> > > For example, the tex file has: > > > $-$u user The tex file should have "--", not "$-$"!
> > > But lyx shows it as: > > > > > > - u user And does so correctly, as math mode contents are surrounded by a small margin IIRC. > > Are you sure that there is really a > > space in lx and not just the usual margin of the math box? > > I don't know about math mode nor a math box. I never (knowingly) enabled > it. $-$ is a minus operator in math mode. It's wrong to use it as a medium dash. Type -- instead. > This tex file was created by running html2latex on the output from "groff > -Thtml". Then html2latex creates broken output, i.e. emits minus operators instead of medium dashes. Cheers, Kuba Ober
