Annoying extra lines.

lyxrocks · Post by **lyxrocks** » Mon Oct 15, 2012 12:09 am

how do i let Lyx show extra lines?

i want to delete all the extra lines but it is very easy to miss one of those!

minimal example attached: the lines between the displayed formula and the preceding and following lines, how do i let Lyx point them out to me?

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lyxrocks · Post by **lyxrocks** » Sat Oct 27, 2012 10:53 pm

anyone?

Post by **scottkosty** » Sat Oct 27, 2012 11:21 pm

This looks strange to me. How did you create that MWE? I cannot recreate it. I understand what you would like to have, but I don't think that LyX has a way to do that because it does not expect extra lines because normally it does not allow you to input them.

lyxrocks · Post by **lyxrocks** » Sun Oct 28, 2012 2:32 am

i sometimes accidentally press the enter key when i want to make a formula a display formula. this results an extra line between the text and the formula.

so instead of

Code: Select all

text
centered display formula

it becomes

Code: Select all

text
annoying extra line
centered display formula

similarly for the extra line after the formula.

Post by **scottkosty** » Sun Oct 28, 2012 3:02 am

lyxrocks wrote:i sometimes accidentally press the enter key when i want to make a formula a display formula. this results an extra line between the text and the formula.

so instead of
Code: Select all
text
centered display formula
it becomes
Code: Select all
text
annoying extra line
centered display formula
similarly for the extra line after the formula.

I cannot reproduce that. I do the following:
1. enter "a"
2. press return
3. start a math display with ctrl+shift+m
4. enter "a" (or alpha or whatever)
5. press escape or press the right arrow.
6. press return
7. enter "a".

Note that at steps 2 and 6, pressing return additional times does nothing for me

lyxrocks · Post by **lyxrocks** » Sun Oct 28, 2012 5:03 am

if you change the "separate paragraphs with" under "text layout" under "settings" under "document" from indentation to vertical space, then the MWE can be reproduced.

Post by **scottkosty** » Sun Oct 28, 2012 5:12 am

lyxrocks wrote:if you change the "separate paragraphs with" under "text layout" under "settings" under "document" from indentation to vertical space, then the MWE can be reproduced.

Yes, now I can reproduce it. Is that supposed to happen? This seems like a bug to me. Is there some reason why the extra lines should be allowed when that option is enabled?

lyxrocks · Post by **lyxrocks** » Sun Oct 28, 2012 5:22 am

yes, i do feel that it is a bug of some sort, it seems that lyx doesn't allow extra space/lines otherwise.

Post by **scottkosty** » Sun Oct 28, 2012 5:37 am

lyxrocks wrote:yes, i do feel that it is a bug of some sort, it seems that lyx doesn't allow extra space/lines otherwise.

OK, thanks. I will look into this. Sorry that we couldn't get your original question addressed. Although if we get this fixed maybe that will do it.

lyxrocks · Post by **lyxrocks** » Sun Oct 28, 2012 5:51 am

scottkosty wrote:
lyxrocks wrote:yes, i do feel that it is a bug of some sort, it seems that lyx doesn't allow extra space/lines otherwise.
OK, thanks. I will look into this. Sorry that we couldn't get your original question addressed. Although if we get this fixed maybe that will do it.

thanks for trying though!

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