From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Emanuel Berg Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: artist-mode/aa2u Date: Sun, 25 May 2014 22:52:33 +0200 Organization: Aioe.org NNTP Server Message-ID: <87mwe5r372.fsf@debian.uxu> References: <87fvk012fi.fsf@debian.uxu> <8761kw58n4.fsf@robertthorpeconsulting.com> <37293ee1-d9de-43d8-8a4e-ce1929bc2b1d@googlegroups.com> <871tvj9fsf.fsf_-_@debian.uxu> <87bnulsvt2.fsf@debian.uxu> <082ef9f0-91a7-4c17-98b2-62f35f2f37e9@googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1401051331 1356 80.91.229.3 (25 May 2014 20:55:31 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 25 May 2014 20:55:31 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun May 25 22:55:25 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1WofS0-0001Wk-BR for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 25 May 2014 22:55:24 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:53433 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WofRz-0002ck-V2 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 25 May 2014 16:55:23 -0400 Original-Path: usenet.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed1.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!news.stack.nl!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 25 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: u+UUXbnu1hlDFr5pMibebQ.user.speranza.aioe.org Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3 (gnu/linux) X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 Cancel-Lock: sha1:6RAKYbIPphfCJYMLTTCXyAXtovU= Mail-Copies-To: never Original-Xref: usenet.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:205593 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 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.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:97863 Archived-At: Rusi writes: > Inserting α is identical to inserting \alpha – just > use tex input method in emacs Do you type \alpha and it (well) "expands" to the Greek letter? Like an abbrev? If so, I don't like that, I like what I type is what I get. > Of course in the long run even this is way too much. > > I need one keystroke to type an 'a' 1½ (that is > 1-and-a-half if you cant see it) to type a 'A' — a > shift+A chord. I would expect all standard heavily > used keys to be upto 3-4 keystrokes away. eg the half > above is 3 keys: Compose+1+2. [Ive set compose to the > Windows-menu key] I still think it is much better just to type \alpha. Faster and more solid. Five years from now, you still remember it. -- underground experts united: http://user.it.uu.se/~embe8573