From: Augusto Stoffel <arstoffel@gmail.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: schwab@linux-m68k.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Math symbols
Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2022 09:41:09 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87czblw76y.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <83pmflnsos.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Sat, 24 Sep 2022 10:21:39 +0300")
On Sat, 24 Sep 2022 at 10:21, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> I'd prefer not to add ways of input beyond what we already have,
> unless the IM framework cannot support it. Since the TeX input method
> demonstrates (I think) that IM framework can support these symbols,
> introducing yet another way of inputing those characters sounds like
> unnecessary complication to me.
The input method is good when, say, you want to add some simple formulas
in plain text in an email.
There are other use cases, though. Suppose you are writing a paper in
TeX and you want to insert (the command that generates) a × with a box
around it. How do you figure out the command is called “\boxtimes”?
The analogue of C-x 8 RET for TeX names is helpful for this.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-09-24 7:41 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-09-23 19:25 Math symbols Augusto Stoffel
2022-09-23 19:43 ` Andreas Schwab
2022-09-23 19:54 ` Augusto Stoffel
2022-09-23 20:14 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-09-23 20:54 ` Augusto Stoffel
2022-09-24 6:05 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-09-24 6:36 ` Augusto Stoffel
2022-09-24 7:21 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-09-24 7:41 ` Augusto Stoffel [this message]
2022-09-24 7:57 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-09-24 14:02 ` Augusto Stoffel
2022-09-24 14:17 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-09-24 17:46 ` Juri Linkov
2022-09-23 20:56 ` Stefan Monnier
2022-09-24 6:06 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-09-24 6:37 ` Augusto Stoffel
2022-09-24 7:24 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-09-24 7:45 ` Augusto Stoffel
2022-09-24 7:58 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-09-24 8:47 ` Visuwesh
2022-09-25 11:14 ` Eric S Fraga
2022-09-25 13:55 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-09-25 15:55 ` Eric S Fraga
2022-09-24 13:34 ` Stefan Monnier
2022-09-24 13:55 ` Augusto Stoffel
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