Re: Lyx 2.5.0 crash on mac book pro arm cpu

On 3/17/26 5:29 PM, Scott Kostyshak via lyx-users wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 17, 2026 at 10:05:26PM +0100, Anders Ekberg wrote:
>> 17 mars 2026 kl. 16:22 skrev Scott Kostyshak via lyx-users <[email protected]>:
>>> On Tue, Mar 17, 2026 at 10:39:21AM +0100, Anders Ekberg via lyx-users wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> 17 mars 2026 kl. 10:22 skrev Scott Kostyshak via lyx-users <[email protected]>:
>>>>> Thank you Anders! If I figure out how to change the menu entry locally
>>>>> for you (I think we just need to put a file in your user directory),
>>>>> would you be open to testing it? Basically, when you go to quit by the
>>>>> menu, instead of running the usual command, it would run the workaround
>>>>> command that you tried.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> Scott
>>>> Of course, just let me know and I will try it.
>>>> /Anders
>>> I don't know what customizations we do on macOS. In particular, I don't
>>> know if the menu entries are the same. But let's give it a try.
>>>
>>> First, exit LyX.
>>>
>>> Then, locate your user directory. Inside that directory, if there is not
>>> a directory called "ui" then create one. If there is a directory called
>>> ui and it is not empty, let me know what else is in there (it might
>>> cause problems).
>>>
>>> Then, put the attached file inside that user ui directory. The only
>>> thing I changed was the File > Exit entry.
>>>
>>> Now start LyX and open a document and go to File > Exit and see if it
>>> works now.
>>>
>>> Thanks for testing!
>>>
>>> Scott
>> Hmm, I think you want the ui directory inside the App Content, see attached. Or am I mistaken

LyX looks for these files in three locations: The user directory, a 
system directory, and even a third place I can't remember. In that 
order. So if you want to customize something just for you, you can put 
it into your user directory.

Riki


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