Disabling the automatic keyboard switching

[B Kh]

Is there a way to turn of the feature that changes keyboard based on the input language of the field the cursor is in? I could swear I turned it on at one point, but if I did, I can't figure out how to turn it off.

Normally I love this feature. However Keyman has suddenly started using my language's "c" character instead of the system key for ctrl+c for copying. I've already reported the error.

With my workflow I end up having to switch back to English repeatedly so it lets me copy something. And unfortunately most fields in flex don't have a right click menu to let me copy manually. That's a separate but somewhat annoying issue.

Thanks!

[Mbarga Joseph]

Hello all,

When you have to add an under meaning or second meaning, the way it appears does not make it looking deferent from the sentences of the main meaning.

Is there a way to enhance the way second meaning appears in the dictionary ? 

So that we can really and easely make the deference between the sentence and example of the main meaning and the sentence and example of the second meaning ?

Thank you 

M. Mbarga 

[Kevin Warfel]

I'm not sure if this is what you want or not, but it is possible to format the senses so that each is displayed in its own paragraph, rather than run together in a single paragraph. When there are example sentences, this feature is often desired. 

If it would help to have your entries formatted like this

instead of like this

then you want to tick the box shown in the image below

You can find details about this and many other formatting options in SIL Dictionary & Lexicography Services' online course: https://sites.google.com/sil.org/dls-course/. Basic formatting of entries is specifically addressed in lessons LEX101 C8: Basics of Configuration and LEX101 D9: More Configuration Basics. More advanced configuration is discussed in LEX201. The course is free and available in English, French, Indonesian, Spanish, and Portuguese. You can earn a certificate by demonstrating mastery of the content of LEX101. Earn a passing grade on the quiz at the end of each lesson to do so.

Best wishes,

Kevin

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[Mbarga Joseph]

Yes, it is exactly what i am looking.

Thanks a lot 

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[Tony Naden]

1./  2./  --  It is arguable that a difference of part of speech indicates a different entry.

3,/  --  I also am still trying to find out how FLEx handles special collocational senses, idioms. Anybody any help with this one?  

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[Kevin Warfel]

It is true that a difference in the part of speech leads to the decision to treat the senses as separate entries, but this is not always the case. LEX201 A5: Introduction to Sense Discrimination and LEX201 A6: Sense Discrimination Guidelines in DLS's online course provide lexicographic principles for deciding whether two senses belong in the same entry or in different entries.

Idioms are a specific type of complex form. Complex forms and how to enter them in FLEx are discussed in LEX201 B1: Complex Forms and LEX201 B2: More About Complex Forms.

Perhaps someone else can help with special collocational senses. I'm not aware that FLEx has a specially designed mechanism for handling these, so it will be interesting to hear from other FLEx users what they have done to include them in their dictionaries.

Best wishes,

Kevin

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[Tony Naden]

Could you give me an example in English of an 'idiom' which is not a collocational or contextually governed sense?

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[asi...@yahoo.com]

Nuts!

 

From: flex...@googlegroups.com <flex...@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of Tony Naden
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To: flex...@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: [FLEx] Better deferenciation of under meaning or second meaning in the dictionary.

 

Could you give me an example in English of an 'idiom' which is not a collocational or contextually governed sense?

 

On Sat, 7 Mar 2026 at 16:51, 'Kevin Warfel' via FLEx list <flex...@googlegroups.com> wrote:

It is true that a difference in the part of speech leads to the decision to treat the senses as separate entries, but this is not always the case. LEX201 A5: Introduction to Sense Discrimination and LEX201 A6: Sense Discrimination Guidelines in DLS's online course provide lexicographic principles for deciding whether two senses belong in the same entry or in different entries.

 

Idioms are a specific type of complex form. Complex forms and how to enter them in FLEx are discussed in LEX201 B1: Complex Forms and LEX201 B2: More About Complex Forms.

 

Perhaps someone else can help with special collocational senses. I'm not aware that FLEx has a specially designed mechanism for handling these, so it will be interesting to hear from other FLEx users what they have done to include them in their dictionaries.

 

Best wishes,

Kevin

 

On Sat, Mar 7, 2026 at 11:09 AM Tony Naden <lostma...@gmail.com> wrote:

1./  2./  --  It is arguable that a difference of part of speech indicates a different entry.

3,/  --  I also am still trying to find out how FLEx handles special collocational senses, idioms. Anybody any help with this one?  

 

On Sat, 7 Mar 2026 at 15:26, Mbarga Joseph <mbarga...@gmail.com> wrote:

Yes, it is exactly what i am looking.

Thanks a lot 

 

Le sam. 7 mars 2026, 16:05, 'Kevin Warfel' via FLEx list <flex...@googlegroups.com> a écrit :

I'm not sure if this is what you want or not, but it is possible to format the senses so that each is displayed in its own paragraph, rather than run together in a single paragraph. When there are example sentences, this feature is often desired. 

 

If it would help to have your entries formatted like this

 

 

instead of like this

 

 

then you want to tick the box shown in the image below

 

 

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Amen.

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[Tony Naden]

The intonation signified by the excalamation mark, the discourse context as a response to a (challenging?) question, and praphrses like "Nuts to you!" are the cotext that distinguishes this idiomatic use from the conrete noun " a fruit consisting of a hard or tough shell around an edible kernel."  Which I take to be the basic sense. "testicles" is probably a secondary sense derived metaphorically (I suppose you can come up with some ambiguous context ... rude jokes about monkeys) but might be arguably a different lexeme inthat it does not have a singular.  The notorious homograph/homophone choice bedevils the question of whether "a small flat piece of metal or other material, typically square or hexagonal, with a threaded hole through it for screwing on to a bolt as a fastener" is felt to be a metaphor from "fruit ... " or a separate lexeme. (cf. ear(for hearing)/ear (of corn) problem.

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[asi...@yahoo.com]

It's more of an entertaining idiom than anything else - and famous!

https://archivesfoundation.org/documents/surrender-nuts-gen-anthony-mcauliffes-1944-christmas-message-troops/

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Help us today to remember the costs of war, to work for a better tomorrow;

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[Ann Bush]

This is a Windows method to keep your keyboards from applying to multiple applications. The default to have it unchecked.  In the Windows search box, type Advanced keyboard settings and click and check "Let me use a different input method for each app.”

 

Ann

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