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[Tim Garrett]

Thanks for the response!
I have this so perhaps something else?:
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On 9 Aug 2023, at 12:01, Stephan Witt wrote:

> Am 09.08.2023 um 18:50 schrieb Tim Garrett <Tim.Garrett at utah.edu>:
>>
>> This may have worked!
>>
>> But in a reconfigure request problem. <PastedImage.png>
>>
>> Sorry, should know what to do next but it’s been a while. Multiple 
>> reconfigures doesn’t fix the problem.
>
> Perhaps you’re on macOS w/o python utility. What’s your OS 
> version?
>
> LyX 2.3.6.2 expects a working python installation which was gone since 
> macOS 12.3.1. Newer versions of LyX will give a proper hint.
>
> You may install python3 from here: 
> https://www.python.org/downloads/macos/
>
> Stephan
>
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Tim
>>
>> On 9 Aug 2023, at 10:09, Stephan Witt wrote:
>>
>> Am 09.08.2023 um 18:02 schrieb Richard Kimberly Heck 
>> <rikiheck at gmail.com>:
>>
>> On 8/9/23 11:23, Tim Garrett wrote:
>>
>> Hi Scott,
>>
>> I’m wondering if there’s something like a factory reset I can do 
>> on the settings that is worth trying. Perhaps over the years I’ve 
>> adjusted the look and feel to something that is causing problems.
>>
>> Move your user directory somewhere else, so a new one is generated.
>>
>> On mac that would be:
>> - terminate LyX if actually running
>> - use in Finder „Go to Folder“ with the term „Library“ 
>> starting at your home directory
>> - open Application Support
>> - rename the folder LyX-2.3 to e.g. LyX-2.3-2023-08-09
>>
>> Stephan
>>
>> Or else launch LyX from the command line with something like:
>>
>> lyx -userdir /tmp/newuserdir/
>>
>> But I'd be surprised if anything there caused problems.
>>
>> Riki
>>
>> On 9 Aug 2023, at 4:31, Scott Kostyshak wrote:
>>
>> On Tue, Aug 08, 2023 at 03:23:03PM -0600, Tim Garrett wrote:
>>
>> Thanks again Scott for your response and thoughtful help. I attach 
>> the file. I updated LyX to 2.3.7. This has indeed only been a problem 
>> in the past couple of years. I’ve sort of tolerated it because I 
>> mostly collaborate now rather than writing myself — getting old and 
>> rusty. For collaborations I use Overleaf though I still prefer LyX.
>>
>> In 2001, KLyX changed my life, but because of the top search result! 
>> Ewwww
>>
>> Thanks, Tim. I can't reproduce with the file you sent so that at 
>> least rules out that theory that I had.
>>
>> Unfortunately I'm not sure how to proceed.
>>
>> Scott
>>
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