String including \rightarrow works unless with other text

[Paul Rubin]

On 1/2/24 12:15, Rich Shepard wrote:
> I'm puzzled. In a document I display a series using \rightarrow to 
> separate
> the components. When I compile the document it displays as in the 
> attached
> mwe2.lyx file. When the string is by itself (mwe.lyx) it displays 
> properly.
>
> I suspect it's a matter of spacing but I haven't figured out where.
>
> Help's needed.
>
> TIA,
>
> Rich
>
Neither displays correctly for me. The issue is that you are inserting 
the arrow as LaTeX without invoking math mode (at least in mwe2; in mwe 
it's not even LaTeX). So the compiler guesses where to begin and end 
math mode, and it does not guess correctly. (Quoth the LaTeX log: "I've 
inserted a begin-math/end-math symbol since I think

you left one out. Proceed, with fingers crossed.")

The simple fix is to insert the arrows using math model (ctrl-M), as in 
the attached version of your second example.

Paul
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