If, as I suspect, Bob wants the space just to keep \noindent from running into the text, a somewhat simpler solution is
"command-sequence ert-insert; self-insert \noindent{}; char-forward;" ------------------- Yes, that is the purpose of the space. This works but I do not understand the code. Do the braces {} after \noindent put you back into regular text input mode? Thanks for your input. Bob