From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Marcin Borkowski Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: input methods for mathematical glyphs Date: Wed, 08 Dec 2021 20:52:41 +0100 Message-ID: <87fsr2j2ly.fsf@mbork.pl> References: <87czm76of1.fsf@t14.reltub.ca> <83bl1rvwvl.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="3242"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: mu4e 1.1.0; emacs 28.0.50 Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Wed Dec 08 20:53:38 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 1mv30U-0000gB-8c for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 08 Dec 2021 20:53:38 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:36616 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mv30S-0006EW-So for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 08 Dec 2021 14:53:36 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:43614) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mv2zx-0006EJ-VX for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 08 Dec 2021 14:53:05 -0500 Original-Received: from mail.mojserwer.eu ([195.110.48.8]:44712) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mv2zt-0007ay-Lf; Wed, 08 Dec 2021 14:53:05 -0500 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.mojserwer.eu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9348BE6FFF; Wed, 8 Dec 2021 20:52:55 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at mail.mojserwer.eu Original-Received: from mail.mojserwer.eu ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mail.mojserwer.eu [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id NYtO8jDNP0tS; Wed, 8 Dec 2021 20:52:42 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from localhost (178235147228.dynamic-3-poz-k-0-1-0.vectranet.pl [178.235.147.228]) by mail.mojserwer.eu (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id F0649E61F6; Wed, 8 Dec 2021 20:52:41 +0100 (CET) In-reply-to: <83bl1rvwvl.fsf@gnu.org> Received-SPF: pass client-ip=195.110.48.8; envelope-from=mbork@mbork.pl; helo=mail.mojserwer.eu X-Spam_score_int: -25 X-Spam_score: -2.6 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.6 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H3=0.001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL=0.001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 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:134899 Archived-At: On 2021-12-08, at 18:18, Eli Zaretskii wrote: >> From: Leo Butler >> Date: Wed, 08 Dec 2021 10:40:02 -0600 >>=20 >> I have, for years, used abbrevs for entering greek letters (and several >> other commonly-used symbols in math). As I have learned how to use >> latex's support for other unicode math glyphs, I can see that my old >> solution does not scale and I would like to find an input method to >> easily input something like: >>=20 >> #+begin_src latex >> Let $=F0=9D=92=AF =E2=8A=82 =F0=9D=90=91$, $=F0=9D=92=AF =E2=89=A0 =E2= =88=85$, be a null set... >> #+end_src >>=20 >> I used C-x 8 RET to do this. I am ignorant of any input method that >> would do what I want (ucs may be the closest, but it only uses 4 digit >> hex, and who wants to memorize 4-5 digit hex numbers?) >>=20 >> Suggestions or thoughts? > > Did you try the 'TeX' input method? AFAIK, it was invented for these > purposes. I second that. I am fairly proficient in (La)TeX and I use it often to e.g. include math symbols in emails. Best, --=20 Marcin Borkowski http://mbork.pl