Re: Undo undoes too much

[Steve Litt]

On Sun, 22 Apr 2012 20:01:14 +0200
David B daav...@gmail.com wrote:

 Hi,
 
 In newer versions of LyX (I'm using 2.0.3 on windows) I have noticed
 the following very annoying behaviour: If you undo it undoes not only
 the latest key press but something like the last 20-30 key presses.
 This means that if you make some changes, and then delete something
 by mistake, undo doesn't just undo the mistake, but also the changes
 before which you want to keep. Thus you must either choose not to
 undo, and manually retype what you deleted by mistake, or undo and
 retype the changes you made before the deletion.
 
 Is it possible to disable this behaviour so that an undo undoes only a
 single key press?
 
 Best Regards,
 David

I'm still on 2.0.0 for Linux, but the behavior you describe sounds like
a showstopper. Uuch!

SteveT

Re: Undo undoes too much

[David L. Johnson]

On 04/22/2012 03:58 PM, Steve Litt wrote:

On Sun, 22 Apr 2012 20:01:14 +0200
David Bdaav...@gmail.com  wrote:


Hi,

In newer versions of LyX (I'm using 2.0.3 on windows) I have noticed
the following very annoying behaviour: If you undo it undoes not only
the latest key press but something like the last 20-30 key presses.
This means that if you make some changes, and then delete something
by mistake, undo doesn't just undo the mistake, but also the changes
before which you want to keep. Thus you must either choose not to
undo, and manually retype what you deleted by mistake, or undo and
retype the changes you made before the deletion.

Is it possible to disable this behaviour so that an undo undoes only a
single key press?

Best Regards,
David

I'm still on 2.0.0 for Linux, but the behavior you describe sounds like
a showstopper. Uuch!
This is not quite the behavior I see.  I am using 2.0.3 on debian 
linux.  If you type a string without backspaces, or deletes, or other 
stoppages, undo will erase a string of some length.  For example, I just 
typed a string of c's, about 20 of them, and undo removed 14 of them.  
But, when I typed ccbackspace, undo just went back to the 
backspace, leaving one c.  I don't think this is new behavior for undo, 
and I don't think it's unreasonable.  If you want to delete just one 
character, you use backspace, don't you?  Undo (or Crtl-z ) would be 
a bit more bother.


--

David L. Johnson

Accept risk.  Accept responsibility.  Put a lawyer out of business.

Re: Undo undoes too much

[Steve Litt]

On Sun, 22 Apr 2012 20:01:14 +0200
David B daav...@gmail.com wrote:

 Hi,
 
 In newer versions of LyX (I'm using 2.0.3 on windows) I have noticed
 the following very annoying behaviour: If you undo it undoes not only
 the latest key press but something like the last 20-30 key presses.
 This means that if you make some changes, and then delete something
 by mistake, undo doesn't just undo the mistake, but also the changes
 before which you want to keep. Thus you must either choose not to
 undo, and manually retype what you deleted by mistake, or undo and
 retype the changes you made before the deletion.
 
 Is it possible to disable this behaviour so that an undo undoes only a
 single key press?
 
 Best Regards,
 David

I'm still on 2.0.0 for Linux, but the behavior you describe sounds like
a showstopper. Uuch!

SteveT

Re: Undo undoes too much

[David L. Johnson]

On 04/22/2012 03:58 PM, Steve Litt wrote:

On Sun, 22 Apr 2012 20:01:14 +0200
David Bdaav...@gmail.com  wrote:


Hi,

In newer versions of LyX (I'm using 2.0.3 on windows) I have noticed
the following very annoying behaviour: If you undo it undoes not only
the latest key press but something like the last 20-30 key presses.
This means that if you make some changes, and then delete something
by mistake, undo doesn't just undo the mistake, but also the changes
before which you want to keep. Thus you must either choose not to
undo, and manually retype what you deleted by mistake, or undo and
retype the changes you made before the deletion.

Is it possible to disable this behaviour so that an undo undoes only a
single key press?

Best Regards,
David

I'm still on 2.0.0 for Linux, but the behavior you describe sounds like
a showstopper. Uuch!
This is not quite the behavior I see.  I am using 2.0.3 on debian 
linux.  If you type a string without backspaces, or deletes, or other 
stoppages, undo will erase a string of some length.  For example, I just 
typed a string of c's, about 20 of them, and undo removed 14 of them.  
But, when I typed ccbackspace, undo just went back to the 
backspace, leaving one c.  I don't think this is new behavior for undo, 
and I don't think it's unreasonable.  If you want to delete just one 
character, you use backspace, don't you?  Undo (or Crtl-z ) would be 
a bit more bother.


--

David L. Johnson

Accept risk.  Accept responsibility.  Put a lawyer out of business.

Re: Undo undoes too much

[Steve Litt]

On Sun, 22 Apr 2012 20:01:14 +0200
David B  wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> In newer versions of LyX (I'm using 2.0.3 on windows) I have noticed
> the following very annoying behaviour: If you undo it undoes not only
> the latest key press but something like the last 20-30 key presses.
> This means that if you make some changes, and then delete something
> by mistake, undo doesn't just undo the mistake, but also the changes
> before which you want to keep. Thus you must either choose not to
> undo, and manually retype what you deleted by mistake, or undo and
> retype the changes you made before the deletion.
> 
> Is it possible to disable this behaviour so that an undo undoes only a
> single key press?
> 
> Best Regards,
> David

I'm still on 2.0.0 for Linux, but the behavior you describe sounds like
a showstopper. Uuch!

SteveT

Re: Undo undoes too much

[David L. Johnson]

On 04/22/2012 03:58 PM, Steve Litt wrote:

On Sun, 22 Apr 2012 20:01:14 +0200
David B  wrote:


Hi,

In newer versions of LyX (I'm using 2.0.3 on windows) I have noticed
the following very annoying behaviour: If you undo it undoes not only
the latest key press but something like the last 20-30 key presses.
This means that if you make some changes, and then delete something
by mistake, undo doesn't just undo the mistake, but also the changes
before which you want to keep. Thus you must either choose not to
undo, and manually retype what you deleted by mistake, or undo and
retype the changes you made before the deletion.

Is it possible to disable this behaviour so that an undo undoes only a
single key press?

Best Regards,
David

I'm still on 2.0.0 for Linux, but the behavior you describe sounds like
a showstopper. Uuch!
This is not quite the behavior I see.  I am using 2.0.3 on debian 
linux.  If you type a string without backspaces, or deletes, or other 
stoppages, undo will erase a string of some length.  For example, I just 
typed a string of c's, about 20 of them, and undo removed 14 of them.  
But, when I typed cc, undo just went back to the 
backspace, leaving one c.  I don't think this is new behavior for undo, 
and I don't think it's unreasonable.  If you want to delete just one 
character, you use , don't you?  Undo (or -z ) would be 
a bit more bother.


--

David L. Johnson

Accept risk.  Accept responsibility.  Put a lawyer out of business.