On 3/2/19 11:55 AM, Paul A. Rubin wrote: > On 3/2/19 7:58 AM, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: >> Le 01/03/2019 à 21:43, Paul A. Rubin a écrit : >>> I have no idea if this makes a difference, but just in case it >>> triggers a thought: my desktop (where the issue never manifests) has >>> Qt 4.8.7 and 5.5.1 installed; my laptop (where the problem manifests >>> if I do not override the native dialog setting) has Qt 4.8.7 and >>> 5.9.5. LyX uses 4.8.7 on both machines (or so it claims), so I would >>> not think the Qt 5 version would make a difference ... but lacking a >>> rational explanation for the difference in behaviors, who knows? >>> >>> Also, is there any place where a Qt configuration file would be >>> stored that would explain why the native true/false thing has no >>> impact on my desktop but a big impact on my laptop? (All I know >>> about Qt is the spelling.) >> >> What may be relevant is your desktop environment. In gnome, it will >> be the gnome file dialog, in KDE the KDE file dialog, and may be others. >> >> JMarc > I agree that the environment matters in general, but in this case > three different systems running Mint + MATE (which I believe is a > Gnome derivative) produced two different dialogs, one of which is > apparently the "native" dialog (based on the new configuration > setting) and one of which is not.
So which one seems to work, and which one does not? I believe you are able to compile LyX yourself, yes? Assuming so, we can probably produce some debug code that might throw more light on this. Riki
