On Wed, 7 Oct 1998, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote:
> >>>>> "Richard" == Richard E Hawkins Esq <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> Richard> another note--inline maths. The current behavior is to
> Richard> include a space after the math inset. is this really
> Richard> desired? While a user typing an extra space isn't a problem,
> Richard> this makes other punctuation require a backspace. To include
> Richard> B^t and a comma, for example, C-MB^t<space-to-end> <comma>
> Richard> seems more natural than
> Richard> C-MB^t<space-to-end><backspace><comma>, while the
> Richard> <space-to-end><space> for mid-sentence use is using the space
> Richard> in two different manners, and doesn't seem unnatural.
>
> Richard> Or maybe the inclusion/omission of trailing space should be
> Richard> configurable?
>
> Agreed. Unfortunately, Alejandro is in Montreal currently, and I guess
> he does not have much time to fix this...
Except that it's not a bug. The secret is that you're not supposed to use
space to end the inset except when you actually want a space. You're
supposed to use Esc to end the inset if you want to write a comma. Having
space be equivalent to Esc Space isn't a bug; it's just an extremely
convenient feature since very often when you type math you *do* want a
space after it.
The tutorial describes the Esc method first, and mentions the Space
shortcut a page later with some explanation, just to avoid this confusion.
Unfortunately (?) you started using LyX long before the tutorial existed
:)
-Amir
