I don't know if this has been discussed before, so sorry if I step on old ground. I always wondered why LyX is only supporting one LaTeX space command, the protected space (LaTeX: ~) (protected-space-insert). Reading the UserGuide and with no LaTeX knowledge, one could think that this is the general solution to put behind each and every abbreviation dot. But if you use a lot of abbreviations in one sentence, you get linebreak problems. The LaTeX solution is "\<space>" [force normal space] which is much more used as ~ in the LaTeX world AFAIK. Then there is a thin space command "\," which is also very useful, e.g. to type e.\,g. typographically correct (unfortunately, I had the time to read typographic books recently ;-). O.K., I can use ERT for this (and I do), but of course an inset (with a shortcut) would be _much_ better. BTW: will the forthcoming ERT-inset replace any Evil Red Text? I think with small commands (especially within words) as "\," or "\/" (no kerning) this is not really reader-friendly (sorry, if this is even more old ground). Thank you and greets, Jürgen
