thanks for the suggestions. removing the .bind file worked and i was
able to create new bindings that match my previous shortcuts.
thanks,
-brian
On Dec 3, 2008, at 4:27 AM, Konrad Hofbauer wrote:
Brian Kidd wrote:
i am a long-time LyX user and big fan of the software. i recently
upgraded to 1.6 and noticed a few strange editing problems.
Most likely, you have own customized bind- and/or ui-files from old
versions in your user-directory, which are copied over to the new
version, but do not properly work there anymore (and the Mac
installer also told you that).
A radical cure to fix all problems is to delete ALL Lyx-folders
(such as LyX, LyX-1.5, LyX-1.6, ...) in /Users/yourusername/Library/
Application Support (or better: move them to some other directory)
and run the LyX-Installer from the dmg again.
You will have to redo all your prior configurations, but therefore
things will work. LyX 1.6 was a major release, so quite some things
changed.
cmd-return does not break the paragraph (nothing happens and LyX
displays unknown function in the lower left) and holding down
shift to highlight characters or words does not work. in fact, if
i have something highlighted, holding shift and moving the cursor
to add or remove a character from the highlight causes the entire
highlighted section to become unhighlighted.
All works fine here. Above procedure should fix it.
one other odd thing is i get a small ">" character on the right
side of the cursor. this character appears when i'm moving the
cursor with the right or left arrow keys or sometimes when i'm
typing. it seems like a graphical glitch and is somewhat annoying.
is this expected?
Yes, it is a new feature, "Autocompletion". You can turn it off in
the Preferences.
i'm running LyX on a mac 10.4 intel. previous versions of LyX
worked great and didn't have these odd editing problems. the .bind
document hasn't changed with the upgrade.
And that is exactly the problem. The installer is not able to do
migrate the old bind file to the new format. Trash the old one, and
define your key-bindings again, this time in the GUI (in Preferences).
There are some small limitations currently in the Shortcuts-GUI, if
you should run into them, search the LyX archive for solutions.
Hope this helps,
Konrad
