electric pair mode and latex

electric pair mode and latex

[Laurent Hoeltgen]

Hi,

electric pair mode automatically closes parentheses like (,[,{,... Can I
customize this such that when I edit a latex document it also closes
expressions like \left( with \right)?

Regards,
Laurent

Re: electric pair mode and latex

[Jeremiah Dodds]

Laurent Hoeltgen <hoeltgman@gmail.com> writes:

> Hi,
>
> electric pair mode automatically closes parentheses like (,[,{,... Can I
> customize this such that when I edit a latex document it also closes
> expressions like \left( with \right)?
>
> Regards,
> Laurent

Yup, see 'electric-pair-pairs'

Re: electric pair mode and latex

[Laurent Hoeltgen]

On 06/20/2012 07:50 AM, Jeremiah Dodds wrote:
> Laurent Hoeltgen <hoeltgman@gmail.com> writes:
> 
>> Hi,
>>
>> electric pair mode automatically closes parentheses like (,[,{,... Can I
>> customize this such that when I edit a latex document it also closes
>> expressions like \left( with \right)?
>>
>> Regards,
>> Laurent
> 
> Yup, see 'electric-pair-pairs'
> 

Hi,

if I try to change this option (through the customize interface) by
adding \left( and \right) to the list, emacs complains with the
following message:

Saving electric-pair-pairs: This field should contain a single character.

Regards,
Laurent

Re: electric pair mode and latex

[Jeremiah Dodds]

Laurent Hoeltgen <hoeltgman@gmail.com> writes:

> On 06/20/2012 07:50 AM, Jeremiah Dodds wrote:
>> Laurent Hoeltgen <hoeltgman@gmail.com> writes:
>> 
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> electric pair mode automatically closes parentheses like (,[,{,... Can I
>>> customize this such that when I edit a latex document it also closes
>>> expressions like \left( with \right)?
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Laurent
>> 
>> Yup, see 'electric-pair-pairs'
>> 
>
> Hi,
>
> if I try to change this option (through the customize interface) by
> adding \left( and \right) to the list, emacs complains with the
> following message:
>
> Saving electric-pair-pairs: This field should contain a single character.
>
> Regards,
> Laurent

Sorry for the disinfo, I didn't actually attempt to customize it, only
saw that it was customizable, and assumed that it would allow arbitrary,
as opposed to single-character-only pair definitions.

Perhaps you can get something working with skeleton-mode
(http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/SkeletonPair) ? 

Re: electric pair mode and latex

[Andreas Röhler]

Am 20.06.2012 07:41, schrieb Laurent Hoeltgen:
> Hi,
>
> electric pair mode automatically closes parentheses like (,[,{,... Can I
> customize this such that when I edit a latex document it also closes
> expressions like \left( with \right)?
>
> Regards,
> Laurent
>
>

noted, as it's not so far away

https://blueprints.launchpad.net/s-x-emacs-werkstatt/+spec/electric

Re: electric pair mode and latex

[Stefan Monnier]

> electric pair mode automatically closes parentheses like (,[,{,... Can I
> customize this such that when I edit a latex document it also closes
> expressions like \left( with \right)?

I don't think you can right now.  But patches to enable such things
would be welcome,


        Stefan

Re: electric pair mode and latex

[Laurent Hoeltgen]

On 06/20/2012 02:41 PM, Jeremiah Dodds wrote:
> Laurent Hoeltgen <hoeltgman@gmail.com> writes:
> 
>> On 06/20/2012 07:50 AM, Jeremiah Dodds wrote:
>>> Laurent Hoeltgen <hoeltgman@gmail.com> writes:
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> electric pair mode automatically closes parentheses like (,[,{,... Can I
>>>> customize this such that when I edit a latex document it also closes
>>>> expressions like \left( with \right)?
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Laurent
>>>
>>> Yup, see 'electric-pair-pairs'
>>>
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> if I try to change this option (through the customize interface) by
>> adding \left( and \right) to the list, emacs complains with the
>> following message:
>>
>> Saving electric-pair-pairs: This field should contain a single character.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Laurent
> 
> Sorry for the disinfo, I didn't actually attempt to customize it, only
> saw that it was customizable, and assumed that it would allow arbitrary,
> as opposed to single-character-only pair definitions.
> 
> Perhaps you can get something working with skeleton-mode
> (http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/SkeletonPair) ? 
> 

Hi,

after a bit of googling I actually found this:

http://inthearmchair.wordpress.com/2008/11/01/automatically-inserting-matching-parentheses-for-latex-in-emacs/

which does exactly what I want.

Regards,
Laurent