On 12 Apr 2000, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote:
> >>>>> "Doug" == Doug Marmion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> Doug> Hi, I'm a new user of OzTeX, and obviously I would like to see a
> Doug> MacOS version of Lyx. As Lyx already runs on BSD I presume it
> Doug> should also run on MacOS X (which runs on a BSD kernel). Does
> Doug> anyone know if this is correct or not? If it doesn't, is there a
> Doug> possibility that it will be ported (which I imagine should take
> Doug> very little effort)?
>
> What is needed to run on MacOS X is: (1) a good C++ compiler (gcc?),
> (2) an X server (is there one?) and (3) a port of the xforms library.
> The rest should be easy.
Eventually a native port to Aqua/Quartz could also be done and LyX would
then look pretty damn slick. The other requirement JMarc left out
was: someone with access to MacOS/X willing to port it for us ie. you (or
get someone in the CS department to encourage a student project to port
LyX for you ;-)
Allan. (ARRae)
