On Wednesday 12 July 2006 01:29, Steve Harris wrote:
>
> Good day José,
Good day,
> After reading your post, I tested again and this is
> not fixed in 1.4.2. It isn't much of a bug.
After several trials I succeeded into reproducing the bug, even for
1.4.2.svn.
> This is an example line.
>
> {If I type in ctrl-shift-leftarrow down here, start of a
> new paragraph, and I have entered no text, blank in other
> words, then the blue highlight reverts back to the end of
>
> This is an example line.(<-- begins blue highlight)
>
> and if you type in it, then it will segfault lyx. If you have
> typed more than one paragraph with words it works normally.}
>
> But again, if you have typed three paragraphs and then
> type "ctrl-shift-leftarrow" at the beginning of a new
> paragraph which has no words (blank) then it will segfault.
I noticed that too.
> It means that if you end a paragraph by using enter, then
> you can't change your mind with "ctrl-shift-leftarrow" and
> go back to the previous paragraph and type a little more
> before you start your new paragraph. You can go back with
> your mouse to the end of the previous paragraph and
> "ctrl-shift-leftarrow" will work normally. I am something
> of a keyboard purist, but I normally use Edit/Undo to
> reverse my last step; but Alt-e-u will Undo, take you
> back to the end of the previous paragraph (reverses enter)
> and then "ctrl-shift-leftarrow" will work as expected.
Sometimes it crashes immediately.
> It may have seemed if I wrote in too much detail. But you
> reported it worked on Linux and I have the most excellent
> FC4, and it malfunctions just as reported:
>
> This is the first paragraph. <enter>
>
> begins the second paragraph = blank: -> ctrl-shift-leftarrow
>
> goes back to the end of the first paragraph and freezes the
> machine. Shortly afterwards it exited with the same error
> message that I reported for Cygwin Lyx 1.4.1 and it segfaults
> in Joost's windows 1.4.2 also, but the error screen exits too
> fast to see the text. This message is from FC4/Cygwin Lyx1.4.1.
>
> --------------------------------------
>
> $ lyx
> LyX: Attempting to save document newfile1.lyx
> /cygdrive/c/home/newfile1.lyx.emergency
> Save seems successful. Phew.
>
> lyx: SIGSEGV signal caught
> Sorry, you have found a bug in LyX. Please read the
> bug-reporting instructions in Help->Introduction and
> send us a bug report, if necessary. Thanks !
> Bye.
> Aborted (core dumped)
>
> ------------------------------------------------
>
> Is the upgrade to FC5 *strongly recommended*?
Nope.
> Stephen
--
José Abílio
