On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 6:07 PM, Richard Heck <rgh...@comcast.net> wrote: > On 9/30/10 5:52 PM, Derek Lamb wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> I've been using LyX on Linux for a long time (wrote several papers and my >> thesis with it), but this is the first time I've tried to use it on a Mac. >> I'm running OS X 10.6.4, and installed LyX 1.6.7 via MacPorts (I'm >> regretting not just using the binary, but that's another thread). I have a >> slightly annoying problem in that the text cursor seems to be off by one >> character on occasion. I can't get a screenshot with the cursor in it, so >> I'll try to describe it in more detail. >> >> I have a line that contains the following text: 'word1, word2'. If I >> press the back arrow 6 times, the cursor should be right after the comma.. >> But it appears to be halfway between the comma and the 'w'. We all know you >> can't have two spaces in a row in LyX, and there aren't: when I hit the >> mac's delete key (i.e., backwards delete), the comma goes away. If I >> reinsert the comma, then press the back arrow one time, the cursor is just >> to the right of the comma, but backwards-deleting gets rid of the '1'. >> >> > > I've also seen this problem. It may be a Qt/Mac issue. I don't know.
I believe it is Qt/Mac. Qt-4.4 seems to work fine; all versions since exhibit this problem with some fonts. How did you obtain LyX/Mac? ... Do you know which version of Qt it was compiled with? > But > what I'd try to do is experiment with different screen fonts and, in > particular, different zoom settings. That's the only workaround I've found. BH
