Re: LyX/Mac modifier keys -- any hope for a better solution?

2004-09-16 Thread Chris Menzel
On Thu, Sep 16, 2004 at 03:59:33PM +0800, Jason Woodard wrote: > On Sep 16, 2004, at 1:41 AM, Bennett Helm wrote: > > >Does that mean you're using Qt-3.1.2? In my experience more recent Qt > >versions are great improvements (at least for Mac), and they don't > >require Ronald's patch anymore. I'

Re: LyX/Mac modifier keys -- any hope for a better solution?

2004-09-16 Thread Jason Woodard
On Sep 16, 2004, at 1:41 AM, Bennett Helm wrote: Does that mean you're using Qt-3.1.2? In my experience more recent Qt versions are great improvements (at least for Mac), and they don't require Ronald's patch anymore. I'd recommend trying Qt-3.3.3: it's worth the long compile! Indeed--thanks for

Re: LyX/Mac modifier keys -- any hope for a better solution?

2004-09-15 Thread Bennett Helm
On Sep 15, 2004, at 12:47 PM, Jason Woodard wrote: I'm happy to report that thanks to Jean-Marc's pointer, I was able to build a modified version of LyX/Mac 1.3.4 that should be more comfortable for Emacs users. Does that mean you're using Qt-3.1.2? In my experience more recent Qt versions are g

Re: LyX/Mac modifier keys -- any hope for a better solution?

2004-09-15 Thread Jason Woodard
On Sep 15, 2004, at 10:47 PM, Chris Menzel wrote: Just to register the fact -- I would echo this complaint. I still use emacs extensively, and it is very awkward to switch to LyX and use Cmd. Using uControl to map CapsLock to Cmd helps quite a lot, though... I'm happy to report that thanks to Jean

Re: LyX/Mac modifier keys -- any hope for a better solution?

2004-09-15 Thread Chris Menzel
On Tue, Sep 14, 2004 at 11:42:15AM +0200, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: > Other people have complained that the current bindings are not nice > for people using emacs bindings. Is that your case? Just to register the fact -- I would echo this complaint. I still use emacs extensively, and it is very

Re: LyX/Mac modifier keys -- any hope for a better solution?

2004-09-14 Thread Jason Woodard
On Sep 14, 2004, at 5:42 PM, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: In src/kernel/qapplication_mac.cpp (Qt 3.3.3), there is the following array definition: static key_sym modifier_syms[] = { { shiftKey, MAP_KEY(Qt::ShiftButton) }, { rightShiftKeyBit, MAP_KEY(Qt::ShiftButton) }, { controlKey, MAP_KEY(Qt::MetaB

Re: LyX/Mac modifier keys -- any hope for a better solution?

2004-09-14 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
> "Jason" == Jason Woodard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Jason> I realize this may not technically be a LyX problem, but it Jason> does seem to be a problem for more LyX users than users of Jason> other Qt/Mac applications; I can't find anything about it on Jason> the Qt mailing lists. Can anyon

LyX/Mac modifier keys -- any hope for a better solution?

2004-09-14 Thread Jason Woodard
Hi, There have been several posts, as recently as last week, about the fact that the modifier keys are "hardcoded" by Qt/Mac--in particular, the command key is mapped to the control key. I'm comforted to know I'm not the only person this drives nuts. Unfortunately, like others I also use an A