On Friday 06 March 2009 13:57:34 Guenter Milde wrote:
> But it really is:
>
>  like a footnote, the float definition can be inside a
>  paragraph while the output is moved to a different place by the tex
>  engine.
>  
> You can even see the difference:
>
> * when you put the float inset into its own paragraph, the following
>   text is indented (or separated by vspace), as it starts a new paragraph.

I would argue that this is a limitation/bug of latex. Really.

This would be moot if the paragraph had some kind of special markup, like:

\begin{standard}
...
\end{standard}

or even

\standard{...} if you prefer.

That would allow to leave space for new declarations outside of paragraphs, or 
for placing a float without affecting near paragraphs.

> OTOH, lists (like itemize) are by default nested inside surrounding
> paragraph (in the LaTeX source) while separate paragraphs in LyX.
> You need to insert a "--- Separator ---" or another empty
> paragraph to have the first paragraph after a list indented.
>
>
> Günter

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José Abílio