On Dec 29, 2013, at 3:13 AM, Richard Talley <rich.tal...@gmail.com> wrote:
> That's true for most OS X users, but not all. > > If you want to use multi-platform programs, you have to put up with a certain > amount of non-Mac behavior. (As do Windows and Linux users, when using > programs primarily written to run on a different system.) > > I'm just glad that LyX is available on OS X, even though it doesn't quite fit > into the system the way only for OS X programs do. > > -- Rich The package builder can and should put auxiliary files next to the app bundle, not inside it. This does not complicate user-level installation since all files/folders that exist on the .dmg can be dragged and dropped as easily as a single file. Of course, this would in some cases require minor code changes but if the code is looking inside an app bundle (which does not exist on other platforms, or if so, not in the OS X form), then it has already been specialized for OS X and might as well be specialized differently. The vast majority of OS X users do not know that there is anything in the app bundle. LyX is intended for use by writers, not by hackers. Yes, I'm glad LyX is available to OS X too—really glad. I hope these comments (and others by me) are taken in the spirit in which they are intended, that is, helpful suggestions. And most of my suggestions are and will be on the user interface which might or might not be OS X-specific. Jerry > > > On Fri, Dec 27, 2013 at 3:33 PM, Jerry <lancebo...@qwest.net> wrote: > > > The OS X user should __never__ be required to look inside an app bundle from > the Finder (by right-clicking or Control-clicking). This is anathema to the > OS X user. > > Jerry >
