On Sun, 14 Jan 2001, Thorsten Mika wrote:
> hi,
>
> > this will allow you to configure your menu settings. Note that they won't
> > be translated though. For this you'd have to edit the po/de.po file.
> >
>
> ok, i found the part in de.po. will i change things by changing
> "Anzeigen|A" to "Anzeigen|V"? is this enough to make the german
> translation expect a M-v vor this menu?
Hmmm... I can't remember if XForms allows this or not. Usually it expects
the 'V' to match a letter in menu entry. Try it.
> > cp lib/bind/de_* ~/.lyx/bind/
> > $EDITOR ~/.lyx/bind/*
> >
> > this will allow you to modify the German keybindings.
> >
> > You'll then need to run LyX and use:
> > Edit->Preferences->Look&Feel->Interface
> >
> > to set the User Interface and Bind files to your custom settings.
>
> i did all that before, but lyx keeps using M-a in the way it wants :(
The trouble is that the menu settings and hence translations will override
the keybindings because the gui toolkit handles the menu and hence grabs
those keys before LyX can. That is, menus are handled by toolkit, other
accelerators are handled by LyX.
> > P.S. Seriously, if you have a problem with existing keybindings or menu
> > entries put your thinking cap on and come up with something better.
> > That's the only way LyX has ever improved. Don't be afraid to make some
> > suggestions or send in a patch.
>
> i really do not complain, i love lyx, but this behavior is new in
> 1.1.6. someone changed the de.po file. in the former versions M-a used
> to select the paragraph style, so i do not really want a new feature,
> but just what i am used to (i am *so* lazy)
Oh, not just one or two entries. They changed the entire menu structure
and now I have to figure out what I'm going to do: retrain my fingers
from pressing M-f d for a regeneration of the dvi to M-v d or C-x p
or do something else. So you aren't the only one ;-)
Allan. (ARRae)
P.S. must be time to go home and get some sleep. I gotta work tomorrow :(
