On 2015-06-08, Kevin Spi wrote:
> Dear all,
> There appears to be a bug in the latest Lyx version, 2.1.3, when using an
> Azerty keyboard. Usually when I wish to add square brackets in an equation,
> I use the shortcut Alt+M, followed by AltGr+[. The reason I use AltGr is
> that on Azerty keyboards this is necessary.
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> Note that inserting curly brackets, using Alt+M AltGr+{, works just
> fine. So the problem is not the AltGr. I only notice the problem with
> the square bracket.
> I use Lyx 2.1.3 on Windows 8.1 on two Dell Latitude laptops, with exactly
> the same problem.
On my German "qwertz" keyboard, the [ is on Alt-Gr+8 and inserting a [ into
a maths-box works fine with LyX 2.1.3 (under Debian Gnu/Linux) with German
locale.
What is your language setting?
I know, this is not much of a help, but it may narrow down the problem.
> Do any of you have an idea how I can solve this?
You can define/edit keybindings under Tools>Settings>Edit>keys (or
similar, my LyX speaks German).
Hope this helps,
Günter