Re: LaTeX-editing TEXTAREAs using w3m?

[Andreas Politz]

Paul R wrote:
> On Mon, 29 Sep 2008 13:56:15 +0200, Nicolas Neuss 
> <lastname@math.uni-karlsruhe.de> said:
>
> Nicolas> One possible remedy would be to use w3m and switch on LaTeX
> Nicolas> mode when editing textareas. I have tried this, and the
> Nicolas> straightforward way did not work (that is, the w3m
> Nicolas> information did get lost when I did M-x latex-mode). Does
> Nicolas> anyone know if such a feature is easily possible?
>
> I guess you'll have to edit your LaTeX code in a temporary LaTeX-mode
> buffer then paste it back to your browser text box.


Or try the indirect buffer feature. Something like this :

(defun edit-latex (start end)
  (interactive "r")
  (switch-to-buffer
   (make-indirect-buffer (current-buffer) "*edit-latex*" t))
  (narrow-to-region start end)
  (toggle-read-only -1)
  (latex-mode))

-ap