>>>>> "Darren" == Darren Freeman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

Darren> On Tue, 2007-06-26 at 10:00 +0200, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote:
>> I happen to have LyX 1.3.3 installed on this machine and it does
>> not exhibit the behavior you describe. Actually, I think the
>> current one was already built-in since the first releases of LyX.
>> As someone who has been around since 1995, I do not remember
>> anything different.

Darren> Okay you win :) If I'm not talking about past behaviour then
Darren> I'm proposing a new "feature" :) And I know your vote is -1..

Yes :) 

>> But since I know that somewhere deep inside you do not believe me,
>> I downloaded lyx-0.7p4-d3 from October 1995 (the oldest we have),
>> and found inside it a document titled something like

Darren> Dude, that's way more effort than anybody should have put in.
Darren> But thanks ;)

My point was more to set the record right. And since I was sure I
would find something there, it was a funny thing to do. Remember that
at that time, the whole unpacked source was 700k (now: 55M), and there
was only one documentation file :)

Darren> You couldn't use the old version of LyX to export it to LaTeX?
Darren> Or didn't you have an old enough system with xforms to compile
Darren> against :)

I was too lazy to try to compile it (I would need an ancient version
of xforms, the latest would not be OK).

>> insert empty paragraphs. No matter how many spaces are typed
>> between words, only a single space between the words will appear.
>> Blank spaces at the beginning of a paragraph are completely taboo.
>> Indentation of

Darren> Actually I don't see the conflict between my suggestion and
Darren> this part of the documentation. For once you move the cursor
Darren> away, it will be cleaned up and you'll be left with a single
Darren> space.

What is the point of showing spaces that will not stick? The would be
even more confusing.

Darren> By the way, nobody has yet answered my concerns about the
Darren> dangling space at the end of a paragraph. That has been
Darren> allowed for as long as I can remember but it adds nothing (to
Darren> my knowledge). Sure it's allowed so you can continue typing,
Darren> but once you cursor away from the paragraph it's just
Darren> redundant.

I agree that spaces in front or at the end of paragraphs should be
removed by DEPM.

JMarc

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