Thanks for the reply!
If I do that, I can no longer move from the top of a fraction to the bottom
with tab, forcing arrow-key action, which is different and bad on some
keyboards.
On Sat, Apr 22, 2017 at 1:12 PM, LyX Ticket Tracker wrote:
> #10088: math mode tab-autocomplete sometimes exits math mode
> --+
> Reporter: jaxankey | Owner: baum
> Type: defect| Status: new
> Priority: low | Milestone:
> Component: mathed| Version: 2.1.4
> Severity: normal| Resolution:
> Keywords:|
> --+
> Changes (by skostysh):
>
> * owner: lasgouttes => baum
> * component: general => mathed
>
>
> Comment:
>
> I can reproduce this on Linux. I must type slow because I have to try very
> hard to type fast to reproduce the issue. The easiest way for me to
> reproduce is with \dim.
>
> I can understand that this would be an annoying issue.
>
> When you are in math mode, if you would like to quickly get out of math
> mode and back into text mode, you can type space, tab, right-arrow, or
> click. Do you use tab for this purpose?
> (I personally only use space). If you do not rely on tab for this
> purpose, I believe that I've found a workaround for you:
>
> 1. Go to Tools > Preferences > Editing > Shortcuts.
> 2. In the "Show key-bindings containing" text area, put "tab".
> 3. Select the entry in the search results that contains only "Tab" (e.g.
> not "Ctrl + Tab").
> 4. Click on Modify.
> 5. In the function, remove "cell-forward;" and press "OK". So the entire
> function should be something like:
>
> {{{
> command-alternatives completion-accept;tab-insert;
> depth-increment;outline-
> in
> }}}
>
> 6. Press "Apply".
>
> Note that this will only change the setting for the current LyX session.
> If you want to make it permanent, in step 6 instead of "Apply", press
> "Save".
>
> Does that work for you?
>
> Of course, this is just a workaround and I think the bug should be fixed.
> But hopefully it saves you some frustration until it could be fixed (some
> LyX bugs take a long time to be fixed).
>
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> Ticket URL: <http://www.lyx.org/trac/ticket/10088#comment:2>
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