On Sat, Sep 4, 2010 at 3:54 PM, Hal Kierstead <kierst...@asu.edu> wrote:
> All -
>
> I find the pop-up windows for Insert-Citation and Insert-Cross-Reference
> quite annoying. It is nice to have a list of choices, and to be able to use
> the mouse to choose among them, but this should not be required. Most of the
> time I already know what I want. It would be really nice if I could just
> type the tex command \cite{E} or \ref{d} or \eqref{w}, or something similar.
>
> Is there is already a way to do something similar? Embedding tex does not
> seem a good alternative.
>
> Currently it does not seem possible to make a shortcut for
> Insert-Cross-Reference from within LyX. I am using a Mac, and made a menu
> shortcut in OSX. This works fine, except that the first time I use I must
> open it from the menu by hand. Is this an OSX flaw or a LyX flaw?
Neither, actually. I have, for example, <Cmd><Shift>-I R mapped to
dialog-show-new-inset ref in my custom shortcuts, and I can then
insert cross-references using only the keyboard. Look at LyX >
Preferences > Editing > Shortcuts (and see §C.2.2.2 of the User's
Guide).
BH
