Dreaming in XEmacs

Dreaming in XEmacs

[Joe Corneli]

Hello --

Here are a couple of things I'd really like to see -- if they
exist, I'd like to know about them, if not, it would be interesting
to hear some discussion/hints about how to write the necessary code.

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
Item 1.  Real-time array neatener for XEmacs
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

I use XEmacs to write TeX code and when I encounter an array (especially a
big one) I usually begin to feel a bit of a panic.  Wouldn't it be nice if
XEmacs kept the &'s lined up vertically, so that this took 15 seconds or
less to write (instead of a minute or so of tedious fiddling):

$$
\begin{array}{ccc}
0          & 1     & \alpha \\
\mathbf{F} & \beta & 1      \\
0          & 1     & \gamma \\
\end{array}
$$

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
Item 2. Small font size for arrays.
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

When I started using XEmacs a lot, I set up my configuration file to use a
fairly big default font, 22pt I think -- in general, this seems to be the
best way to use my "screen real estate".  But when I come to an array I
would prefer to switch back to 10pt or so.  Presumably this is pretty easy
to set up (whatever file makes \emph{italic} italic and $\alpha$ a
different color and $$\alpha$$ a different color still can presumably be
edited to support this).  Any clues about the code (I don't want to mess
this particular file up!)?


Thanks --

Joe Corneli

Re: Dreaming in XEmacs

[Ittay Dror]

On Mon, 2003-02-10 at 06:40, Joe Corneli wrote:
> Hello --
> 
> Here are a couple of things I'd really like to see -- if they
> exist, I'd like to know about them, if not, it would be interesting
> to hear some discussion/hints about how to write the necessary code.
> 
> %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
> Item 1.  Real-time array neatener for XEmacs
> %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
> 
> I use XEmacs to write TeX code and when I encounter an array (especially a
> big one) I usually begin to feel a bit of a panic.  Wouldn't it be nice if
> XEmacs kept the &'s lined up vertically, so that this took 15 seconds or
> less to write (instead of a minute or so of tedious fiddling):
> 
> $$
> \begin{array}{ccc}
> 0          & 1     & \alpha \\
> \mathbf{F} & \beta & 1      \\
> 0          & 1     & \gamma \\
> \end{array}
> $$
i think the align package will do that for you.

> 
> %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
> Item 2. Small font size for arrays.
> %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
> 
> When I started using XEmacs a lot, I set up my configuration file to use a
> fairly big default font, 22pt I think -- in general, this seems to be the
> best way to use my "screen real estate".  But when I come to an array I
> would prefer to switch back to 10pt or so.  Presumably this is pretty easy
> to set up (whatever file makes \emph{italic} italic and $\alpha$ a
> different color and $$\alpha$$ a different color still can presumably be
> edited to support this).  Any clues about the code (I don't want to mess
> this particular file up!)?
> 
> 
> Thanks --
> 
> Joe Corneli
> 
> 
> 
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Re: Dreaming in XEmacs

[Joe Corneli]

On 10 Feb 2003, Ittay Dror wrote:

> > %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
> > Item 1.  Real-time array neatener for XEmacs
> > %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

> i think the align package will do that for you.

I suppose I can make do real-time neatening without too much trouble...
ok. Thanks!

Joe

Re: Dreaming in XEmacs

[Kai Großjohann]

Joe Corneli <jcorneli@mail.ma.utexas.edu> writes:

> %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
> Item 1.  Real-time array neatener for XEmacs
> %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
>
> I use XEmacs to write TeX code and when I encounter an array (especially a
> big one) I usually begin to feel a bit of a panic.  Wouldn't it be nice if
> XEmacs kept the &'s lined up vertically, so that this took 15 seconds or
> less to write (instead of a minute or so of tedious fiddling):
>
> $$
> \begin{array}{ccc}
> 0          & 1     & \alpha \\
> \mathbf{F} & \beta & 1      \\
> 0          & 1     & \gamma \\
> \end{array}
> $$

(I'm surprised about the `$$'.)

Try the align.el package.  I do M-x align-current RET, and there I am.
-- 
A turnip curses Elvis

Re: Dreaming in XEmacs

[Miles Bader]

Joe Corneli <jcorneli@mail.ma.utexas.edu> writes:
> I use XEmacs to write TeX code and when I encounter an array (especially a
> big one) I usually begin to feel a bit of a panic.  Wouldn't it be nice if
> XEmacs kept the &'s lined up vertically

I don't know about XEmacs, but in Emacs (this is nominally an Emacs list),
you can just select the table and use `M-x align'.

-Miles
-- 
o The existentialist, not having a pillow, goes everywhere with the book by
  Sullivan, _I am going to spit on your graves_.

Re: Dreaming in XEmacs

[David Kastrup]

Joe Corneli <jcorneli@mail.ma.utexas.edu> writes:

> Here are a couple of things I'd really like to see -- if they
> exist, I'd like to know about them, if not, it would be interesting
> to hear some discussion/hints about how to write the necessary code.
> 
> %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
> Item 1.  Real-time array neatener for XEmacs
> %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
> 
> I use XEmacs to write TeX code and when I encounter an array (especially a
> big one) I usually begin to feel a bit of a panic.  Wouldn't it be nice if
> XEmacs kept the &'s lined up vertically, so that this took 15 seconds or
> less to write (instead of a minute or so of tedious fiddling):
> 
> $$
> \begin{array}{ccc}
> 0          & 1     & \alpha \\
> \mathbf{F} & \beta & 1      \\
> 0          & 1     & \gamma \\
> \end{array}
> $$

M-x align-current RET from align.el (part of GNU Emacs, maybe
somebody has already ported it).


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