On Mon, May 20, 2013 at 2:42 PM, Liviu Andronic <landronim...@gmail.com>wrote:
> 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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> Do you know how to write?
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>
Unfortunately not, I use Windows on all my machines. On my laptop I always
use a separate keyboard and mouse and monitor for any serious writing. Plus
the problem only exists in one specific chapter, even in completed
subsections and figures which I have not even touched for some considerable
time.
