On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 10:52 AM, Ivan Werning <iwern...@economics.mit.edu> wrote: > > On Feb 11, 2010, at 9:47 AM, Ivan Werning wrote: > >> >> On Feb 11, 2010, at 9:09 AM, BH wrote: >> >>> On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 9:04 AM, Ivan Werning >>> <iwern...@economics.mit.edu> wrote: >>>> I have noticed the following problems with my Mac's LyX 1.6.5: >>>> >>>> - I cannot select text pressing SHIFT and the cursor >>>> - I can no longer create a new row in a formula by pressing CMD enter >>>> >>>> I recently upgraded to 1.6.5, I don't know if this problem occurred a >>>> result of this installation. I never know what the right thing to do >>>> answer during the installer script, when prompted about overwriting and >>>> such. Could that have created this problem? Maybe a key binding problem? I >>>> have mine tweaked the old style, from the file, but it never created >>>> problems before. >>>> >>>> Just in case I downloaded 1.6.4.2, the previous version I was using and I >>>> found I now had the same problems. >>> >>> It certainly looks like a keybinding problem. Do things work properly >>> if you move aside your LyX User's directory (at ~/Library/Application >>> Support/LyX-1.6)? >>> >>> BH >> >> Thanks for your suggestion BH. >> >> I just moved my LyX user directory to the desktop. Started LyX back up. That >> created a new user directory in my library. On startup, I got the welcome >> screen (haven't seen that in ages). I starting a new file. Both problems >> disappeared. I notice that the bind file being used is now mac.bind but not >> the one in the (newly created) user directory, instead it is inside the LyX >> package content. >> >> Realizing that this worked, I (deleted the newly created user directory and) >> copied back my user directory to my library, but then moved my old tweaked >> mac bind file from the subdirectory bind in my user directory to my desktop. >> When I loaded LyX it had selected the unaltered mac bind in the package >> content and things were also working fine. >> >> So clearly the problem is my altered mac file. Attached is my old tweaked >> mac bind file. >> >> What is wrong with it? I know this isn't the proper way to do things >> anymore, but should it be causing a problem? I never had problems until >> recently (again, I don't know if it was 1.6.5 per se, or the upgrade to it). >> >> -Ivan > > > Sorry, I forgot the attachment. Here it is.
The keybindings you're using refer to obsolete command names. For example, instead of "word-forward" you should use "word-right". The proper solution here is not to edit your modified .bind file, but rather to use Preferences > Editing > Shortcuts to tweak things. That way you won't have to worry about updating your .bind file when command names change. BH
