Am 04.08.2011 um 22:04 schrieb BH: > On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 4:06 PM, Stephan Witt <st.w...@gmx.net> wrote: >> >> 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? > > Because it is a menu item that applies to the application, not to a > document, and hence belongs under the application menu -- along with > About, Preferences, and Quit.
Ok, I see. > (I'd argue that TeX Information also > belongs under the LyX menu.) This is a distinction not made under > Linux and Windows (as far as I know), but it's a distinction that > ought to be respected on Mac. To move the "TeX Information" menu is not that hard. I tried it. But this reveals a problem. Some menu items are "bound" to a view. They don't work when the last window was closed. See ticket http://www.lyx.org/trac/ticket/6902 About and TeXInfo are using LFUN_DIALOG_SHOW and rely on an existing GuiView instance - an open window. Stephan
