On Mon, May 20, 2013 at 3:14 PM, Rich <rich.ha...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I was wondering if anyone has advice on a possible bug I am experiencing in
> LyX 2.0.5. I am currently writing up my PhD thesis, with each chapter being
> a child lyx document. One chapter in particular is suffering from a problem;
> text is being inserted randomly in any form of content (equations, figure
> floats, chapter titles, tables).
>
Wild guess: Can it be that you're pasting it randomly? On Linux you
have the 3rd mouse button that pastes selected things, and when using
a laptop trackpad it often so happens to just paste things.
Liviu
> I have tried deleting the offending text, but it only reappears in seemingly
> random places. The text itself is not random, it is text from elsewhere
> within the chapter (sometimes it is parts of equations, text, text out of
> ERT [such as "\ac{}"]. It seems as if this phenomenon is only present within
> this chapter (thankfully!).
>
> I have also tried copying and pasting the contents to a fresh lyx file but
> the problem still exists, albeit a bit better.
>
> My OS is Windows XP, although given the same file the problem exists on my
> own personal Windows 7 based laptop. Some of the chapters are modified LyX
> files from my previous documents (LyX 1.6), does this have any bearing on
> the issue?
>
> I would hate to abandon LyX due to this (I love the benefits of LaTeX with
> visibility), but I maybe forced to use a word processor. I simply cannot
> afford to keep spending time fixing documents corrupted by LyX anymore. I
> would really appreciate any guidance on how to solve this problem...
>
> Many Regards,
> Richard.
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