Re: Math symbols

[Augusto Stoffel <arstoffel@gmail.com>]

On Sat, 24 Sep 2022 at 10:21, Eli Zaretskii wrote:

> I'd prefer not to add ways of input beyond what we already have,
> unless the IM framework cannot support it.  Since the TeX input method
> demonstrates (I think) that IM framework can support these symbols,
> introducing yet another way of inputing those characters sounds like
> unnecessary complication to me.

The input method is good when, say, you want to add some simple formulas
in plain text in an email.

There are other use cases, though.  Suppose you are writing a paper in
TeX and you want to insert (the command that generates) a × with a box
around it.  How do you figure out the command is called “\boxtimes”?
The analogue of C-x 8 RET for TeX names is helpful for this.