updates when I  
do View-Update in LyX.

Or at least it used to automatically update.

In my prior set-up (Lyx 1.4 and OS X 10.4),  View-Update would  
automatically show the updated pdf in TexShop and bring the window  
to the front if it was hidden.
Now in order to see the updated pdf in TeXShop I have to click on  
the pdf window.


I have the viewer preference set as
open -a 'texshop.app'

I do have the Automatic Update preference checked in TexShop.
Note that if I am manually editing a Latex file in TexShop then the  
pdf window updates as expected with no extra clicks required.


Just wondering if any other LyX/Mac folks can confirm this behavior.

Steve

lyx/mac and texshop

[Stephen Buonopane]

I have just upgraded to LyX/Mac 1.5.5 and TeXShop 2.14 on OS X 10.5.3
I use TeXShop as my pdf viewer since it automatically updates when I  
do View-Update in LyX.

Or at least it used to automatically update.

In my prior set-up (Lyx 1.4 and OS X 10.4),  View-Update would  
automatically show the updated pdf in TexShop and bring the window to  
the front if it was hidden.
Now in order to see the updated pdf in TeXShop I have to click on the  
pdf window.


I have the viewer preference set as
open -a 'texshop.app'

I do have the Automatic Update preference checked in TexShop.
Note that if I am manually editing a Latex file in TexShop then the  
pdf window updates as expected with no extra clicks required.


Just wondering if any other LyX/Mac folks can confirm this behavior.

Steve

Re: lyx/mac and texshop

[Stephen Buonopane]

Skim.app udpates in the background and leaves the LyX window in front,  
no clicks of any sort required

So that would seem to be the best choice.
I guess the change must be due to TeXShop? I will report it there.

On Jul 9, 2008, at 1:14 PM, Stephen Buonopane wrote:


I have just upgraded to LyX/Mac 1.5.5 and TeXShop 2.14 on OS X 10.5.3
I use TeXShop as my pdf viewer since it automatically updates when I  
do View-Update in LyX.

Or at least it used to automatically update.

In my prior set-up (Lyx 1.4 and OS X 10.4),  View-Update would  
automatically show the updated pdf in TexShop and bring the window  
to the front if it was hidden.
Now in order to see the updated pdf in TeXShop I have to click on  
the pdf window.


I have the viewer preference set as
open -a 'texshop.app'

I do have the Automatic Update preference checked in TexShop.
Note that if I am manually editing a Latex file in TexShop then the  
pdf window updates as expected with no extra clicks required.


Just wondering if any other LyX/Mac folks can confirm this behavior.

Steve