an authorname in a bibtexfile maybe "H.\ Voss", to get a normal space between the dot and the family name. This patch strips these spaces for the view in the citation-gui, ahich shows "\ Voss" (as string) in this case.
Herbert -- http://www.lyx.org/help/
Index: src/frontends/controllers/ChangeLog =================================================================== RCS file: /usr/local/lyx/cvsroot/lyx-devel/src/frontends/controllers/ChangeLog,v retrieving revision 1.159 diff -u -r1.159 ChangeLog --- src/frontends/controllers/ChangeLog 12 Apr 2002 15:25:11 -0000 1.159 +++ src/frontends/controllers/ChangeLog 14 Apr 2002 10:02:00 -0000 @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2002-04-14 Herbert Voss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> + + * biblio.C: fix bug in familyName, when a LaTeX space "\x" was + used in the bibdata + 2002-04-11 Herbert Voss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * ControlGraphics.C: expand "browse-string" to all available formats Index: src/frontends/controllers/biblio.C =================================================================== RCS file: /usr/local/lyx/cvsroot/lyx-devel/src/frontends/controllers/biblio.C,v retrieving revision 1.21 diff -u -r1.21 biblio.C --- src/frontends/controllers/biblio.C 21 Mar 2002 21:21:28 -0000 1.21 +++ src/frontends/controllers/biblio.C 14 Apr 2002 10:02:00 -0000 @@ -158,6 +158,9 @@ idx = fname.rfind("."); if (idx != string::npos) fname = frontStrip(fname.substr(idx+1)); + // test if we have a LaTeX Space in front + if (fname[0] == '\\') + return fname.substr(2); return fname; }