Am 04.01.2012 um 09:41 schrieb Jerry: > > On Jan 3, 2012, at 11:36 PM, Stephan Witt wrote: > >> Am 04.01.2012 um 01:28 schrieb Jerry: >>>> >>>> To check if this is the culprit one may add the following line to your >>>> preferences file: >>>> \force_paint_single_char false >>>> On a Mac this is the file "~/Library/Application >>>> Support/LyX-2.0/preferences". >>>> (Broken cursor placement for long lines should be one consequence.) >>> >>> I've added the line that you suggest and the scrolling is improved--much >>> like or exactly like 2.0.1 scrolling that I commented on earlier in this >>> thread. And I see no problem with an incorrectly placed cursor. >> >> Please, try it with a line of many "m" letters. Is the cursor placement at >> the end of the "m"-text correct? > > Uh-oh. With 2.0.2 on my 15 inch MacBook Pro screen, using Cambria font, > screen zoom set to 140%, the cursor gets ahead of (to the right of) a > screenful of m's by about 1.5 cm as measured with an on-screen ruler. If I > then make the window smaller so that the line wraps, forcing the cursor to > near the left edge of the window, the error is quite small or none at all, > but as I continue to make the window even narrower, the error increases until > another line wrap, etc.
This is what I've expected. > With 2.0.1, there is no cursor placement error. > > Oddly, it no longer matters if the line > \force_paint_single_char false > is in the Preferences file--the behavior is now the same (faster scrolling, > misplaced cursor) with or without that line. That's correct. The default for this (internal) preference depends on the Qt-Version. Currently I'm looking for the optimal solution... including trying out the Qt-4.8.0 library... Stephan
