From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: =?utf-8?Q?=C3=93scar_Fuentes?= Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Looking for a way to insert formulas involving sums and integrals into a buffer Date: Thu, 25 Feb 2021 21:38:29 +0100 Message-ID: <875z2f992y.fsf@telefonica.net> 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="2177"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: Help Gnu Emacs To: Dan Hitt Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Thu Feb 25 21:39:35 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 1lFNQ6-0000SO-Ou for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 25 Feb 2021 21:39:34 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:40484 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lFNQ5-0002kR-RL for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 25 Feb 2021 15:39:33 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:47080) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lFNPC-0002kI-7Y for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 25 Feb 2021 15:38:38 -0500 Original-Received: from relayout03.e.movistar.es ([86.109.101.203]:18195 helo=relayout03-redir.e.movistar.es) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lFNP9-0001aT-I7 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 25 Feb 2021 15:38:37 -0500 Original-Received: from sky (211.red-79-146-31.dynamicip.rima-tde.net [79.146.31.211]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: 981711563@telefonica.net) by relayout03.e.movistar.es (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 4Dml460h3SzMlWq; Thu, 25 Feb 2021 21:38:29 +0100 (CET) In-Reply-To: (Dan Hitt's message of "Thu, 25 Feb 2021 11:59:42 -0800") X-TnetOut-Country: IP: 79.146.31.211 | Country: ES X-TnetOut-Information: AntiSPAM and AntiVIRUS on relayout03 X-TnetOut-MsgID: 4Dml460h3SzMlWq.A7303 X-TnetOut-SpamCheck: no es spam, clean X-TnetOut-From: ofv@wanadoo.es X-TnetOut-Watermark: 1614890310.29644@ZqawCy0/auEwWqKQtcqmNw Received-SPF: softfail client-ip=86.109.101.203; envelope-from=ofv@wanadoo.es; helo=relayout03-redir.e.movistar.es X-Spam_score_int: -11 X-Spam_score: -1.2 X-Spam_bar: - X-Spam_report: (-1.2 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_SOFTFAIL=0.665 autolearn=no 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:128264 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). [snip] > The main requirement is that it be super-easy, without running additional > processes, and the result should be easily transportable (via copy/paste) > from buffer to buffer. Take a look at org-mode: https://orgmode.org/manual/LaTeX-fragments.html Org-mode comes built-in with Emacs. The documentation you have installed ( accesible with C-h i ) corresponds to your version, so use them instead of the online manual I linked to for reference.