Hi Jürgen thanks a lot for the tip below.
I checked it, and I had no files in the ui or bind directories in the .lyx directory, and no files with .ui and .bind, but I still had the problem. But after deleting the .lyx directory, it worked. Thanks a lot, Rainer On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 1:14 PM, Jürgen Spitzmüller <j.spitzmuel...@gmx.de> wrote: > Rainer M Krug wrote: > >> I can not select text when using SHIFT and the LEFT or RIGHT cursor >> keys, but it works with the UP and DOWN keys. When I selected text >> (either via mouse or UP or DOWN keys), the selection becomes >> unselected, when I use the LEFT or RIGHT keys. > > from the RELEASE_NOTES: > > "Caveats when upgrading from earlier versions to 1.6.x > ------------------------------------------------------- > > - Since several lyx functions have been renamed (see above), old > configuration files (*.ui, *.bind) may no longer work. If some > functions (such as Shift-right for selecting text) fail to work > after the upgrade from previous versions, make sure you do not > have any old configuration files in your LyX user directory, or > adapt these files to the new functions." > > Jürgen > > -- Rainer M. Krug, PhD (Conservation Ecology, SUN), MSc (Conservation Biology, UCT), Dipl. Phys. (Germany) Centre of Excellence for Invasion Biology Faculty of Science Natural Sciences Building Private Bag X1 University of Stellenbosch Matieland 7602 South Africa
