Am Mon, 6 Jul 2020 11:58:03 -0400 schrieb "Paul A. Rubin" <parubi...@gmail.com>:
> On 7/6/20 11:37 AM, Richard Kimberly Heck wrote:
> > On 7/6/20 4:28 AM, Niklas Huldén wrote:
> >> Den 01-07-2020 kl. 17:53, skrev Richard Kimberly Heck:
> >>> On 7/1/20 6:59 AM, Niklas Huldén wrote:
> >>>> Hello!
> >>>>
> >>>> I installed LyX 2.3.5 in June on my MacBook Air 13 (Catalina) and
> >>>> noticed that I could not open files from the "Recent files" list in
> >>>> the File menu. The program opened an empty document with the name of
> >>>> the recent file. I could open old documents using the "Open.." choise
> >>>> from the menu.
> >>>>
> >>>> When I installed version 2.3.5.1 I hoped this behaiviour would have
> >>>> been corrected, but now I could't even use the "Open..." choise. It
> >>>> allways opens up an empty file with the name om the file that should
> >>>> have opened. Same with version 2.3.5.2 that I installed today. For
> >>>> some reason I can open the default Splash.lyx that sits on the "Recent
> >>>> files"
> >>>>
> >>>> I have backupped my Preferenses file and started up an default version
> >>>> of LyX but the same behaviour continues. What could be the reason for
> >>>> this? Have anyone had similar problems?
> >>> If you can open LyX from a terminal, with argument "-dbg files", you
> >>> might get more information. You can also do this by opening the
> >>> messages pane (View> Messages Pane) and activating "files" debug
> >>> messages. (Go to Settings on the pane, click "Selected" then choose
> >>> "files").
> >>>
> >>> I would guess there is something wrong with the path that LyX is
> >>> getting.
> >>>
> >>> Riki
> >>>
> >>>
> >> Ok, thanks! I did that but the log shows nothing unusual. But the
> >> problem seems related only to files that reside in Dropbox folders.
> >> Lyx opens the files directly but does not download the contents from
> >> the Dropbox cloud. If i open a folder in the Dropbox app and
> >> doubleclick on a LyX-file it opens correctly in LyX. It used to work
> >> without hazzle from the LyX-menus before. Maybe it is a Dropbox problem.
> > It sounds like it. I assume there must be some notification to the
> > Dropbox app that a file has been accessed. LyX wouldn't provide that,
> > but the OS, or possibly Qt in this case, might.
> >
> > Riki
> >
> >
> >
> It may be specific to the Mac OS. I just uploaded (via web browser) a
> .lyx file to a shared Dropbox folder owned by a coauthor, then opened it
> in LyX via the file menu with no problems. This was on Linux Mint.
>
> Paul
>
What is the setting of \use_native_filedialog (possibly in preferences? : it
defaults to
'true' if not set)
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