Shortcut for export PDF on LyX?

Question

Is there a shortcut in LyX for export to PDF?

Is there any way to auto export on save?

Answer 1

The following works for me on Ubuntu with LyX 2.0.5:

To create a shortcut, go to Preferences > Editing > Shortcuts and click on "new". For the function put in buffer-export pdf2 (or if pdf2 is not the format you want then look under Preferences > File Handling > File Formats)

To save and export at the same time, either create a new shortcut or edit the current save shortcut, which is found in the same place. Under "show keybindings containing" text box put buffer-write. It will show the current shortcut (Ctrl + S by default). Click on it and click "modify". Change buffer-write to command-sequence buffer-write; buffer-export pdf2.

If you want to get rid of the dialog asking if you want to overwrite (which comes from the export), go to Preferences > Output and change the setting for "Overwrite on export".