Although I also ignore this LyX message, there is something inconsistent here: if two spaces generate a message, then why don't we get an analogous message after pressing <return> several times? Admittedly, it's a little different because LyX allows a few more returns before stopping to add them - but the basic reasoning is the same: LaTeX won't do anything with the additional new lines (or white space of any kind) and the user may not be aware of that.
So to be consistent, either add even more warnings or get rid of the <space> warning. An argument in favor of dropping the warning would be that there is already the visual feedback that LyX simply won't budge when repeatedly given spaces or new lines. On the other hand, I don't think the status message at the bottom of the window is all that annoying. Just wanted to point out the inconsistency. Jens On Apr 11, 2012, at 12:46 PM, Liviu Andronic wrote: > On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 7:50 PM, Bill Foote <bi...@jovial.com> 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. > > >> Also, I learned to type on a manual typewriter in the mid-70's when I >> was in 4th grade; that muscle memory ain't going away any time soon :-) >> >> I know I could hack the code myself, >> > I would be surprised. TeX simply ignores multiple spaces. If you want > to change this, you may need to look into hacking the TeX engine > itself (assuming you export to LaTeX). You could go the way of very > ugly hacks such as adding a protected space to each normal space, but > again this seems like a very bad idea. See [1] for some discussion of > this point. > > Liviu > > [1] http://www.lyx.org/trac/ticket/7158 > > >> but then I'd have to maintain my hack >> across each upgrade. Is there a preference I can set? If not, is there a >> way I >> can file a request for enhancement? :-) >> >> Cheers, >> >> Bill >> > > > > -- > Do you know how to read? > http://www.alienetworks.com/srtest.cfm > http://goodies.xfce.org/projects/applications/xfce4-dict#speed-reader > Do you know how to write? > http://garbl.home.comcast.net/~garbl/stylemanual/e.htm#e-mail >
