Re: 1.6 Has Issues With Minipage Options ?
On Wed, 12 Nov 2008 13:27:07 -0500, Richard Heck wrote: Mike Meredith wrote: I was previously able (in version 1.5.6) to right-click on a minipage (or the little grey flag saying Box (Minipage)) to get a little dialog box containing options for changing minipages. Do you get a context menu with Settings at the bottom? If so, click Settings. I'm not sure Settings is very clear. Maybe Options would be better? Ak! Too much work has frazzled my brain ... I was going to mention this in the first message. No, I don't get a context menu at all .. unless you count one that says No action defined. -- Mike Meredith (http://zonky.org/) ... indeed, there is something vaguely dishonourable in having lived through the sixties without having spent time in jail --HST
Re: 1.6 Has Issues With Minipage Options ?
On Wed, 12 Nov 2008 14:04:32 -0500, Richard Heck wrote: I was previously able (in version 1.5.6) to right-click on a minipage (or the little grey flag saying Box (Minipage)) to get a little dialog box containing options for changing minipages. I'm guessing you have some kind of conflict with your preferences. Did you have a customized bind file? or ui file? Maybe the best thing to do here would be to copy your old LyX user directory elsewhere and let LyX create a new one for you. Yes removing ~/.lyx seems to have sorted that out. Thanks. -- Mike Meredith (http://zonky.org/) Religeon is an insult to human dignity. With or without it you'd have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, it takes religeon. -- Steven Weinberg
Re: 1.6 Has Issues With Minipage Options ?
Mike Meredith wrote: On Wed, 12 Nov 2008 13:27:07 -0500, Richard Heck wrote: Mike Meredith wrote: I was previously able (in version 1.5.6) to right-click on a minipage (or the little grey flag saying Box (Minipage)) to get a little dialog box containing options for changing minipages. Do you get a context menu with Settings at the bottom? If so, click Settings. I'm not sure Settings is very clear. Maybe Options would be better? Ak! Too much work has frazzled my brain ... I was going to mention this in the first message. No, I don't get a context menu at all .. unless you count one that says No action defined. I'm guessing you have some kind of conflict with your preferences. Did you have a customized bind file? or ui file? Maybe the best thing to do here would be to copy your old LyX user directory elsewhere and let LyX create a new one for you. rh
Re: 1.6 Has Issues With Minipage Options ?
Mike Meredith wrote: Hi I was previously able (in version 1.5.6) to right-click on a minipage (or the little grey flag saying Box (Minipage)) to get a little dialog box containing options for changing minipages. I no longer get this with my locally compiled version of Lyx 1.6. Is this specific to me or a more general problem ? Do you get a context menu with Settings at the bottom? If so, click Settings. I'm not sure Settings is very clear. Maybe Options would be better? rh
Re: 1.6 Has Issues With Minipage Options ?
On Wed, 12 Nov 2008 13:27:07 -0500, Richard Heck wrote: Mike Meredith wrote: I was previously able (in version 1.5.6) to right-click on a minipage (or the little grey flag saying Box (Minipage)) to get a little dialog box containing options for changing minipages. Do you get a context menu with Settings at the bottom? If so, click Settings. I'm not sure Settings is very clear. Maybe Options would be better? Ak! Too much work has frazzled my brain ... I was going to mention this in the first message. No, I don't get a context menu at all .. unless you count one that says No action defined. -- Mike Meredith (http://zonky.org/) ... indeed, there is something vaguely dishonourable in having lived through the sixties without having spent time in jail --HST
Re: 1.6 Has Issues With Minipage Options ?
On Wed, 12 Nov 2008 14:04:32 -0500, Richard Heck wrote: I was previously able (in version 1.5.6) to right-click on a minipage (or the little grey flag saying Box (Minipage)) to get a little dialog box containing options for changing minipages. I'm guessing you have some kind of conflict with your preferences. Did you have a customized bind file? or ui file? Maybe the best thing to do here would be to copy your old LyX user directory elsewhere and let LyX create a new one for you. Yes removing ~/.lyx seems to have sorted that out. Thanks. -- Mike Meredith (http://zonky.org/) Religeon is an insult to human dignity. With or without it you'd have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, it takes religeon. -- Steven Weinberg
Re: 1.6 Has Issues With Minipage Options ?
