> yeah. this is code that comes from the kde widget, so the logic is > kde's. the reason for disallowing sequences like Alt-I Ctrl-B is (i > think) that they are considered to be two shortcut sequences: it is > difficult to compose Alt-I Ctrl-B without releasing the first modifier > (Alt), you would therefore not have a single sequence anymore in the > sense that before entering Ctrl-B you will have released all keys on the > keyboard. > > does this makes sense?
It does not matter whether or not this makes sense, because lyx allows such shortcuts. I have plenty of Alt-s (for symbol) + all short of shortcuts including C-blah for various math symbols. I am committing a patch that adds your event handling, but without the KDE restrictions... Bo