Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote:
> >>>>> "Michael" == Michael Zapf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> Michael> Now that I tripped several times over this... When the LyX
> Michael> editing window is not selected, the cursor keeps on blinking.
> Michael> This is very, very, very confusing. The cursor should be
> Michael> frozen when the focus is not on the window. How many times
> Michael> did I start to type in text - just to see that the text
> Michael> appears somewhere else but not in the LyX window...
>
> I think LyX used to do that, but it caused various problems, so the feature was
> just removed.
Problems with a frozen cursor? That's pretty strange. All applications that I
know of either remove the cursor or freeze it when the application is not in
focus. I don't know the experiences of people who use "focus-follows-mouse";
perhaps they take more care before starting to type. As for me (clicking to focus
ever since) I either have to check the window decoration or watch for the cursor.
A blinking cursor always meant "ready to go" for me.
You see, this is not *my* rule; I would just suggest to cling to the habits of
other programs - just for the sake of homogenity of usage.
Michael
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* Michael Zapf ----------- http://www.vsb.cs.uni-frankfurt.de/~zapf/
* Institut fuer Informatik, FB Biologie und Informatik
* (Institute for Comp.Science, Dept. of Comp.Science and Biology)
* Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universitaet Frankfurt/Main
