Am 04.08.2011 um 19:23 schrieb BH: > On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 11:35 AM, Uwe Stöhr <uwesto...@web.de> wrote: >> Am 04.08.2011 08:58, schrieb Anders Ekberg: >> >>>> In 5.1 of the Customization manual I am directed to the menu item Tools >>>> -> Reconfigure. There is no such menu item. Thus, I don't know how to >>>> install a new package, IEEEtrans. I tried following the directions but >>>> substituting Tools -> TeX Information -> Rescan instead of Reconfigure >>>> but to no avail. >>> >>> It's under LyX> Reconfigure >> >> That is then a bug. The menu name is "Tools" and we should use the same menu >> names on all Oses. Stephan, can you please have a look? > > This was intentional, the result of Jean-Marc's and my understanding > of what belongs under the LyX menu on Mac. (In addition, standard > practice on Mac is to put Preferences and About under the application > menu, so we have LyX > Preferences and LyX > About LyX.) Because this > has been this way for at least 5 years, it should not be changed now > without a very good reason. > > Perhaps the manual can be updated to reflect these differences on Mac.
For "About LyX" and "Preferences" (and "Quit" btw.) I agree 100%. Regarding the "Reconfigure" item I'm not so sure. Why not in Tools? Stephan
