On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 3:39 PM, Bruce Pourciau <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Apr 11, 2012, at 2:46 PM, Liviu Andronic wrote: > > On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 7:50 PM, Bill Foote <[email protected]> wrote: > > Is there an easy way for me to get rid of the "You cannot ... Please read > the > > tutorial" message? I know that typing two spaces that way doesn't change > the > > layout, and I'm more-or-less fine with LyX auto-deleting the space. I'm > > completely fine with TeX not changing the formatting based on "extra" > spaces. > > With all that said, I'd prefer that LyX stop nagging. I know already! > > > Start ignoring it. :) This is what I did. Besides, it's a good idea to > always show it, so as to quickly and clearly explain new users what > happens and why. LyX cannot know whether the user typing _knows_ it > already or not. > > > I'm not going to adjust my typing style, because most of the time when I > type, > > putting two spaces after a period or some other punctuation is the right > thing > > to do. > > > Likely TeX/LaTeX would disagree. > > > The author of The Elements of Typographical Style, Robert Bringhurst, has > this to say about putting two spaces after a period: > > In the nineteenth century, which was a dark and inflationary age in > typography and type design, many compositors were encouraged to stuff extra > space between sentences. Generations of twentieth century typists were then > taught to do the same, by hitting the spacebar twice after every period. > Your typing as well as your typesetting will benefit from unlearning this > quaint Victorian habit. As a general rule, no more than a single space is > required after a period, colon or any other mark of punctuation. > > > LyX is just nudging you along the path of unlearning. > > Bruce
I agree with Bill Foote that the nag message is annoying, even though I do not share the habit. I do occasionally hit space to put in two spaces by hand (an old habit from using word processors and text editors). Another inconsistency: the message in response to pressing the tab character is simply "command disabled"--because the manual does not discuss alternatives to tabbing in word processors and text editors. Turning this stuff off after the first occurrence seems good enough to me. Some programs, like Firefox, give you the option of keeping the warnings or never showing them again--it's not a bad practice from a usability standpoint. In general, it is somewhat unhelpful when the response to "your program does something annoying in response to X" is "Don't do X". I'll quote Steve Jobs: "Just don't hold it that way." Maria
