From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Robert Thorpe Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Looking for a way to insert formulas involving sums and integrals into a buffer Date: Sun, 28 Feb 2021 06:23:10 +0000 Message-ID: <87czwku2wh.fsf@robertthorpeconsulting.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="26329"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: Dan Hitt Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sun Feb 28 07:25:54 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1lGFWb-0006jU-3I for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 28 Feb 2021 07:25:53 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:54524 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lGFWa-0005yv-2f for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 28 Feb 2021 01:25:52 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:56986) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lGFUY-0004vQ-P4 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 28 Feb 2021 01:23:46 -0500 Original-Received: from outbound-smtp11.blacknight.com ([46.22.139.106]:49875) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lGFUX-0001Qt-9z for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 28 Feb 2021 01:23:46 -0500 Original-Received: from mail.blacknight.com (pemlinmail06.blacknight.ie [81.17.255.152]) by outbound-smtp11.blacknight.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 866FE1C443D for ; Sun, 28 Feb 2021 06:23:43 +0000 (GMT) Original-Received: (qmail 5116 invoked from network); 28 Feb 2021 06:23:43 -0000 Original-Received: from unknown (HELO rt-inspiron-3480) (rt@robertthorpeconsulting.com@[51.37.90.145]) by 81.17.254.9 with ESMTPSA (AES256-SHA encrypted, authenticated); 28 Feb 2021 06:23:43 -0000 In-Reply-To: (message from Dan Hitt on Thu, 25 Feb 2021 11:59:42 -0800) Received-SPF: pass client-ip=46.22.139.106; envelope-from=rt@robertthorpeconsulting.com; helo=outbound-smtp11.blacknight.com X-Spam_score_int: -25 X-Spam_score: -2.6 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.6 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:128307 Archived-At: Dan Hitt writes: > Using latex, you can easily write some random formula like > \[ > \int_a^b |f(t)|^2 dt = \sum_{j=0}^{\infty} \alpha_j^2 > \] > After you convert the output dvi to pdf, it is easy to read. > > I would like to do something like this in an emacs buffer that has loads of > other things in it, without much trouble. Certainly i wouldn't want to > have to do anything multi-stage (like running latex, or compiling a file). You could try preview-latex. It doesn't put the latex into the same buffer though, it puts it into a separate buffer. Still, it could be useful if you don't want an org-mode based solution. BR, Robert Thorpe