On Thu, Aug 22, 2019 at 11:26 AM Richard Kimberly Heck <rikih...@lyx.org> wrote:
> ... > >>> I have installed LyX 2.3.3 on a Dell XPS laptop and, Lo, the > installation's bin directory appears to be missing lyxeditor.cmd, which is > of course crucial for inverse search. Is this an oversight? Or is it now in > some other directory? > >> We don't distribute this file. > > Huh. Unlike the macOS version, apparently. Why the difference with the > Windows distribution? > > I guess Stephan includes it. Maybe Uwe used to as well? I could include > it, too, I suppose, but I'm not actually a Windows user. We really do > need someone who is to take over Windows packaging. > I'm not really a Windows user either, but I got so irked with recent Mac laptops that I bought the (quite lovely) Dell in a fit of pique. I have to say that, once you get it set up right, LyX under Windows (and Linux) works rather better than it does under macOS. It loads *much *faster and just seems snappier all around; forward/inverse searching in particular is faster and more accurate. (Both startup and forward search on macOS have been glacial under the last few iterations, though they're improved in 2.3.3.) >> According to this page of the wiki: > >> > >> https://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/SyncTeX > >> > >> it's something you need to create yourself. > > The need to create lyxeditor.cmd is only mentioned in the section on > Okular for Windows. That one needs to create it oneself is as far as I can > see not mentioned in the section on configuring SumatraPDF, which is the > PDF viewer I'm using. Might the Keepers of the Wiki consider mentioning the > need to create this script right at the top of the section on SumatraPDF. > > The wiki is, well, a wiki, so anyone can edit it. Oh...right. :-) I'll try to gussy up the sections on LyX+SumatraPDF once the semester is comfortably under way. It could definitely use some work. -chris
