diff --git a/src/insets/ChangeLog b/src/insets/ChangeLog
index db78511f3d..7a27058887 100644
--- a/src/insets/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/insets/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2002-02-22  Juergen Vigna  <jug@sad.it>
+
+	* insettext.C (insetUnlock): set the cursor to the second paragraph
+	if available and if the first one is empty (fix #191).
+
 2002-02-20  Juergen Vigna  <jug@sad.it>
 
 	* insettext.C (getDrawFont): implemented this function to call the
diff --git a/src/insets/insettext.C b/src/insets/insettext.C
index 0f4823e496..fae47aa4bf 100644
--- a/src/insets/insettext.C
+++ b/src/insets/insettext.C
@@ -753,7 +753,11 @@ void InsetText::insetUnlock(BufferView * bv)
 	} else
 		bv->owner()->setLayout(bv->text->cursor.par()->getLayout());
 	// hack for deleteEmptyParMech
-	lt->setCursor(bv, par, 0);
+	if (par->size()) {
+		lt->setCursor(bv, par, 0);
+	} else if (par->next()) {
+		lt->setCursor(bv, par->next(), 0);
+	}
 	if (clear)
 		lt = 0;
 	updateLocal(bv, code, false);
diff --git a/src/tabular_funcs.C b/src/tabular_funcs.C
index a9d907f513..7601683be5 100644
--- a/src/tabular_funcs.C
+++ b/src/tabular_funcs.C
@@ -30,12 +30,21 @@ using std::getline;
 template <>
 string const write_attribute(string const & name, bool const & b)
 {
+	// we write only true attribute values so we remove a bit of the
+	// file format bloat for tabulars.
+	if (!b)
+		return string();
+	
 	return write_attribute(name, int(b));
 }
 
 template <>
 string const write_attribute(string const & name, LyXLength const & value)
 {
+	// we write only the value if we really have one same reson as above.
+	if (value.zero())
+		return string();
+	
 	return write_attribute(name, value.asString());
 }
 
@@ -210,6 +219,9 @@ bool getTokenValue(string const & str, const char * token,
 
 bool getTokenValue(string const & str, const char * token, bool & flag)
 {
+	// set the flag always to false as this should be the default for bools
+	// not in the file-format.
+	flag = false;
 	string tmp;
 	if (!getTokenValue(str, token, tmp))
 		return false;
@@ -219,6 +231,9 @@ bool getTokenValue(string const & str, const char * token, bool & flag)
 
 bool getTokenValue(string const & str, const char * token, LyXLength & len)
 {
+	// set the lenght to be zero() as default as this it should be if not
+	// in the file format.
+	len = LyXLength();
 	string tmp;
 	if (!getTokenValue(str, token, tmp))
 		return false;