dcmertens wrote: > abc<ert>def</ert> ghi > -to tex- > abcdef\ ghi
Because this is not expected in all cases, and because you cannot revert this to a normal blank (whereas you can always get the desired result if you insert an "inter-word space" [M-C-<space>] instead of a normal blank). For instance, if I write Ma<ert>\ss</ert> stab, I do not want LyX to output "Ma\ss\ stab", "but "Ma\ss stab". Also, how do you want to reliably differentiate between abc<ert>def</ert> ghi => abcdef\ ghi ab<ert>\c{def}</ert> ghi => ab\c{def} ghi abc<ert>def\</ert> ghi => abcef\ ghi abc<ert>def{}</ert> ghi => abcef{} ghi just to list a few of the usual variants? Not to mention the problems you get if you try to handle old documents and to convert from the status quo to the proposed handling. This is bound to fail. Jürgen