From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
Subject: TeX input method
Date: Mon, 02 Oct 2006 15:40:47 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwvbqou1pt1.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (raw)
I like the TeX input method and tend to turn it on in ever more buffers.
But as I do that I start to bump into cases where it annoys me.
Overall it's a pretty discrete input method, but I recently got annoyed by
some of the keys it uses.
I'm sure other people have other pet peeves, but here are my two main
problems and suggestion to fix each.
- First problem: ~ is mapped to the non-breaking space. It actually took me
a while to understand why my ~ key didn't insert a tilde: TeX usually only
fiddles with key sequences, so you get to see visually that thjere's
something going on (because of the underscored text, and the echo area
output). I suggest to leave ~ alone and use `\ SPC' for nbsp.
But then inserting \ can become a bit cumbersome (although C-q \ still
works), so maybe this should be complemented by a mapping from `\ \' -> \.
Here is the patch hunk I'm using right now in latin-ltx.el for that:
@@ -901,7 +901,8 @@
("\\Bbb{Z}" ?ℤ)
("--" ?–)
("---" ?—)
- ("~" ? ) ; nbsp
+ ("\\\\" ?\\)
+ ("\\ " ? ) ;; ("~" ? ) ; nbsp ; Hijacking ~ would be too annoying.
("\\mu" ?μ)
("\\rho" ?ρ)
("\\mathscr{I}" ?ℐ) ; moment of inertia
- Second problem: the TeX input method uses a leading { even though it's not
necessary: all the corresponding chars can be input with a simpler
key-sequence (just skip the { and }). E.g. the german ß can be input with
`{ \ s s }' or with `\ s s'.
So I think we should remove those redundant key-sequences and thus free
the { key. See attached patch for that.
Stefan
--- orig/leim/quail/latin-ltx.el
+++ mod/leim/quail/latin-ltx.el
@@ -45,17 +45,17 @@
(quail-define-rules
("!`" ?¡)
- ("{\\pounds}" ?£) ("\\pounds" ?£)
- ("{\\S}" ?§) ("\\S" ?§)
+ ("\\pounds" ?£) ;; ("{\\pounds}" ?£)
+ ("\\S" ?§) ;; ("{\\S}" ?§)
("\\\"{}" ?¨)
- ("{\\copyright}" ?©) ("\\copyright" ?©)
+ ("\\copyright" ?©) ;; ("{\\copyright}" ?©)
("$^a$" ?ª)
("\\={}" ?¯)
("$\\pm$" ?±) ("\\pm" ?±)
("$^2$" ?²)
("$^3$" ?³)
("\\'{}" ?´)
- ("{\\P}" ?¶) ("\\P" ?¶)
+ ("\\P" ?¶) ;; ("{\\P}" ?¶)
;; Fixme: Yudit has the equivalent of ("\\cdot" ?⋅), for U+22C5, DOT
;; OPERATOR, whereas · is MIDDLE DOT. JadeTeX translates both to
;; \cdot.
@@ -71,8 +71,8 @@
("\\~{A}" ?Ã) ("\\~A" ?Ã)
("\\\"{A}" ?Ä) ("\\\"A" ?Ä)
("\\\k{A}" ?Ą)
- ("{\\AA}" ?Å) ("\\AA" ?Å)
