[AUCTeX] Index entries with more than one word

[Ross A. Laird]

When I try to insert an index entry (using C-c return) with more than
one word, say:

\index{this entry has three words}

Auctex gets angry at the space and won't let me insert the space between
the words as I type the entry (in the minibuffer). So, I get:

\index{thisentryhasthreewords}

I can, of course, put the spaces in afterward, but why does Auctex
behave in this unseemly way?

Cheers.

Ross

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Ross A. Laird, PhD
www.rosslaird.info