And an update: I've discovered the problem previously reported here (missed this for some reason when searching earlier):
https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/311041/subscript-and-superscript-in-lyx-leave-large-gaps-in-onscreen-editor <https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/311041/subscript-and-superscript-in-lyx-leave-large-gaps-in-onscreen-editor> -- with a reference to this bug report: https://www.lyx.org/trac/ticket/10177 <https://www.lyx.org/trac/ticket/10177> Is there an approved way to add my own "please fix this" to that bug report from two years ago? -David > On Jul 8, 2018, at 12:42 PM, David Pesetsky <pese...@mit.edu> wrote: > > OK, thank you. I've pinpointed the issue now. > > Early in using Lyx a year or so ago, I was othered by the absence of > on-screen margins, the text running right up to the edge of the window in the > default configuration. Somewhere online, I found the advice to modify "Local > Layout" under Document>Settings to take care of this. Following what I had > read, I added to Local Layout the following: > > Format 60 > RightMargin 10pt > LeftMargin 10pt > > — which did the trick, as far as I was concerned. > > What I have now learned is that my LeftMargin setting is responsible for what > I now assume is a bug in the display of superscripts and subscripts. When I > remove this line, the problem disappears (along with my onscreen left > margin). When I put it back, the problem reappears. The other two commands > that I added to Local Layout have no effect on this problem. > > Unless this is a feature rather than a bug, for some reason, I assume this is > something to report, but perhaps you will know better than me how to report > it informatively? > > For now, I will live with my onscreen margins and the (presumed) bug, unless > you have a better suggestion. Thank you again. > > -David > > >> On Jul 8, 2018, at 12:10 PM, Joel Kulesza <jkule...@gmail.com >> <mailto:jkule...@gmail.com>> wrote: >> >> On Sun, Jul 8, 2018 at 9:52 AM, David Pesetsky <pese...@mit.edu >> <mailto:pese...@mit.edu>> wrote: >> - >> >>> On Jul 8, 2018, at 11:48 AM, Joel Kulesza <jkule...@gmail.com >>> <mailto:jkule...@gmail.com>> wrote: >>> >>> On Sun, Jul 8, 2018 at 9:29 AM, David Pesetsky <pese...@mit.edu >>> <mailto:pese...@mit.edu>> wrote: >>> When I add text as a subscript or superscript using >>> Insert>Formatting>{Sub,Super}script, Lyx 2.3.0 adds a large onscreen >>> horizontal gap before the text. This appears to be WYSIWYG problem only, >>> as the Latex output does not have this problem (and there is no gap, as far >>> as the onscreen cursor is concerned). I don't see anything about this in >>> the bug tracker, so is it something I should file as a bug? Or something I >>> did, without knowing it ...? >>> >>> -David >>> >>> I don't see similar behavior with LyX 2.3.0 on OS X 10.13.5 (see attached >>> for what I see). >>> >>> It looks like your LyX background color is different from the default >>> (white rather than the default beige). Perhaps another customization is >>> driving this behavior? >> >> Right, that's what I was wondering, but I can't think of what. I changed >> some colors a while ago, and picked an onscreen font — but I've tried >> tinkering with different onscreen fonts, with no difference in the >> superscript/subscript problem. >> >> What I would do to diagnose this: >> >> Rename ~/Library/Application Support/LyX-2.3 to ~/Library/Application >> Support/LyX-2.3.bak >> >> Relaunch LyX 2.3.0. It will think it's a new installation with no >> configuration files and will generate them (taking longer than usual to >> start while doing so). Run a test to see if the sub/superscripts are >> "normal." If so, it is something in the non-default settings. From there, >> you can compare the contents of the new (clean) configuration files in that >> directory to the backup you made. >> >> To recover your old settings, for better or worse, remove the "new" >> ~/Library/Application Support/LyX-2.3 directory and copy over the "old", >> backed-up, one from ~/Library/Application Support/LyX-2.3.bak. >> >> - Joel >> >> > > -- > David Pesetsky [pese...@mit.edu <mailto:pese...@mit.edu>] > Department of Linguistics and Philosophy > 32-D818 Massachusetts Institute of Technology > 77 Massachusetts Avenue > Cambridge, MA 02139 USA > (617) 253-0957 office (617) 253-5017 fax > http://web.mit.edu/linguistics/www/pesetsky.home.html > <http://web.mit.edu/linguistics/www/pesetsky.home.html> -- David Pesetsky [pese...@mit.edu] Department of Linguistics and Philosophy 32-D818 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 77 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, MA 02139 USA (617) 253-0957 office (617) 253-5017 fax http://web.mit.edu/linguistics/www/pesetsky.home.html
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