slow cursor speed

Tim Garrett tim.garrett at utah.edu
Tue Nov 7 21:04:25 UTC 2023


Hi Scott,

Thanks for the tip. Not seeing the pre-release at https://www.lyx.org/Download

Anywhere else I should look?

Thanks for the time

Tim

On 7 Nov 2023, at 8:19, Scott Kostyshak wrote:

> On Mon, Nov 06, 2023 at 10:07:56AM -0700, Tim Garrett wrote:
>> I’m near the point that I have to abandon LyX after using it religiously as
>> an academic since 2000 (when it was kLyX-0.12). That makes me *very* sad.
>>
>> The problem is that as a paragraph gets longer, the cursor gets slower. The
>> paragraph doesn’t have to be very long (e.g. a few sentences) for this to be
>> a significant issue. A single paragraph of plain text could be the only
>> thing in the document.
>>
>> Thanks to those who have helped previously but still no progress. Scouring
>> forums, I see others with similar problems but no obviously pertinent
>> solutions.
>>
>> Many, many thanks for any further advice.
>>
>>
>> What I have tried:
>> 1. Full reinstall including deleting prior LyX-2.3 folder in Application\
>> Support
>> 2. Reconfiguring
>> 3. Adding to preferences \force_paint_single_char false
>
> That sounds like a very frustrating experience.
>
> Have you tried a pre-release of 2.4.0? I forget if you've already tried
> it. It might make things a bit better, and the final release of 2.4.0 is
> not too far away.
>
> Best,
> Scott


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