From 69179c08e7d66064e04170a2d9f8c9575f4e8286 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Enrico Forestieri <forenr@lyx.org>
Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2015 19:57:54 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Fix bug #7970: space disappears from equation when reopening
 LyX file.

---
 src/mathed/MathParser.cpp | 3 ++-
 status.21x                | 2 ++
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/mathed/MathParser.cpp b/src/mathed/MathParser.cpp
index e740d23db8..20c1ac67a5 100644
--- a/src/mathed/MathParser.cpp
+++ b/src/mathed/MathParser.cpp
@@ -2068,7 +2068,8 @@ bool Parser::parse1(InsetMathGrid & grid, unsigned flags,
 					//}
 					for (InsetMath::idx_type i = start; i < at->nargs(); ++i) {
 						parse(at.nucleus()->cell(i), FLAG_ITEM, m);
-						skipSpaces();
+						if (mode == InsetMath::MATH_MODE)
+							skipSpaces();
 					}
 					cell->push_back(at);
 				}
diff --git a/status.21x b/status.21x
index 05002a076d..0facb6a257 100644
--- a/status.21x
+++ b/status.21x
@@ -111,6 +111,8 @@ What's new
 
 - Protect insets when needed in subfloat captions (bug 9346).
 
+- Do not swallow spaces in text-in-math mode (bug 7970).
+
 
 * LYX2LYX
 
-- 
2.39.5