Hi,

When I'm typing math formulas, I often (accidentally) type a backspace
right after the end of a math box, deleting the entire box. When my
brain tells my right hand to hit delete, it thinks that only one
character will be deleted, so it is always a surprise (to my
"automatic brain" even though consciously I know better) to find the
entire math formula deleted. This is easily remedied by typing undo,
but it is a minor nuisance. The behavior my "automatic brain" expects
is either

A) what you would get by typing a left arrow followed by a backspace

B) what you would get by typing a left arrow

In fact case B) seems slightly more useful since it allows you to add
more to a math formula without typing a left arrow; case B) is also
symmetric with the behavior that typing a space at the last position
of a math box leaves the box but does not insert a character.

Can one of the LyX Gurus please enlighten me as to how I can achieve
behavior B? I am not averse to tweaking the source code if this is the
only way.

Thanks for any help,

David Pokorny

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