On Sep 18, 2010, at 10:14 AM, Jens Nöckel wrote: > > On Sep 17, 2010, at 3:48 PM, Pavel Sanda wrote: > >> Stephan Witt wrote: >>>> So if I put Pavel's suggestion in, would my checkbox patch be acceptable? >>>> As I said, I'd be OK without GUI, but I don't really think it will hurt >>>> anyone to have it in there, with the default being not to change the key >>>> mapping. >>> >>> I'd have no problem with that. >> >> +1 > > OK, here is the new patch for the current LyX 2.0 in svn trunk: > <modifierKey-2.diff> > > The check box is added in Preferences > Editing > Keyboard/Mouse, but only if > we're on MacOSX with Qt > 4.6.0. The default setting is to leave everything > as it is now. When the check box is set, the Mac control key will act as LyX > Ctrl and the Mac Command key will act as LyX Meta (which is the reverse of > the current default mapping, and is preferred by emacs users). No matter what > the setting is, the MacOSX-specific commands for "Quit", "Hide" and > "Preferences" will be unchanged (i.e., they continue to use the Mac Command > key).
Another comment I forgot to add (but had mentioned earlier): the change takes effect only after restarting LyX (because the keynoard shortcuts in the menu bar have to be rebuilt). Jens
