It is perhaps a surprising feature of LyX's ERT boxes that they don't have to be individually syntactically well-formed LaTeX expressions. Thus, you could have in one ERT box "\emph{" followed by some text (not in ERT -- just ordinary text), followed by a second ERT box containing "}". In this way, only the LaTeX bits need to be in ERT, and the text can be out of it. Wouldn't that satisfy your need for spellchecking?
Thanks, Bennett! Unfortunately, LyX does need
\begin{enumerate}{{A}1.} \item First item; \item Second item. \end{enumerate}
inside the same ERT.
Bennett,
I apologize. I had made a syntax error: I should have written [{A}1.] instead of {{A}1.}. (Wrong brackets!; I am using the enumerate package.)
Your solution to my problem is really clever! Many thanks!
Paul
