Laggy cursor
Tim Garrett
tim.garrett at utah.edu
Wed Aug 9 22:15:02 UTC 2023
Sorry, it’s what I sent earlier:
Python 3.8.5 (default, Sep 4 2020, 02:22:02)
[Clang 10.0.0 ] :: Anaconda, Inc. on darwin
On 9 Aug 2023, at 15:49, Stephan Witt wrote:
> Am 09.08.2023 um 23:47 schrieb Stephan Witt <st.witt at gmx.net>:
>>
>> 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:
>>>
>>>> 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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>>>>> Brown University
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