It turns out the issue was, as mentioned, related to a bind file - I was able to restore functionality by going to LyX > Preferences > Shortcuts and changing the Bind File field from what it was to "mac.bind". However, if I simply deleted or moved my old bind file, it didn't fix the problem. When the bind file is empty, or when no bind file is specified, it makes the functionality of the Shift key even worse (i.e. Shift + page down/up, Shift + home/end, etc., which all worked before for me, stop working).
Charles On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 5:27 AM, Konrad Hofbauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>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 > >
