Double quote marks...........

[Paul A. Rubin]

On 7/22/20 4:10 AM, Charlie wrote:
> 	Paul A. Rubin informed me regarding: Re: Double quote
> 	marks........... on Tue, 21 Jul 2020 23:08:22 -0400
>
>> On 7/21/20 9:13 PM, Charlie wrote:
>>> 	Thoughts from my Keyboard:
>>>
>>> 	Hello Everyone,
>>>
>>> Using LyX Version 2.3.5.2 Debian Bullseye [testing] upgraded.
>>>
>>> In a document attempted to use double quote marks " by Shift + "
>>> keys, and only single quote marks ' were placed.
>>>
>>> Read something on the net regarding Ctrl + " which didn't work.
>>>
>>> So tried Ctrl + Shift " which did. I haven't come across this before
>>> and wondered if it is my keyboard or is this what LyX does now? If
>>> the latter, where can I read about such changes in the future?
>>>
>>> Thank you,
>>> Charlie
>>>
>>> 		East Gippsland Wildlife Rehabilitators Inc..
>>> 				http://www.egwildlife.com.au/
>>>
>>>   
>> If you navigate to Tools > Preferences... > Editing > Shortcuts and
>> look up the "quote-insert" function, what does it show? For me, it
>> shows the double quote symbol ("). If you have something else, try
>> replacing it with the double quote character.
>>
>> Paul
> <snip>
>
> 	Replied thus:
>
> 	Thank you Paul,
>
> Under:
>
> "Cursor, mouse and editing functions" I find:
>
> quote-insert                  "
> quote-insert inner      Alt+"
> quote-insert outer auto plain Ctrl+"
>
> Lyx certainly doesn't obey these.
>
> Don't know how to modify the latter one to just have ["] as the first.
>
> I may have to delete the key to make that work, but am unsure if it
> hits the fan that I can get it back, or if it will obey that shortcut
> as it doesn't the first one?
>
> Thank you for pointing me to this. Have never had cause to look there.
>
> Be well,
> Charlie
>
>
> 	East Gippsland Wildlife Rehabilitators Inc..
>                             http://www.egwildlife.com.au/
>
Charlie,

This is certainly curious. What you found matches what I have (on Mint, 
with LyX 2.3.5.1). I assume that Shift+" works for you as expected in 
other applications.

It's a bit of a long-shot, but if you return to the Shortcuts section of 
the preferences dialog and type " in the search box ("Show key-bindings 
containing:"), you should see all bindings that involve the quote key. 
Is it by any chance bound to something else besides quote-insert? I'm 
not sure this is possible in LyX, but then again I'm not sure your 
symptoms are possible. :-)

Paul