On Oct 20, 2014 7:46 AM, "Julio Rojas" <jcredbe...@gmail.com
<mailto:jcredbe...@gmail.com>> wrote:
> Unfortunately, it is so. My wife has both versions and Lyx on Retina
is not a useless application, but a very difficult one to work with.
My experience is quite different (though of course YMMV). There is no
doubt that the screen fonts in LyX ≤2.1.2 look much better on a
non-Retina display when examined close up; on a rMBP, the edges of font
characters and most icons are blurred and pixelated. But I find that,
with the right choice of screen fonts (notably, in my case, Georgia for
the main text font), if I am working at a comfortable distance from the
screen (including with the laptop in my lap), the blurred/pixelated
edges of the fonts are not noticeable. (For the record, my (corrected)
vision is very good.)
That said, there is little doubt that the LyX user experience on the
rMBP will be much better still when the version with Retina support
comes out, and I eagerly await it. (IIRC Stephan thinks that might be
around Christmas.)
Stephan (or anyone), quick question: Is there any reason to think screen
fonts in LyX 2.1.2 will look appreciably better or worse on a new
5k-Retina iMac than on a rMBP?
-chris
On Thu, Oct 16, 2014 at 12:38 AM, Jerry <lancebo...@qwest.net
<mailto:lancebo...@qwest.net>> wrote:
On Oct 5, 2014, at 10:28 PM, Stephan Witt <st.w...@gmx.net
<mailto:st.w...@gmx.net>> wrote:
> Am 05.10.2014 um 21:47 schrieb Tino Langer
<tino.lan...@gmx.net <mailto:tino.lan...@gmx.net>>:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I just installed lyx 2.1.2 on OSX 10.9.5, using MacTeX in
background.
>>
>> I’m a little bit confused because the font in the editor
area and also the icons at the toolbar are very blurred. Are
there any options I have to change to get antialiased fonts and
clear icons?
>>
>> Thanks a lot! - Tino
>
>
> Hi Tino,
>
> you're using a display with very high resolution, the so
called Retina-display.
> LyX isn't ready to display the contents of the work area and
the icons on
> a Mac with Retina display. So, no, there is no option to
enable the display
> with full screen resolution on your Mac. You have to wait
for a new version
> of LyX.
>
> Stephan
Surely LyX on a Retina display is no worse than on a
normal-resolution display, right?
Jerry
