Re: e.g. and other dots that do not end sentences

[Eran Kaplinsky]

Also note that the Chicago Manual of Style requires a comma after e.g., 
as it does with "for example".

James C. Sutherland wrote:
> > How do you type things like e.g. in lyx? If you do not take special
> > care, it is translated to latex merely as "e.g." and therefore creates
> > a giant space after the abbreviation. How to avoid that?
>
> Insert -> Formatting -> Inter-Word Space
>
> or you can insert a "protected" space that will prevent line breaks on  
> that space if you want.  You can right-click on the space and change  
> its type.

Personally, I would use a "Thin Space" in this case (Insert > Formatting > 
Thin Space or Ctrl-Shift-<space>). But this depends on the micro-typographical 
conventions/the taste you adhere to). 

Jürgen