http://bugzilla.lyx.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5610
Objections? If not, I'd like to put this into 1.6.1svn (and trunk), since it strikes my straightforward. Jürgen
Index: src/Paragraph.cpp =================================================================== --- src/Paragraph.cpp (Revision 27825) +++ src/Paragraph.cpp (Arbeitskopie) @@ -921,7 +921,9 @@ column += 17; break; - case '*': case '[': + case '*': + case '[': + case ']': // avoid being mistaken for optional arguments os << '{'; os.put(c);