- ("{\\AE}" ?Æ) ("\\AE" ?Æ)
+ ("\\AA" ?Å) ;; ("{\\AA}" ?Å)
+ ("\\AE" ?Æ) ;; ("{\\AE}" ?Æ)
("\\c{C}" ?Ç) ("\\cC" ?Ç)
("\\`{E}" ?È) ("\\`E" ?È)
("\\'{E}" ?É) ("\\'E" ?É)
@@ -93,14 +93,14 @@
("\\\"{O}" ?Ö) ("\\\"O" ?Ö)
("\\\k{O}" ?Ǫ)
("$\\times$" ?×) ("\\times" ?×)
- ("{\\O}" ?Ø) ("\\O" ?Ø)
+ ("\\O" ?Ø) ;; ("{\\O}" ?Ø)
("\\`{U}" ?Ù) ("\\`U" ?Ù)
("\\'{U}" ?Ú) ("\\'U" ?Ú)
("\\^{U}" ?Û) ("\\^U" ?Û)
("\\\"{U}" ?Ü) ("\\\"U" ?Ü)
("\\\k{U}" ?Ų)
("\\'{Y}" ?Ý) ("\\'Y" ?Ý)
- ("{\\ss}" ?ß) ("\\ss" ?ß)
+ ("\\ss" ?ß) ;; ("{\\ss}" ?ß)
("\\`{a}" ?à) ("\\`a" ?à)
("\\'{a}" ?á) ("\\'a" ?á)
@@ -108,8 +108,8 @@
("\\~{a}" ?ã) ("\\~a" ?ã)
("\\\"{a}" ?ä) ("\\\"a" ?ä)
("\\\k{a}" ?ą)
- ("{\\aa}" ?å) ("\\aa" ?å)
- ("{\\ae}" ?æ) ("\\ae" ?æ)
+ ("\\aa" ?å) ;; ("{\\aa}" ?å)
+ ("\\ae" ?æ) ;; ("{\\ae}" ?æ)
("\\c{c}" ?ç) ("\\cc" ?ç)
("\\`{e}" ?è) ("\\`e" ?è)
("\\'{e}" ?é) ("\\'e" ?é)
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@
("\\\"{o}" ?ö) ("\\\"o" ?ö)
("\\\k{o}" ?ǫ)
("$\\div$" ?÷) ("\\div" ?÷)
- ("{\\o}" ?ø) ("\\o" ?ø)
+ ("\\o" ?ø) ;; ("{\\o}" ?ø)
("\\`{u}" ?ù) ("\\`u" ?ù)
("\\'{u}" ?ú) ("\\'u" ?ú)
("\\^{u}" ?û) ("\\^u" ?û)
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@
("\\u{\\i}" ?ĭ) ("\\ui" ?ĭ)
("\\.{I}" ?İ) ("\\.I" ?İ)
- ("{\\i}" ?ı) ("\\i" ?ı)
+ ("\\i" ?ı) ;; ("{\\i}" ?ı)
("\\^{J}" ?Ĵ) ("\\^J" ?Ĵ)
("\\^{\\j}" ?ĵ) ("\\^j" ?ĵ)
("\\c{K}" ?Ķ) ("\\cK" ?Ķ)
@@ -191,8 +191,8 @@
("\\c{L}" ?Ļ) ("\\cL" ?Ļ)
("\\c{l}" ?ļ) ("\\cl" ?ļ)
- ("{\\L}" ?Ł) ("\\L" ?Ł)
- ("{\\l}" ?ł) ("\\l" ?ł)
+ ("\\L" ?Ł) ;; ("{\\L}" ?Ł)
+ ("\\l" ?ł) ;; ("{\\l}" ?ł)
("\\'{N}" ?Ń) ("\\'N" ?Ń)
("\\'{n}" ?ń) ("\\'n" ?ń)
("\\c{N}" ?Ņ) ("\\cN" ?Ņ)
@@ -206,8 +206,8 @@
("\\H{O}" ?Ő) ("\\HO" ?Ő)
("\\U{o}" ?ő) ("\\Uo" ?ő)
- ("{\\OE}" ?Œ) ("\\OE" ?Œ)
- ("{\\oe}" ?œ) ("\\oe" ?œ)
+ ("\\OE" ?Œ) ;; ("{\\OE}" ?Œ)
+ ("\\oe" ?œ) ;; ("{\\oe}" ?œ)
("\\'{R}" ?Ŕ) ("\\'R" ?Ŕ)
("\\'{r}" ?ŕ) ("\\'r" ?ŕ)
("\\c{R}" ?Ŗ) ("\\cR" ?Ŗ)
next reply other threads:[~2006-10-02 19:40 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-10-02 19:40 Stefan Monnier [this message]
2006-10-03 13:17 ` TeX input method David Kastrup
2006-10-03 13:50 ` Stefan Monnier
2006-10-03 13:56 ` David Kastrup
2006-10-03 14:29 ` Stefan Monnier
2006-10-04 2:55 ` Kenichi Handa
2006-10-05 5:30 ` Miles Bader
2006-10-05 7:26 ` David Kastrup
2006-10-05 13:39 ` Stefan Monnier
2006-10-05 13:59 ` Stefan Monnier
2006-10-05 14:19 ` David Kastrup
2006-10-05 14:52 ` Stefan Monnier
2006-10-06 8:16 ` Kim F. Storm
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