Re: Audio keyboard hot keys not working in Lyx
Steve Litt skrev: On Wednesday 07 May 2008 09:04, Helge Hafting wrote: Rune Schjellerup Philosof wrote: Has anyone else experienced that hot keys, such as special keys on laptops for controlling the audio level doesn't work while lyx has focus? What might cause this strange behaviour? Lyx has focus, and decides to ignore keys that aren't bound to any action. Not that strange. Of course it'd be nice if LyX did whatever other apps do in order to pass these keys on to other apps (presumably your colume control app.) Some apps wants detailed control of the keyboard, in order to inspect shift states and such, or in order to impose alternative keyboard layouts. I guess the hotkeys gets mixed into this somehow. This behavior is not universal. While Lyx 1.5.3 has focus, I can press Ctrl+9 to open UMENU, and it works perfectly. My window manager is IceWM, and within IceWM's keys file I've defined Ctrl+9 to run UMENU. So at least under my circumstances, LyX "does the right thing". Silly me, I forgot to mention that I run Windows Vista. -- Rune
Re: Audio keyboard hot keys not working in Lyx
On Wednesday 07 May 2008 09:04, Helge Hafting wrote: > Rune Schjellerup Philosof wrote: > > Has anyone else experienced that hot keys, such as special keys on > > laptops for controlling the audio level doesn't work while lyx has focus? > > > > What might cause this strange behaviour? > > Lyx has focus, and decides to ignore keys that aren't bound to any action. > Not that strange. Of course it'd be nice if LyX did whatever other apps > do in order to pass these keys on to other apps (presumably > your colume control app.) > > Some apps wants detailed control of the keyboard, in order to inspect shift > states and such, or in order to impose alternative keyboard layouts. I > guess the hotkeys gets mixed into this somehow. This behavior is not universal. While Lyx 1.5.3 has focus, I can press Ctrl+9 to open UMENU, and it works perfectly. My window manager is IceWM, and within IceWM's keys file I've defined Ctrl+9 to run UMENU. So at least under my circumstances, LyX "does the right thing". SteveT Steve Litt Books written in LyX: Troubleshooting Techniques of the Successful Technologist Twenty Eight Tales of Troubleshooting Troubleshooting: Just the Facts
Re: Audio keyboard hot keys not working in Lyx
Helge Hafting skrev: Rune Schjellerup Philosof wrote: Has anyone else experienced that hot keys, such as special keys on laptops for controlling the audio level doesn't work while lyx has focus? What might cause this strange behaviour? Lyx has focus, and decides to ignore keys that aren't bound to any action. Not that strange. Of course it'd be nice if LyX did whatever other apps do in order to pass these keys on to other apps (presumably your colume control app.) Some apps wants detailed control of the keyboard, in order to inspect shift states and such, or in order to impose alternative keyboard layouts. I guess the hotkeys gets mixed into this somehow. I forgot to mention that other hot keys on my keyboard works perfectly. - Rune
Re: Audio keyboard hot keys not working in Lyx
Rune Schjellerup Philosof wrote: Has anyone else experienced that hot keys, such as special keys on laptops for controlling the audio level doesn't work while lyx has focus? What might cause this strange behaviour? Lyx has focus, and decides to ignore keys that aren't bound to any action. Not that strange. Of course it'd be nice if LyX did whatever other apps do in order to pass these keys on to other apps (presumably your colume control app.) Some apps wants detailed control of the keyboard, in order to inspect shift states and such, or in order to impose alternative keyboard layouts. I guess the hotkeys gets mixed into this somehow. Helge Hafting
Audio keyboard hot keys not working in Lyx
Has anyone else experienced that hot keys, such as special keys on laptops for controlling the audio level doesn't work while lyx has focus? What might cause this strange behaviour? -- Mvh Rune
