Software update: LyX 2.3.7

LyX is an open source and cross-platform system for document formatting. In short, it is a graphical user interface for TeX and Latex. It is mainly used in academia because it can easily build formulas and shows an overview of the document structure. Unlike regular word processors that use the wysiwyg principle, LyX uses wysiwym. More information about LyX can be found at this page are being found. Version 2.3.7 has been released and the announcement looks like this:

Seventh Maintenance Release in 2.3.x Series: LyX 2.3.7 released.

We are pleased to announce the release of LyX 2.3.7. This is the seventh maintenance release in the 2.3.x series. It is the result of on-going efforts to make our stable version more reliable and more stable.

Largely due to Covid, it has been a long time since the last release. But we have not been idle! Many bugs have been fixed in this release, and several crashes as well. We therefore encourage all users to upgrade to this version. See the announcement for more information.

One important note: Recent versions of Mac OSX do not include a working version of Python. LyX needs this for proper functionality. See thewiki for information on how to install Python, if you need to do so. The most obvious symptom is that, on startup, LyX reports that it will have ‘minimal functionality’. Another symptom is that images or previews do not display properly. You can download the sources in tar.gz format (also tar.xz). There are also some binaries available.