>>>>> "Richard" == Richard E Hawkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Richard> Later that night, I recalled exactly how i solved it: before
Richard> the cut/ paste, I insert the text "MAGICMARKERSTRING" or some
Richard> such, then do the cut/paste, then delete the string. It was
Richard> a hack to stop the collapsing spaces before I was ready for
Richard> them. Some type of place-holding inset would probably be a
Richard> better idea. Aside from being a hack, this would give weird
Richard> results if the text used as a string happened to be part of
Richard> the replacement text . . .
Nice trick :) However, it is maybe a bit too hackish to add, in lyx
1.0.x...
JMarc