from 2.5.0 to 2.5.1

[Herbert Voss]

Am 04.08.26 um 17:25 schrieb Richard Kimberly Heck via lyx-users:
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> If what you mean is that, *in the LyX display*, LyX shows additional 
> space above a displayed formula, when such a formula begins a 
> paragraph, then that may be correct. I do think this may have changed 
> in the 2.5.x series. There was lots of work on this sort of thing for 
> 2.5.0 (which I have just checked does the same thing as 2.5.1). But it 
> would also correspond to what LaTeX does, so I would regard that as an 
> improvement. Otherwise, there is no visual difference between the two 
> cases mentioned.
>
> All these behaviors are simply due to the fact that a displayed 
> equation can either be part of the paragraph that precedes it or not. 
> If it is, then changing the paragraph the text is in will of course 
> affect the type of paragraph the equation is in. As it should.
>
> In LaTeX, the difference is:
>
> test
> $$x=y$$ % part of same paragraph
>
> test
>
> $$x=y$$ % starts a new paragraph
>

$$...$$. _always starts a new paragraph!  This $..$ is the inline mode!

However, $$...$$ is TeX-Notation and shouldn't be used.  \[...\]. makes 
more sense.
$$...$$  can have bad vertical spacing...

Herbert


> You get more space in the latter case, even without any special 
> paragraph type. Again, I think it may be correct that LyX *shows* more 
> space in the latter case, whereas it did not do so before. And that 
> would be intentional, and correct, as a way of indicating the 
> difference visually.
>
> File a bug report if you wish, and we can see what others think.
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> Riki
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