On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 12:34:15PM -0500, Alex Vergara Gil wrote:
> 
> >On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 03:08:27PM +0000, Alan R. Bleier sort of wrote:
> >>On Apr 15, 2012, at 3:59 PM, Trevor Jenkins wrote:
> >>> if the key sequence has no meaning in LyX then I'd argue that there is
> >>> absolutely no need for a message at all. Just have it drop the second
> >>> space quietly and move on.
> >>> Sorry I'm late joining this conversation, but it was sufficiently
> >>> annoying to me today that I searched for information about it and
> >>> found this thread.
> >>
> >>I agree completely with Trevor.  If you are serious about "what you
> >>see is what you mean" and "LyX lets you concentrate on writing" (from
> >>http://www.lyx.org/WhatIsLyX ), the message should not be displayed.
> >
> >So you volunteer to handle the bug reports saying "LyX doesn't
> >accept what I type" ... ... ... "Ah, two spaces... won't work."?
> >
> >Andre'
>
> Oh like the "bug repots"  of "LyX doesn't put my images where I
> want", etc. Come on guys, this is ridiculous.

Correct. It's ridiculous. Still it happens. And it eats time.

> If some thing one
> should do before using anything is to read the manual, and there it
> is well written: "LyX is WYSIWYM", so meaningless thing won't work,

This is 2012. Nobody reads documentation. It has to work out of the box.
And if it doesn't, it's not the the user's fault, but the programmer's.
At least in the user's view. 

Andre'

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