on macOS new user experience likely to be frustrating

Stephan Witt st.witt at gmx.net
Wed Feb 12 22:51:43 UTC 2020


Am 12.02.2020 um 19:51 schrieb Stephan Witt <st.witt at gmx.net>:
> 
> Am 12.02.2020 um 16:22 schrieb mn <mnork0 at gmx.net>:
>> 
>> LyX 2.3.4.2, macOS 12
>> 
>> This is just a new user to LyX perspective: bad.
>> 
>> Newly setup system:
>> 
>> 1. install macOS
>> 2. install TeXlive2019
>> 3. install LyX 2.3.4.2
>> 4. install Skim
>> 5. read some docs for configuration
>> 
>> (as written previously: trying to read UserGuide.pdf will not work in
>> this setup…)
>> 
>> - Changing default PDF output in
>> 
>> Preferences > Output > General
> 
> This is used to configure „Reverse Search“ when using Skim as default viewer.

Sorry, now I think it is „Forward Search“ what is configured here.
The „Reverse Search“ operation is the jump from PDF-Viewer to LyX-document.
This has to be configured in Skim to get it right.

Stephan




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