Stephan Witt wrote:
Am 20.10.2014 um 17:44 schrieb Christopher Menzel<[email protected]>:
On Oct 20, 2014 7:46 AM, "Julio Rojas"<[email protected]> 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, frankly, I wasn't sure I understood Jerry's comment.
Perhaps he's talking about speed and not about crisp fonts.
Ah, yes, that could be (subject of the thread notwithstanding). Typing
is a bit laggy on a rMBP (assuming that's the sort of thing you have in
mind by "speed"). Since I mostly use LyX for writing papers and I tend
to write rather haltingly, the lag is not usually noticeable. But if I
were using it for tasks where I wanted to type full speed, especially if
I were a really fast typist, I can see that lag could be pretty annoying.
To answer your question: I have to check it first.
Thanks!
-chris
