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[Stephan Witt]

Am 10.08.2023 um 00:15 schrieb Tim Garrett <Tim.Garrett at utah.edu>:
> 
> Sorry, it’s what I sent earlier:

Sorry, but no, it isn’t.

That’s the output of the command w/o -V … but anyway. Where is your python3 installed? Perhaps LyX cannot find it.

Stephan

> 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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