> > What Dieter refers to is that TeX is interpreting a blank as the end of a > command. I.e., "\TeX and friends" will be parsed as > "<command>TeX</command>and > friends". If you want a blank after the command, you must either write > "\TeX\ and friends" or "\TeX{} and friends" (in ordinary LaTeX), and I > think > Dieter wants us to automatically insert "\ " at the end of each ERT (or > transform subsequent blanks to "\ " automatically). However, as I argued > earlier, I think such magic will fall back on us, since ERT is used in many > different ways (not mentioning all the backwards compatibility issues > involved). >
Jürgen and Steve - You are correct that I misunderstood. So I guess I sympathise with Dieter, in as much as what follows: As far as I am concerned by abc<ert>\TeX</ert> def I *mean* abc\TeX\ def However, when I tyop a command in powerdot like <ert>\twocolumns{</ert> my first column <ert>}{</ert> my second column <ert>}</ert> I *mean* \twocolumns{ my first column }{ my second column } Perhaps we could add an option to ERT boxes to "respect spaces afer this ert", in which case a space after the close of an ert would be replaced with a '\ '? David