Re: LaTeX Keybindings for Math Symbols

["Ryan Krauss" <ryanlists@gmail.com>]

Thank you.  As I googled around for a while, I eventually came across
auctex, and it does seem like what I want.  I was not aware of it when
I made the original post, but I am now.

Thanks,

Ryan

On 4/27/06, Maarten Bergvelt <bergv@math.uiuc.edu> wrote:
> In article <mailman.1028.1146150618.9609.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>,
> Ryan Krauss wrote:
>
> > I would like to create Latex keybindings for math symbols (or find
> > out what they are if they already exist).  For example, in Vim I
> > used to have mappings for `t -> \tau so that typing ` and then a
> > english character would insert the Latex math code for the
> > corresponding greek symbol (`a would insert \alpha and `b would
> > insert \beta ...).
> >
> > My first attempts at writing a key binding have failed:
> > (global-set-key "`q" "\theta")
> > leads to:
> > error: "Key sequence ` q uses invalid prefix characters"
> >
> > So, I think part of the problem is that I need a valid set of
> > short-cut keys where I can set a,b,d,t, q, w, ...  versions to things.
> >
> > Do such mappings for latex greek characters already exist?  If not,
> > can someone help me with an example of a valid global-set-key?
>
> Are you aware of the existence of AucTeX?
>
> http://www.gnu.org/software/auctex/
>
> It looks as if you want to reinvent the wheel. In particular if you
> enter Math Mode 'a inserts \alpha.
> --
> Maarten Bergvelt
>
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