On Sep 30, 2010, at 3:52 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'm going to be writing a 15-page paper over the next month, and I'm sure you > can imagine that that sort of behavior is going to get annoying really > quickly. Has anyone else run into this, and if so, what was your solution? > > thanks, > Derek >
I installed Qt and LyX via MacPorts. '$ port installed | grep qt' says I have Qt 4.6.3_6. Playing with the zoom provides some relief: the default zoom was 150%, and when I increased it all the way up to 300% at least the cursor didn't appear in front of the comma before deleting the 1. However, it still appears in the middle of the space between the comma and the second 'w', and 300% isn't really a zoom level I'd like to work with long term. Changing the default Roman font from 'Times' to 'Times New Roman' makes the text cursor behave properly. I had to increase the zoom to 200% though, since TNR is such a small font. thanks for the ideas. Derek
