LyX for Mac

[Christopher Menzel]

> Le 18/02/2022 à 23:46, Christopher Menzel via lyx-users a écrit :
>> On 18 Feb 2022, at 1:46 , Tom Goldring via lyx-users <lyx-users at lists.lyx.org> wrote:
>>> I have version 2.3.6.2 on my MacBook Pro. I consider it a poor substitute for the Windows version. I can't turn off the blinking cursor (extremely annoying!), I can't change the background color (white background gives me a headache), hotkeys don't work, etc. Is there an alternative binary that I could download?
>> Not sure what the problems are there but, for the record, I use the LyX 2.3.6.2 binaries from lyx.org on both my MacBook Pro (M1 chip) and a Windows laptop and the functionality is pretty much identical. It does appear that you are stuck with a blinking cursor (since that’s an OS level thing), but I have no problem changing the background color (did you uncheck “Use system colors”?), and cursor movement keys and other shortcuts work identically in both versions. (Maybe you mean something more by “hotkeys”?)
> 
> Hints:
> * hotkeys are somewhat different since one uses the Command key instead of Ctrl at least

Ah, well, I wasn’t aware of that distinction but, as a decades-long emacs user, I’ve re-mapped everything in such a way that I only ever use the Ctrl key — by which, of course, I mean my remapped CapsLock key, as that is where God intended Ctrl to be! :-)

> * cursor movement is slightly different to match what is expected on a mac, but this is controllable through "Preferences>Editing>Use mac-style cursor movement".

Right, but alas no non-blinking cursor option.

-chris