diff --git a/development/ChangeLog b/development/ChangeLog
index 88a0019f11..3ce730b101 100644
--- a/development/ChangeLog
+++ b/development/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2006-08-08  Bennett Helm <bennett.helm@fandm.edu>
+
+	* MacOSX/LyX.app/Contents/Resources/lyxrc.dist: improve xfig
+	viewer; change the path_prefix to find tex binaries.
+
 2006-10-02  Michael Gerz  <michael.gerz@teststep.org>
 
 	* MacOSX/LyX.app/Contents/Info.plist:
diff --git a/development/MacOSX/LyX.app/Contents/Resources/lyxrc.dist b/development/MacOSX/LyX.app/Contents/Resources/lyxrc.dist
index 7527187aad..60da8e8151 100644
--- a/development/MacOSX/LyX.app/Contents/Resources/lyxrc.dist
+++ b/development/MacOSX/LyX.app/Contents/Resources/lyxrc.dist
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 # MISC SECTION ######################################
 #
 
-\path_prefix "/usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin-current:/usr/local/teTeX/bin/i386-apple-darwin-current:/sw/bin:/sw/sbin:/opt/local/teTeX/bin:/opt/local/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin"
+\path_prefix "/usr/texbin:/usr/local/gwTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin-current:/usr/local/gwTeX/bin/i386-apple-darwin-current:/usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin-current:/usr/local/teTeX/bin/i386-apple-darwin-current:/sw/bin:/sw/sbin:/opt/local/teTeX/bin:/opt/local/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin"
 \serverpipe "~/Library/Application Support/LyX-1.4/.lyxpipe"
 \preview on
 
@@ -79,8 +79,8 @@
 # FORMATS SECTION ##########################
 #
 
-\format "fig" "fig" "FIG" "" "open-x11 && export DISPLAY=:0.0 && xfig" "open-x11 && export DISPLAY=:0.0 && xfig"
-\format "rtf" "rtf" "Rich Text Format" "" "open" "open"
+\format "fig" "fig" "FIG" "" "open -a X11; export DISPLAY=:0.0; xfig" "open -a X11; export DISPLAY=:0.0; xfig" "vector"
+\format "rtf" "rtf" "Rich Text Format" "" "open" "open" "vector"
 
 #
 # CONVERTERS SECTION ##########################
diff --git a/status.14x b/status.14x
index 8bd466eb3e..fa77aa6df6 100644
--- a/status.14x
+++ b/status.14x
@@ -45,3 +45,4 @@ What's new
 
 * MISCELLANEOUS
 
+- make LyX/Mac recognize correctly newer versions of teTeX.