On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 6:17 PM, Jens Nöckel <noec...@uoregon.edu> wrote: > Hi, > there's a compromise solution: "screen-recenter" - it is not an automatic > action but it can be bound to a shortcut key, and it scrolls the document so > you can type in the center of the screen. > Depending on your keyboard bindings, there may already be a shortcut for it. > You can find it by going to Prefs > Editing > Shortcuts and searching for > screen-recenter. > If the action is already there, maybe automatic recentering could be provided in the form of a proper "hidden" option (considering Venom's recent work on advanced options). You may want to file a feature request on the bug tracker. Liviu
> If it doesn't exist, you can create one with a key > combination that is convenient to you. I use Control-L following emacs > conventions, and use it frequently. It's a matter of taste, but I think it's > nice to have the choice whether to recenter or not. > Hope this helps, > Jens > > On Apr 29, 2011, at 8:16 AM, jelle feringa wrote: > > > >> Hi Jim, >> >>> >>> In LyX 2.0 you can scroll past the end of the document, which means you >>> can at >>> least maintain the cursor in the middle of the screen by scrolling >>> manually. To >>> enable it look under Editing > Control in preferences. >> >> Yep, that helps a bit... >> >>> >>> As for what you're actually requesting, I would find it very >>> disconcerting if I >>> pressed enter or got to the end of a line and the cursor stayed still, >>> but the >>> document moved up underneath. >> >> My explanation was a inept; think of a mechanical typewriter, the line you >> type is fixed, while the page is moving back & forth... that's the idea ;) >> This video provides a better explanation: >> http://www.literatureandlatte.com/videos/FullScreenBackdrop.mov >> Cheers! >> -jelle > > -- Do you know how to read? http://www.alienetworks.com/srtest.cfm http://goodies.xfce.org/projects/applications/xfce4-dict#speed-reader Do you know how to write? http://garbl.home.comcast.net/~garbl/stylemanual/e.htm#e-mail
