Change of emphasis shortcut

[Richard Kimberly Heck]

On 7/29/23 22:43, Daniel wrote:
> 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?

Attached. I think some of these are probably out of date, actually.

Riki

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\unbind "C-e" "font-emph"
\unbind "C-i" "inset-toggle"
\unbind "C-S-i" "info-insert"
\unbind "C-n" "buffer-new"
\unbind "C-t" "buffer-view ps"
\unbind "C-M-t" "master-buffer-view ps"
\unbind "C-S-t" "buffer-update ps"
\unbind "C-M-S-t" "master-buffer-update ps"
\unbind "C-a" "command-sequence buffer-begin ; buffer-end-select"
\unbind "C-S-r" "buffer-update"
\unbind "C-r" "buffer-view"
\unbind "C-M-r" "master-buffer-view"
\unbind "M-m f" "math-insert \\frac"

\bind "C-i" "font-emph"
\bind "C-e" "inset-toggle"
\bind "C-S-a" "change-accept"
\bind "C-M-S-s" "unicode-insert 0x00A7"
\bind "C-S-r" "command-alternatives master-buffer-update; buffer-update"
\bind "C-r" "command-alternatives master-buffer-view; buffer-view"
\bind "M-m f s" "math-insert \\mathsf"
\bind "C-M-S-p" "unicode-insert 0x00B6"
\bind "C-S-t" "master-buffer-update"
\bind "C-t" "master-buffer-view"