Hi all, I do have a macbook pro with retina display running Mavericks,
and I never noticed any lags, nor does the "blurriness' bother me to the
point of not being able to work on it.
I also have a windows machine with high resolution display, and on that
one LyX is unusable, the icons are just too tiny. On the MPBr yes the
font is not neat, but I can sure work on it. Anyhow, as this may very
well be a matter of taste, here is a link to little video of how LyX
looks on my machine while I type, so you can judge for yourself:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/qtkozxjx335617j/LyxOnRetina.mov?dl=0
Best,
paola
On 20/10/2014 20:29, Chris Menzel wrote:
Since Stephan Witt has said LyX will be updated to accommodate Retina
displays within the next couple of months, it seems to me that that
will address your concerns about upgrading to a rMBP. As to your
question, fonts render normally on a non-Retina external monitor
hooked up to a rMBP.
-chris
On Oct 20, 2014 2:07 PM, "Stephen Buonopane" <sbuon...@bucknell.edu
<mailto:sbuon...@bucknell.edu>> wrote:
I have been following this thread (and past related ones) with
great interest as I will be forced to upgrade to a retina Mac in
the next 6 months or so.
Could someone post some screen shots that show the on-screen
quality on a retina mac versus non-retina?
How is the image quality on a non-retina external display hooked
up to a retina Mac?
Sounds like typing responsiveness is also an issue as well.
Steve
On Oct 20, 2014, at 12:42 PM, Christopher Menzel wrote:
Stephan Witt wrote:
Am 20.10.2014 um 17:44 schrieb Christopher Menzel<chris.men...@gmail.com>
<mailto:chris.men...@gmail.com>:
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, 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
