On Fri, Mar 1, 2019 at 1:50 PM Paul A. Rubin <parubi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On 3/1/19 2:08 AM, Kornel Benko wrote: > > Am Donnerstag, 28. Februar 2019 23:22:06 CET schrieb Paul A. Rubin > > <parubi...@gmail.com>: > >> On 2/28/19 5:48 PM, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: > >>> Le 28/02/2019 à 21:58, Paul A. Rubin a écrit : > >>>> I'm on my laptop now, which is running a newer version of Mint (19.1 > >>>> Tessa) than my desktop but the same desktop environment (MATE) and > >>>> the same version of LyX (2.3.2, installed from Liviu's repo), and on > >>>> my laptop I see the same phenomenon that you do. Not only does the > >>>> file dialog not show the .tex files, the layout of the dialog matches > >>>> your screen shot (and not my screen shot from Sylvia). > >>>> > >>>> As time permits, I'll try to run the desktop and laptop side by side > >>>> and see if I can figure out where the difference occurs. > >>> Could it be a metter of using native file dialogs or not? This is the > >>> newish \use_native_filedialog setting in preferences (or in lyxrc.dist). > >>> > >>> Sorry, I cannot check right now. > >>> > >>> JMarc > >>> > >> JMarc: > >> > >> Where would I find that setting. I don't see it anywhere in the > >> preferences dialog, and it's not in any file I can find. > > In preferences add the line > > \use_native_filedialog false > > or > > \use_native_filedialog true > > > >> Paul > > Kornel > > > JMarc and Kornel (and Riki and Scott on the dev list): Thanks. This has > no effect on my desktop, but eliminates the symptoms on the laptop. > > Maria and John: If you care to, try adding "\use_native_dialog false" to > ~/.lyx/preferences and see if that helps. It fixed my laptop.
This did it, thanks! Maria
