On Tue, Nov 19, 2002 at 10:53:49AM -0500, Nirmal Govind wrote:
> >
> > write in ERT
> > \mbox{First M. Last}
>
> I just noticed that using the math-editor and \mbox with ERT results in
> bad spacing.. so in the final output, after "Last" and the next word,
> the space seems a bit less than what's normal between two words.. if I
> try adding additional space with the protected space "_" then it seems
> like it's too much.. is this behavior normal or am I seeing things
> now?!? (I really hope it's not the latter! :-))
You are correct.
The solution is to use \nolbreaks{First M. Last}, and add
\usepackage{nolbreaks} to the preamble.
Another solution is to write First~M.~Last (using protected spaces),
and in the preamble or text add \hyphenation{First}.
