>>>>> "Ronald" == Ronald Florence <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

Ronald> This is a very good idea, with only one "gotcha" that I could
Ronald> see:

Ronald> "These environment variables are set only for applications
Ronald> launched through Launch Services. If you run your executable
Ronald> directly from the command line, these environment variables
Ronald> are not set." To run LyX/Mac from the command line for
Ronald> debugging, the user would need to supply the PATH; a simple
Ronald> lyx-debug script could handle that.

Yes, especially since an experienced user will have the correct path
set for his utilities anyway. 

Ronald> An alternative would be a ~/Library/Preferences/? file the
Ronald> user could configure to accomodate the location of the
Ronald> application, the local teTeX installation or other special
Ronald> situations. This is the canonical Apple approach. --

Well, this can already be done in the converters part of the
preferences, in some way.

JMarc

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