Change of emphasis shortcut

[Richard Kimberly Heck]

On 7/24/23 14:35, Daniel wrote:
> On 2023-07-13 10:48, Daniel wrote:
>> Hi!
>>
>> With LyX 2.4, the shortcut for toggling emphasis will be changed from 
>> Command+E to Command+Ctrl+E. I find that latter shortcut quite hard 
>> to use (there is a reason why Alt+Ctl+Delete are the "Security Keys") 
>> while emphasis is maybe my single most used function with a shortcut 
>> (after cut, copy, paste). So, this cumbersome shortcut is quite 
>> annoying to me.
>>
>> Of course I can easily change the shortcut myself via the settings 
>> and fix the problem for me. But I am wondering whether there is a 
>> better shortcut for this by default. The developers have not come up 
>> with ideas so far or do not see the problem as severe. So, I am 
>> wondering whether someone on the users list has an input on this.
>>
>> As a background: In LyX 2.4, the Command+E shortcut is currently 
>> assigned to set the search string on macOS. (A feature of macOS that 
>> some applications support but I was unaware of previously and I know 
>> no one else who uses it. I guess that is generally true and why it 
>> took so long until someone came up with introducing it in LyX.)
>>
>> Best,
>> Daniel
>
> Looks like no one came up with a similarly good shortcut as the old 
> one. That might not be too surprising. Unfortunately, it will leave 
> macOS users in the dust with the next major version.

I myself tend to set Ctrl-I for emphasis, which is what most 
applications use. Of course, they mean "Italic", not emphasis, but it's 
what I'm used to.

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