Attached a patch for bug 4308 http://bugzilla.lyx.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4308 for LyX 1.5.3.
Jürgen, OK? regards Uwe
Index: InsetMathBinom.cpp =================================================================== --- InsetMathBinom.cpp (revision 21229) +++ InsetMathBinom.cpp (working copy) @@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ bool InsetMathBinom::metrics(MetricsInfo & mi, Dimension & dim) const { - ScriptChanger dummy(mi.base); + FracChanger dummy(mi.base); cell(0).metrics(mi); cell(1).metrics(mi); dim.asc = cell(0).height() + 4 + 5; @@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ void InsetMathBinom::draw(PainterInfo & pi, int x, int y) const { int m = x + dim_.width() / 2; - ScriptChanger dummy(pi.base); + FracChanger dummy(pi.base); cell(0).draw(pi, m - cell(0).width() / 2, y - cell(0).descent() - 3 - 5); cell(1).draw(pi, m - cell(1).width() / 2, y + cell(1).ascent() + 3 - 5); mathed_draw_deco(pi, x, y - dim_.ascent(), dw(), dim_.height(), from_ascii("("));