Re: tex-mode.el

[Christopher Dimech <dimech@gmx.com>]

> Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2021 at 8:13 AM
> From: tomas@tuxteam.de
> To: "Christopher Dimech" <dimech@gmx.com>
> Cc: moasenwood@zoho.eu, help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
> Subject: Re: tex-mode.el
>
> On Tue, Feb 09, 2021 at 07:26:14PM +0100, Christopher Dimech wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > > Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2021 at 6:15 AM
> > > From: "Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor" <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
> > > To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
> > > Subject: Re: tex-mode.el
> > >
> > > Christopher Dimech wrote:
> > >
> > > > Have been trying to disable the "suscript" option
> > >
> > > OK, one step at a time, what option is that, exactly?
> > >
> > > And what does it do that you don't want?
> >
> > tex-font-lock-match-suscript matches superscripts (matching part following ^)
> > and subscripts (matching part following _).  An example is "\alpha^i" and
> > "\beta_j".
> >
> > Then "tex-font-lock-suscript" elevates the letter "i" and lowers the letter
> > "j".
> >
> > I want to have a function that displays the text normally, without having
> > to change the major mode.
>
> Perhaps you're better off by tweaking those variables:
>
>     (defcustom tex-font-script-display '(-0.2 0.2)
>       "How much to lower and raise subscript and superscript content.
>     This is a list of two floats.  The first is negative and
>     specifies how much subscript is lowered, the second is positive
>     and specifies how much superscript is raised.  Heights are
>     measured relative to that of the normal text."
>       :group 'tex
>       :type '(list (float :tag "Subscript")
>                    (float :tag "Superscript"))
>       :version "23.1")
>
> (defined in tex-mode.el) -- try '(0.0 0.0) to lower/raise sub-/superscripts by
> zero, and
>
>     (defcustom tex-suscript-height-ratio 0.8
>       "Ratio of subscript/superscript height to that of the preceding text.
>     In nested subscript/superscript, this factor is applied repeatedly,
>     subject to the limit set by `tex-suscript-height-minimum'."
>       :type 'float
>       :group 'tex
>       :version "23.1")
>
> (likewise) -- try 0.0 to keep the size equal to the main font. Something
> like
>
>   (setq tex-font-script-display '(0.0 0.0))
>   (setq tex-suscript-height-ratio 1.0)
>
> or its custom equivalent (maybe via the customize interface?)

Have tried your suggestion, but once the typeface is activated,
re-setting tex-font-script-display and tex-suscript-height-ratio
does not revert to the original (i.e. equivalent to disabling the
tex major made).


> Cheers
>  - t
>