Default directory for saving previewed files

[Daniel CLEMENT]

Dear list members,

I have recently noticed a small annoyance (LyX 2.3.7, MacOS 14).

It’s about the folder where the various PDF previewers save their files by default. They always revert to a /lyx_tmpbuf0 (e.g.) which is rather deeply nested below the LyX temp directory, either the one chosen for me by the system, or the one that I specified.

That makes it tedious to navigate back to the folder where I want to put the file.

I’d rather have them remember the last directory used—I think it was the case before (my upgrading to MacOS 14).

Apple’s “Preview” and Master PDF both exhibit this behaviour, unlike Acrobat reader (but it has other drawbacks).

I don’t know whether the culprit is the latest MacOS, or my recent Python woes, but I’d be glad if there was a setting somewhere which would help me to solve that.

TIA for any insight - BR, Daniel