Am 29.09.2015 um 03:20 schrieb Guillaume Munch:
> There is currently a serious incompatibility between LyX and IBus (the
> default input method in Ubuntu and Fedora) that causes various problems:
> 
>  * The keyboard starts outputting the wrong keys
> 
>  * LyX completely and definitely stops responding
> 
>  * When using arrow keys or page up/down, the movement continues for a
> long while after the key has been released.
> 
> If you have experienced these bugs and use Linux, then you may be a
> victim of this incompatibility. The main trigger is a heavy system load
> so it happen more often to users with long documents with which LyX is
> slow.
> 
> I have just found the reason to these bugs so I wanted to share the
> workarounds:
> 
>  * Disable IBus just for LyX (if you don't need a special input method):
>    Run LyX with the command line:
>      XMODIFIERS= lyx
>    or equivalently (in Ubuntu) adapt /usr/share/applications/lyx.desktop
>    as follows:
>      Exec=env XMODIFIERS= lyx %F
> 
> or:
> 
>  * Set IBus to synchronous system-wide (keeps IBus in LyX, but does not
>    solve the third issue and causes problems with the hangul input
>    method):
>    Add the following line to .xsessionrc (create if needed):
>      export IBUS_ENABLE_SYNC_MODE=1
> 
> Follow the bug at <http://www.lyx.org/trac/ticket/9362>.
> 
> 

I haven't observed this problem (yet). But thanks a lot for your efforts
anyway!

Reply via email to