Change of emphasis shortcut
Daniel
xracoonx at gmx.de
Sun Jul 30 02:43:53 UTC 2023
On 2023-07-29 21:57, Richard Kimberly Heck wrote:
> On 7/29/23 13:51, Daniel wrote:
>> On 2023-07-29 18:21, Richard Kimberly Heck wrote:
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> Riki
>>
>> Interesting. And I like the idea of having cross-application
>> shortcuts. However, on macOS Cmd-I is "inset-toggle". Is it not used
>> for that on Linux by default?
>
> Yes, but I changed it locally long ago. I think the current assignment
> is mostly historical.
>
> Riki
Would you mind sending me your user.bind file?
Daniel
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