BH wrote: > On Mac with current trunk, the <option> key is not recognized for any > keybindings. (The Mac standard is for <option>-[arrow key] to move the > cursor around by words/paragraphs, so this is a real problem.) > > Opening up the shortcuts preferences dialog, I find that all > keybindings that previously were assigned to <option> now indicate > that they are assigned to <control> instead (going by the symbol > displayed in the dialog); however, the <control> key is ignored as > well. Moreover, it is not possible to change the keybindings back to > <option> using the dialog: trying to assign <option><left> to > word-left results in just the <left> key registering in the dialog. > > Note: the <option> key is also used to enter accents and other > non-standard characters; this use is not affected. It's only LyX's > keybindings that ignore <option>.
could it be related to http://www.lyx.org/trac/ticket/7292 ? pavel