Mike Meredith wrote: On Wed, 12 Nov 2008 13:27:07 -0500, Richard Heck wrote: Mike Meredith wrote: I was previously able (in version 1.5.6) to right-click on a minipage (or the little grey flag saying Box (Minipage)) to get a little dialog box containing options for changing minipages. Do you get a context menu with Settings at the bottom? If so, click Settings. I'm not sure Settings is very clear. Maybe Options would be better? Ak! Too much work has frazzled my brain ... I was going to mention this in the first message. No, I don't get a context menu at all .. unless you count one that says No action defined. I'm guessing you have some kind of conflict with your preferences. Did you have a customized bind file? or ui file? Maybe the best thing to do here would be to copy your old LyX user directory elsewhere and let LyX create a new one for you. rh
Re: 1.6 Has Issues With Minipage Options ?
Mike Meredith wrote: Hi I was previously able (in version 1.5.6) to right-click on a minipage (or the little grey flag saying Box (Minipage)) to get a little dialog box containing options for changing minipages. I no longer get this with my locally compiled version of Lyx 1.6. Is this specific to me or a more general problem ? Do you get a context menu with Settings at the bottom? If so, click Settings. I'm not sure Settings is very clear. Maybe Options would be better? rh
Re: 1.6 Has Issues With Minipage Options ?
On Wed, 12 Nov 2008 13:27:07 -0500, Richard Heck wrote: > Mike Meredith wrote: > > I was previously able (in version 1.5.6) to right-click on a > > minipage (or the little grey flag saying "Box (Minipage)") to get a > > little dialog box containing options for changing minipages. > Do you get a context menu with "Settings" at the bottom? If so, click > "Settings". > > I'm not sure "Settings" is very clear. Maybe "Options" would be > better? Ak! Too much work has frazzled my brain ... I was going to mention this in the first message. No, I don't get a context menu at all .. unless you count one that says "No action defined". -- Mike Meredith (http://zonky.org/) ... indeed, there is something vaguely dishonourable in having lived through the sixties without having spent time in jail --HST
Re: 1.6 Has Issues With Minipage Options ?
On Wed, 12 Nov 2008 14:04:32 -0500, Richard Heck wrote: > >>> I was previously able (in version 1.5.6) to right-click on a > >>> minipage (or the little grey flag saying "Box (Minipage)") to get > >>> a little dialog box containing options for changing minipages. > >>> > > > I'm guessing you have some kind of conflict with your preferences. > Did you have a customized bind file? or ui file? Maybe the best thing > to do here would be to copy your old LyX user directory elsewhere and > let LyX create a new one for you. Yes removing ~/.lyx seems to have sorted that out. Thanks. -- Mike Meredith (http://zonky.org/) Religeon is an insult to human dignity. With or without it you'd have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, it takes religeon. -- Steven Weinberg
Re: 1.6 Has Issues With Minipage Options ?
Mike Meredith wrote: On Wed, 12 Nov 2008 13:27:07 -0500, Richard Heck wrote: Mike Meredith wrote: I was previously able (in version 1.5.6) to right-click on a minipage (or the little grey flag saying "Box (Minipage)") to get a little dialog box containing options for changing minipages. Do you get a context menu with "Settings" at the bottom? If so, click "Settings". I'm not sure "Settings" is very clear. Maybe "Options" would be better? Ak! Too much work has frazzled my brain ... I was going to mention this in the first message. No, I don't get a context menu at all .. unless you count one that says "No action defined". I'm guessing you have some kind of conflict with your preferences. Did you have a customized bind file? or ui file? Maybe the best thing to do here would be to copy your old LyX user directory elsewhere and let LyX create a new one for you. rh
Re: 1.6 Has Issues With Minipage Options ?
Mike Meredith wrote: Hi I was previously able (in version 1.5.6) to right-click on a minipage (or the little grey flag saying "Box (Minipage)") to get a little dialog box containing options for changing minipages. I no longer get this with my locally compiled version of Lyx 1.6. Is this specific to me or a more general problem ? Do you get a context menu with "Settings" at the bottom? If so, click "Settings". I'm not sure "Settings" is very clear. Maybe "Options" would be better? rh
