On Mon, May 29, 2017 at 7:26 AM, David Pesetsky <pese...@mit.edu> wrote:
> I have been trying out Lyx on the Mac over the past week, and have a > repeated problem setting preferences. If I try to apply or save any > preference from the Lyx menu while there is a document open, a blank white > box appears (as if the system is trying to show me a message of some sort, > except there is no message) and the program freezes. This is repeatable on > both my laptop and iMac running MacOS 10.12.5, and the only way out is to > force-quit the program. I eventually learned that setting preferences only > works if there is no open document. > > Additionally, if I try to change a key binding that is already assigned to > another function, the program notifies me, and asks me if I want to > reassign the key — but if I say yes, I am dumped out of preferences and > nothing is saved. > > These look like bugs, but any information or assistance (am I doing > something wrong somewhere?) would be helpful. > > -David > David: Which version of LyX (LyX Menu -> About LyX)? Installed from .dmg or compiled yourself? If you give a step-by-step examples to reproduce what you're experiencing, I'll try to reproduce and will report back. - Joel
