Hello Ignacio García,
on 1/31/2008 you wrote:
> In my system, LyX 1.5.3, Ubuntu gutsy, Spanish keyboard with dead
> keys, to print isolated accents, caret, accute..., in the text I can
> press twice the accent key.
> In math mode, exponents are obtained pressing caret and space, "^space",
> but I get exponents using twice the caret key: "^^", it's a little
> faster for me.
I'm running Windows XP SP2. I'm German using both German and English
keyboard layouts. Here is how it works for me:
Using German keyboard layout:
Outside math mode:
Pressing caret once: nothing happens.
Pressing caret plus combinable key: caret plus letter combined
appear e.g., "â".
Pressing caret plus any other key: one caret plus the other key
appear e.g., "^p".
Pressing caret twice: two cares "^^" appear (special case of the
above case).
Inside math mode:
Pressing caret once: nothing happens.
Pressing caret plus combinable key: caret plus letter combined
appear e.g., "â".
Pressing caret plus any other key: an exponent placeholder is
created and the second pressed key is put into the exponent of the
preceding symbol (no caret appears, very quick for x^2).
Pressing caret twice: an empty exponent placeholder is created.
Using English keyboard layout:
There is one keyboard layout (or shape) called United States -
International. This one also knows accents and such. It behaves just
as the German layout.
The "regular" United-States layout outputs any accents, carets, and
such immediately and also its effects in math mode. This means:
Outside math mode:
Pressing caret once: one caret appears "^" and the sequence is
over.
Inside math mode:
Pressing caret once: an empty exponent placeholder is created and
the sequence is over (same effect as pressing the caret twice in
German layout).
Wou, that got a bit lengthy. Well, I hope it's the more helpful.
Greetings
Martin
