> why should this not compile?? > > \documentclass{article} > \begin{document} > \emph{ blah % > \begin{table}% > \begin{tabular}{|c|}\hline blah\\\hline\end{tabular}% > \end{table}% > } > \end{document} If you include caption in your table, you will find the bug. Step 1. new a lyx 1.2 file, type anything, say "this is a test" Step 2. insert a table float after "a" (before "test"), give it an caption with any text. Step 3. Compile, it works. Step 4. Make the whole text \emph Step 5. Compile, 5 errors. The same thing works with Lyx 1.1.6.
--Ling