Enrico Forestieri wrote:
> What about "Enspace (kern 0.5 em)", maybe placed after QQuad, such that
> the casual user would choose "Enskip (0.5 em)", which comes first?
> The expert user would be informed that this is a kern spacing, so that he
> knows that this could also be a vertical space in some circumstances,
> whereas a non-expert user would understand that this is something special,
> even if he doesn't know in what respect. It is a pity that a tool-tip
> cannot be attached to the combobox entries...

We try to avoid LaTeXisms in the GUI, and I think this hint is too covert. 
I also think terms like "qquad" should be replaced by "double quad".

What about the attached?

Jürgen
Index: lib/ui/stdcontext.inc
===================================================================
--- lib/ui/stdcontext.inc	(Revision 24072)
+++ lib/ui/stdcontext.inc	(Arbeitskopie)
@@ -149,11 +149,11 @@
 		Item "Interword Space|w" "next-inset-modify space \space{}"
 		Item "Protected Space|o" "next-inset-modify space ~"
 		Item "Thin Space|T" "next-inset-modify space \thinspace{}"
+		Item "Negative Thin Space|N" "next-inset-modify space \negthinspace{}"
+		Item "Half Quad Space (Enskip)|k" "next-inset-modify space \enskip{}"
+		Item "Protected Half Quad Space (Enspace)|E" "next-inset-modify space \enspace{}"
 		Item "Quad Space|Q" "next-inset-modify space \quad{}"
-		Item "QQuad Space|u" "next-inset-modify space \qquad{}"
-		Item "Enspace|E" "next-inset-modify space \enspace{}"
-		Item "Enskip|k" "next-inset-modify space \enskip{}"
-		Item "Negative Thin Space|N" "next-inset-modify space \negthinspace{}"
+		Item "Double Quad Space|u" "next-inset-modify space \qquad{}"
 		Item "Horizontal Fill|F" "next-inset-modify space \hfill{}"
 		Item "Protected Horizontal Fill|i" "next-inset-modify space \hspace*{\fill}"
 		Item "Horizontal Fill (Dots)|D" "next-inset-modify space \dotfill{}"
Index: src/frontends/qt4/ui/HSpaceUi.ui
===================================================================
--- src/frontends/qt4/ui/HSpaceUi.ui	(Revision 24072)
+++ src/frontends/qt4/ui/HSpaceUi.ui	(Arbeitskopie)
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
      </item>
      <item>
       <property name="text" >
-       <string>Enspace (0.5 em)</string>
+       <string>Half Quad (0.5 em)</string>
       </property>
      </item>
      <item>
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
      </item>
      <item>
       <property name="text" >
-       <string>QQuad (2 em)</string>
+       <string>Double Quad (2 em)</string>
       </property>
      </item>
      <item>
Index: src/frontends/qt4/GuiHSpace.cpp
===================================================================
--- src/frontends/qt4/GuiHSpace.cpp	(Revision 24072)
+++ src/frontends/qt4/GuiHSpace.cpp	(Arbeitskopie)
@@ -96,6 +96,12 @@
 		selection == 0 || selection == 3  ||
 		(selection == 6 && pattern == 0) || selection == 7;
 	keepCB->setEnabled(enable_keep);
+	if (selection == 3)
+		keepCB->setToolTip(qt_("Insert the spacing even after a line break.\n"
+				       "Note that a protected Half Quad will be turned into\n"
+				       "a vertical space if used at the beginning of a paragraph!"));
+	else
+		keepCB->setToolTip(qt_("Insert the spacing even after a line break"));
 	changed();
 }
 

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