Re: [WinXP] Lyx thinks meta key pressed
anunbelie...@gmail.com wrote: Lyx seems to think the meta (alt) key is pressed - ctrl+N doesn't start a new document but inserts a new numbered formula into an existing one, the S key brings up the Alt+S menu prompt in the status bar at the bottom, and I'm not sure what the escape key does do but it definitely doesn't close dialog boxes - etc. This behaviour is in Lyx only, and wasn't rectified by uninstalling and reinstalling (now on the current 1.6.5). I have no keyboard map set in Tools-Preferences-Editing-Keyboard/Mouse. I certainly didn't deliberately change anything since the last time I used Lyx, and I'm not sure what I could have changed accidentally. Any ideas? I did a Google, turned up http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-users@lists.lyx.org/msg53492.html which doesn't help much other than confirm that I'm not completely batty. The only thing I can think of, is that LyX may have missed a key release event. This is fixable by pressing and then releasing ALT while LyX has keyboard focus. It won't help if the problem is caused by something else, but might be worth a try. Helge Hafting
Re: [WinXP] Lyx thinks meta key pressed
anunbelie...@gmail.com wrote: Lyx seems to think the meta (alt) key is pressed - ctrl+N doesn't start a new document but inserts a new numbered formula into an existing one, the S key brings up the Alt+S menu prompt in the status bar at the bottom, and I'm not sure what the escape key does do but it definitely doesn't close dialog boxes - etc. This behaviour is in Lyx only, and wasn't rectified by uninstalling and reinstalling (now on the current 1.6.5). I have no keyboard map set in Tools-Preferences-Editing-Keyboard/Mouse. I certainly didn't deliberately change anything since the last time I used Lyx, and I'm not sure what I could have changed accidentally. Any ideas? I did a Google, turned up http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-users@lists.lyx.org/msg53492.html which doesn't help much other than confirm that I'm not completely batty. The only thing I can think of, is that LyX may have missed a key release event. This is fixable by pressing and then releasing ALT while LyX has keyboard focus. It won't help if the problem is caused by something else, but might be worth a try. Helge Hafting
Re: [WinXP] Lyx thinks meta key pressed
anunbelie...@gmail.com wrote: Lyx seems to think the meta (alt) key is pressed - ctrl+N doesn't start a new document but inserts a new numbered formula into an existing one, the S key brings up the Alt+S menu prompt in the status bar at the bottom, and I'm not sure what the escape key does do but it definitely doesn't close dialog boxes - etc. This behaviour is in Lyx only, and wasn't rectified by uninstalling and reinstalling (now on the current 1.6.5). I have no keyboard map set in Tools->Preferences->Editing->Keyboard/Mouse. I certainly didn't deliberately change anything since the last time I used Lyx, and I'm not sure what I could have changed accidentally. Any ideas? I did a Google, turned up http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-users@lists.lyx.org/msg53492.html which doesn't help much other than confirm that I'm not completely batty. The only thing I can think of, is that LyX may have missed a key release event. This is fixable by pressing and then releasing ALT while LyX has keyboard focus. It won't help if the problem is caused by something else, but might be worth a try. Helge Hafting
[WinXP] Lyx thinks meta key pressed
Lyx seems to think the meta (alt) key is pressed - ctrl+N doesn't start a new document but inserts a new numbered formula into an existing one, the S key brings up the Alt+S menu prompt in the status bar at the bottom, and I'm not sure what the escape key does do but it definitely doesn't close dialog boxes - etc. This behaviour is in Lyx only, and wasn't rectified by uninstalling and reinstalling (now on the current 1.6.5). I have no keyboard map set in Tools-Preferences-Editing-Keyboard/Mouse. I certainly didn't deliberately change anything since the last time I used Lyx, and I'm not sure what I could have changed accidentally. Any ideas? I did a Google, turned up http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-users@lists.lyx.org/msg53492.html which doesn't help much other than confirm that I'm not completely batty. Cheers, Angus.
[WinXP] Lyx thinks meta key pressed
Lyx seems to think the meta (alt) key is pressed - ctrl+N doesn't start a new document but inserts a new numbered formula into an existing one, the S key brings up the Alt+S menu prompt in the status bar at the bottom, and I'm not sure what the escape key does do but it definitely doesn't close dialog boxes - etc. This behaviour is in Lyx only, and wasn't rectified by uninstalling and reinstalling (now on the current 1.6.5). I have no keyboard map set in Tools-Preferences-Editing-Keyboard/Mouse. I certainly didn't deliberately change anything since the last time I used Lyx, and I'm not sure what I could have changed accidentally. Any ideas? I did a Google, turned up http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-users@lists.lyx.org/msg53492.html which doesn't help much other than confirm that I'm not completely batty. Cheers, Angus.
[WinXP] Lyx thinks meta key pressed
Lyx seems to think the meta (alt) key is pressed - ctrl+N doesn't start a new document but inserts a new numbered formula into an existing one, the S key brings up the Alt+S menu prompt in the status bar at the bottom, and I'm not sure what the escape key does do but it definitely doesn't close dialog boxes - etc. This behaviour is in Lyx only, and wasn't rectified by uninstalling and reinstalling (now on the current 1.6.5). I have no keyboard map set in Tools->Preferences->Editing->Keyboard/Mouse. I certainly didn't deliberately change anything since the last time I used Lyx, and I'm not sure what I could have changed accidentally. Any ideas? I did a Google, turned up http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-users@lists.lyx.org/msg53492.html which doesn't help much other than confirm that I'm not completely batty. Cheers, Angus.
