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[Stephan Witt]

Am 09.08.2023 um 21:41 schrieb Tim Garrett <Tim.Garrett at utah.edu>:
> 
> 13:40:10.630: Reloading configuration...LyX: reconfiguring user directory
> support/Systemcall.cpp (261): Systemcall: 'python -tt "/Applications/LyX.app/Contents/Resources/configure.py" --with-version-suffix=-2.3 --binary-dir="/Applications/LyX.app/Contents/MacOS/"' did not start!
> support/Systemcall.cpp (262): error The process failed to start. Either the invoked program is missing, or you may have insufficient permissions to invoke the program.
> LyX: Done!
> 13:40:14.373: (reconfigure)Warning: Cite Engine not available

Please, what happens on invoke of
$ python -V

???

> 
> On 9 Aug 2023, at 13:13, Stephan Witt wrote:
> 
>> Am 09.08.2023 um 20:20 schrieb Tim Garrett <tim.garrett at utah.edu>:
>>> 
>>> Thanks for the response!
>>> I have this so perhaps something else?:
>>> <PastedImage.png>
>> 
>> Yes, maybe something else.
>> 
>> Please, enable file and info messages in messages pane. Rerun reconfigure and present the output here.
>> 
>> Stephan
>> 
>>> 
>>> 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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