diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 202d65a3fa..5aaa69581a 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,25 @@
+2000-09-29  Dekel Tsur  <dekelts@tau.ac.il>
+
+	* src/paragraph.C (TeXFootnote): Fixed bug with LTR table floats.
+	
+2000-09-26  Jean-Marc Lasgouttes  <Jean-Marc.Lasgouttes@inria.fr>
+
+	* lib/layouts/siamltex.layout: new textclass for SIAM journals,
+	from Kornelia Pietsch <pietsch@mathematik.tu-chemnitz.de>
+
+	* src/support/lyxstring.C (lyxstring): 	When a number of
+	characters has been given, we should not assume that the string is
+	0-terminated. 
+
+	* src/vspace.C (nextToken): use isStrDbl() to check for proper
+	double values.
+
+2000-09-23  Dekel Tsur  <dekel@math.tau.ac.il>
+
+	* src/mathed/formula.C (MathFuncInset::Metrics): Use default 
+	width/descent/ascent values if name is empty.
+	(mathed_string_height): Use std::max.
+
 2000-09-22  Jean-Marc Lasgouttes  <Jean-Marc.Lasgouttes@inria.fr>
 
 	* lib/doc/LaTeXConfig.lyx.in: updated.
diff --git a/lib/doc/LaTeXConfig.lyx.in b/lib/doc/LaTeXConfig.lyx.in
index c4a344dce7..05528e1cbb 100644
--- a/lib/doc/LaTeXConfig.lyx.in
+++ b/lib/doc/LaTeXConfig.lyx.in
@@ -931,6 +931,22 @@ Notes: REVTeX 4 is a class used for submitting manuscripts to journals including
 http://publish.aps.org/revtex4/
 \layout Subsection
 
+SIAMLTeX
+\layout Description
+
+Found: @chk_siamltex@
+\layout Description
+
+CTAN: 
+\family typewriter 
+macros/latex/contrib/other/siam/siamltex.tar
+\layout Description
+
+Notes: The Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Philadelphia,
+ Pennsylvania, wants to ensure quality typesetting according to SIAM style
+ standards by providing this LaTeX style.
+\layout Subsection
+
 Springer Journal of Geodesy
 \layout Description
 
diff --git a/src/mathed/formula.C b/src/mathed/formula.C
index cc61c95dc8..474a8b4372 100644
--- a/src/mathed/formula.C
+++ b/src/mathed/formula.C
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ using std::istream;
 using std::pair;
 using std::endl;
 using std::vector;
+using std::max;
 
 extern char * mathed_label;
 
@@ -231,10 +232,8 @@ int mathed_string_height(short type, int size, byte const * s,
    LyXFont font = WhichFont(type, size);
    asc = des = 0;
    for (int i = 0; i < ls; ++i) {
-      if (lyxfont::descent(s[i], font) > des)
-	des = lyxfont::descent(s[i], font);
-      if (lyxfont::ascent(s[i], font) > asc)
-	asc = lyxfont::ascent(s[i], font);
+      des = max(des, lyxfont::descent(s[i], font));
+      asc = max(asc, lyxfont::ascent(s[i], font));
    }
    return asc + des;
 }
@@ -1213,13 +1212,19 @@ MathFuncInset::draw(Painter & pain, int x, int y)
 void MathFuncInset::Metrics() 
 {
 	ln = (name) ? strlen(name): 0;
-	LyXFont  font = WhichFont(LM_TC_TEXTRM, size);
+	LyXFont font = WhichFont(LM_TC_TEXTRM, size);
 	font.setLatex(LyXFont::ON);
-	width = lyxfont::width(name, ln, font)
-		+ lyxfont::width('I', font) / 2;
-	mathed_string_height(LM_TC_TEXTRM, size,
-			     reinterpret_cast<unsigned char const *>(name),
-			     strlen(name), ascent, descent);
+	if (ln == 0) {
+ 		width = df_width;
+ 		descent = df_des;
+ 		ascent = df_asc;
+ 	} else {
+		width = lyxfont::width(name, ln, font)
+			+ lyxfont::width('I', font) / 2;
+		mathed_string_height(LM_TC_TEXTRM, size,
+				     reinterpret_cast<unsigned char const *>(name),
+				     strlen(name), ascent, descent);
+	}
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/paragraph.C b/src/paragraph.C
index 6f1986c8ef..6a613ddc71 100644
--- a/src/paragraph.C
+++ b/src/paragraph.C
@@ -3850,7 +3850,7 @@ LyXParagraph * LyXParagraph::TeXFootnote(ostream & os, TexRow & texrow,
 
 	bool moving_arg = false;
 	bool need_closing = false;
-	bool is_rtl = isRightToLeftPar();
+	bool is_rtl = lyxrc.rtl_support && getParLanguage()->RightToLeft;
 
 	if (is_rtl != parent_is_rtl) {
 		if (is_rtl)
diff --git a/src/support/lyxstring.C b/src/support/lyxstring.C
index d247be4b7f..40e733c714 100644
--- a/src/support/lyxstring.C
+++ b/src/support/lyxstring.C
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ lyxstring::lyxstring(value_type const * s, size_type n)
 	Assert(s && n < npos); // STD!
 	static Srep empty_rep(0, "");
 	if (*s && n) { // s is not empty string and n > 0
-		rep = new Srep(min(strlen(s), n), s);
+		rep = new Srep(n, s);
 	} else {
 		++empty_rep.ref;
 		rep = &empty_rep;
diff --git a/src/vspace.C b/src/vspace.C
index 92de803861..f00fa2964f 100644
--- a/src/vspace.C
+++ b/src/vspace.C
@@ -97,8 +97,8 @@ char nextToken (string & data)
 		if ((i = data.find_last_of("0123456789.")) != string::npos) {
 			if (number_index > 3) return 'E';  // Error
                         string buffer = data.substr(0, i + 1);
-			if (sscanf (buffer.c_str(),
-				    "%f", &number[number_index]) == 1) {
+			if (isStrDbl(buffer)) {
+				number[number_index] = strToDbl(buffer);
 				lyx_advance (data, i + 1);
 				++number_index;
 				return 'n';