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[Stephan Witt]

Am 09.08.2023 um 23:47 schrieb Stephan Witt <st.witt at gmx.net>:
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> 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
> 
> ???

… and

$ which python3

> 
>> 
>> On 9 Aug 2023, at 13:13, Stephan Witt wrote:
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>>> 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:
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>>>> 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:
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>>>> 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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