LyX for Mac

[Tom Goldring]

On 2/18/22 5:46 PM, Christopher Menzel wrote:
> 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”?)
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> I doubt another MacOS binary would solve your problem but one thing you could try is to install Parallels or VMWare Fusion and run Linux in a VM. I installed the ARM version of Ubuntu on my MBP (kind of for kicks) and compiled LyX 2.3.6.2 on it and found that it is actually significantly faster than the MacOS version (presumably because the latter is not compiled for Apple Silicon and hence uses Rosetta 2).
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> Chris Menzel
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Yes, I meant keyboard shortcuts. E.g. to bring up the "Insert" menu, 
alt-i just inserts an unwanted character into the text.

How do I uncheck "Use system colors"? Is that somewhere in System 
Preferences?