On Fri, May 19, 2017 at 08:53:47PM +0200, Kornel Benko wrote: > Am Freitag, 19. Mai 2017 um 14:04:48, schrieb Scott Kostyshak > <skost...@lyx.org> > > On Fri, May 19, 2017 at 04:35:17PM +0200, Kornel Benko wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > can we please add use of an extra environment variable to set the default > > > binding file please? > > > env: LYX_DEFAULT_BINDFILE > > > value: Path to default bind file > > > > What is the use case? Is it for the keytests? > > > > Scott > > Yes, for keystests. We have the following problem: > Search for a string with advanced find dialog. > We may want to continue, but in some cases it is not possible to enter > a command. (Manually it is possible, but not through xvkbd). > Say, I want to enter regex from the dialog. The command string is > \Axregexp-mode\[Return] > I can see the command in the panel, but the command does not start, e.g. > \[Return] is not accepted. > OTOH, if I use a a bound key for the job, it works. > > So starting lyx with some special bindings helps. > > I am playing with function keys (not used in any bind file) like > \bind "C-F20" "regexp-mode" > or > \bind "C-F21" "command-sequence dialog-show findreplaceadv ; buffer-end > ; buffer-begin-select ; char-delete-forward ;" > to clean the search buffer.
Does your recent commit (fa3e656a) mean this patch is no longer necessary? If you are still proposing the patch: I was going to ask why we couldn't set the bind file in preferences, which we already control with the -userdir option. Scott
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