On Tue, May 31, 2016 at 09:23:52AM +1200, Andrew Parsloe wrote:
> On 21/05/2016 6:23 a.m., Scott Kostyshak wrote:
> > On Fri, May 20, 2016 at 10:00:26PM +1200, Andrew Parsloe wrote:
> > > On 20/05/2016 5:40 p.m., Scott Kostyshak wrote:
> > > > On Thu, May 19, 2016 at 12:56:32PM +0200, Helge Hafting wrote:
> > > > > Den 18. mai 2016 08:49, skrev Andrew Parsloe:
> > > > > > In a new document
> > > > > > 1. create a list, say Description style.
> > > > > > 2. For the last item in the list create a sublist of 14 items and
> > > > > > 3. make the *last* n (anything from 1 to 13) of these subitems some
> > > > > > other style, say Itemize.
> > > > > > 4. Position the cursor at the end of the last item in the sublist.
> > > > > > 5. Press Enter. This creates a new empty Itemize style item at 
> > > > > > sublist
> > > > > > level, as expected.
> > > > > > 6. Press Enter again. This creates a new empty item at top level, as
> > > > > > expected, but in Itemize rather than Description style.
> > > > > > 7. Press Enter again. I expected the cursor to sit in an empty 
> > > > > > standard
> > > > > > paragraph. If you have 13 or fewer items in the sublist it does. If 
> > > > > > you
> > > > > > have 14 or more in the sublist it doesn't. The cursor jumps back to 
> > > > > > the
> > > > > > start of the 14th item.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > If there is text following the list, this doesn't happen, so there 
> > > > > > is
> > > > > > some interaction with the end of the document. I realise that mixing
> > > > > > list styles like this is not good form, but I can imagine use cases.
> > > > > > What intrigues me is the number 14. If there is more than one 
> > > > > > change of
> > > > > > list style in the sublist then the magic number 14 reduces.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > All this with rc1 on Windows 7. LyX 2.1.4 doesn't show this 
> > > > > > behaviour.
> > > > > I tried this with 2.2.0-rc1 (git hash d1b3d20c) on arch linux, and 
> > > > > could not
> > > > > reproduce it. Still, could be something with windows or a different 
> > > > > git
> > > > > version.
> > > > I cannot reproduce either, but I'm also on Linux. Andrew, you might want
> > > > to paste this into a bug report on trac so that it doesn't get lost.
> > > > 
> > > > Scott
> > > I begin to think this might have something to do with MiKTeX. Uwe 
> > > mentioned
> > > some issues with it recently and there have been a flood of packages to
> > > reinstall recently. I've just tried to reconfigure LyX and got a MiKTeX
> > > error. I'll wait a day or two and see what happens on that front before
> > > taking matters any further.
> > I would think it strange that it affects LyX's own display though. Keep
> > us updated with what happens.
> > 
> > Scott
> The issue vanished when I reinstalled rc1 and used default preferences. It
> isn't present with 2.2.0.

Good news! Hopefully it doesn't pop up again.

Scott

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