The attached patch fixes bug 1620, although I am not sure wether this newline problem exists at other places, too. Therefore the FIXME. I am going to apply this if nobody complains.
Georg
Index: src/tex2lyx/ChangeLog =================================================================== RCS file: /usr/local/lyx/cvsroot/lyx-devel/src/tex2lyx/ChangeLog,v retrieving revision 1.59 diff -u -r1.59 ChangeLog --- src/tex2lyx/ChangeLog 12 Oct 2004 08:44:38 -0000 1.59 +++ src/tex2lyx/ChangeLog 15 Oct 2004 09:32:19 -0000 @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2004-10-20 Georg Baum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> + + * text.C (parse_text): replace newlines with spaces in arguments to + known latex commands, fixes bug 1620 + 2004-10-12 Georg Baum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * preamble.C (end_preamble): change file format from 236 to 237 Index: src/tex2lyx/text.C =================================================================== RCS file: /usr/local/lyx/cvsroot/lyx-devel/src/tex2lyx/text.C,v retrieving revision 1.42 diff -u -r1.42 text.C --- src/tex2lyx/text.C 5 Oct 2004 10:11:42 -0000 1.42 +++ src/tex2lyx/text.C 15 Oct 2004 09:32:19 -0000 @@ -1553,9 +1784,11 @@ context.check_layout(os); begin_inset(os, "LatexCommand "); os << '\\' << t.cs(); - os << p.getOpt(); - os << p.getOpt(); - os << '{' << p.verbatim_item() << "}\n"; + // lyx cannot handle newlines in a latex command + // FIXME: Move the substitution into parser::getOpt()? + os << subst(p.getOpt(), "\n", " "); + os << subst(p.getOpt(), "\n", " "); + os << '{' << subst(p.verbatim_item(), "\n", " ") << "}\n"; end_inset(os); }