[AUCTeX] Re: Fw: Question of a font problem.

[Surendra Singhi]

"Adam Johnson" <address@hidden> writes:

> sorry that always forget to copy to the AUCTeX list when I reply.
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Adam Johnson" <address@hidden>
> Subject: Re: [AUCTeX] Question of a font problem.
>
>>> It is actually a bad idea not to include the "argument" of _ in quotes
>>> most of the times since the user rarely known just _what_ may
>>> constitute a single math atom.
>
>  I agree.
>
>>> You mean, autoinsertion of braces so that the user will be more
>>> tempted to use them?
>
> Yes.  People maybe don't want to type {} if not necessary.  If a pair of {}
> are already inserted and the cursor inside them, then users just need to
> keep typing the super/sub-script as ususal, and use C-f  or other ways to
> jump out and keep typing the other parts.
> For testing, maybe it is a good idea to realize it as a turn-on/off option.

Cdlatex mode provides this functionality and maybe more. 

http://staff.science.uva.nl/~dominik/Tools/cdlatex/index.html

Its a pity that it is not integrated with AUCTeX and has to be installed
separately. 

-- 
Surendra Singhi
http://www.public.asu.edu/~sksinghi/index.html

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