Re: Latex superscripts, subscripts and curly braces

[Thibaut Verron <thibaut.verron@gmail.com>]

From: Emanuel Berg <incal@dataswamp.org>
>> Sent: Sat Dec 31 21:54:16 CET 2022
>> To: <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
>> Subject: Re: Latex superscripts, subscripts and curly braces
>>
>>
>> Hans Lonsdale wrote:
>>
>>> I am using latex-mode, which is able to shift superscripts
>>> upwards, and subscripts downwards, using a smaller font.
>>> For simple cases the shifting works well.
>> Are we talking when you edit the source?
> Perhaps there can be two levels, one showing _^ {} and a setting to show things without them.

Hi,

org-mode can do it with (setq org-pretty-entities t) and (setq 
org-pretty-entities-include-sub-superscripts).

I cannot find any setting to do the same thing with latex buffers, but 
it should certainly be possible to at least reproduce org's implementation.

For that it's worth, I usually *disable* such things, because they make 
it very awkward to edit subscripts and superscripts. The effect is that 
the ^ _ and the braces are hidden, but they can still be input and 
deleted, and in my experience it's very easy to end up in broken 
configurations with that.

Instead, I use a proportional font, which makes the braces thin enough 
to not be annoying. And the scripts are only shifted up or down without 
changing their size -- that may come from my theme, I can't find 
anything in my config for that. All together, even long scripts are very 
easy to visualize and edit.

Best wishes,

Thibaut