On Jun 1, 2007, at 11:27 AM, Bennett Helm wrote:
A binary has now been posted for LyX/Mac 1.5.0 release candidate 1,
available here:
<ftp://ftp.devel.lyx.org/pub/lyx/LyX-1.5.0rc1-Mac.dmg>
Oops! -- Make that:
<ftp://ftp.devel.lyx.org/pub/lyx/devel/LyX-1.5.0rc1-Mac.dmg>
Sorry.
Bennett
The usual cautions apply: this is beta software, and is apt to have
some bugs leading to crashes. While I don't expect there to be any
major problems, and while I have been using developmental versions
LyX-1.5.0 on my own documents without any trouble, I also
religiously make backups.
Two issues for Mac deserve special mention. The first concerns the
display fonts (LyX > Preferences > Screen fonts). Some fonts (such
as Times) do not display properly on screen; Helvetica is displayed
instead. This will not affect typeset output. The second concerns
typesetting. Before you run LyX for the first time, make sure you
run the installer. Then run LyX and check the View menu to make
sure options like PDF (pdflatex) appear. If the menu is mostly
empty, you'll probably be able to fix it by reconfiguring LyX (LyX
> Reconfigure) and then restarting. If you have this problem,
please report it to the list along with details concerning your
setup: Intel or PPC Mac as well as how you installed LaTeX (i-
Installer, MacTeX, fink, macports, etc.).
LyX-1.5.0 has been gaining increasing polish and stability as we
move to a final release. I urge you to try it and report your
experiences with it to the list.
Thanks.
Bennett
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