I forwarded your message to the lyx mailinglist, to possibly get some
wider attention and discussion.
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Paolo Saggese ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) entered the
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Hi.
Congratulations for the job done. LyX is really a great piece of software. Here (see:
http://borex.lngs.infn.it ) we are using it extensively to write scientific articles,
reports, etc.
We have a problem, though. We have several collaborators from Russia who needs to
write documents is Russian language (Cyrillic chars), usually mixed with some english
text, math formulas, etc.
Problem is, it looks like it is really hard to properly set up Russian (Cyrillic)
keyboard map in LyX and, even worse, we have not been able to find any easy way to
switch back and forth from english to russian when writing mixed language documents
(almost all are such).
Oddly enough, with some older versions of LyX we had found a way (although not
perfect) to to that somehow, while with the latest versions it seems to be just
impossible! :-(
Why could not LyX just use the system's keyboard maps and encodings?
In KDE, Gnome and even plain X with whatever wm on it there are several confortable
utilities to simply switch keyboard maps back and forth on the fly to and from
(almost) any language with just a mouse click or some hotkey combination.
Most applications works that way without any problem. If LyX could simply do the same,
it would be great!
Instead, unfortunately, switching the keyboard layout that way simply makes LyX input
the wrong characters or none at all. :-(
What is the current situation and the plans for the near future?
Thanks for your attention.
Ciao e grazie,
Paolo.
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