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Re: Useful key sequences for latex in emacs
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Steve Revilak |
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Re: Useful key sequences for latex in emacs |
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Wed, 16 Mar 2011 17:51:55 -0400 |
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I'm writing a latex documents, and it's boring to build a table word
by word. Is there any useful shortcuts in emacs for latex that allows
to build tables, to include images quickly? For example, having a key
sequence to build an table automatically in emacs
I write a lot latex with emacs (using latex mode). The key sequence
that I find most helpful is C-c C-e (aka latex-close-block). C-c C-e
finds the most recent \begin{FOO} and inserts the matching \end{FOO}.
I don't know of any dedicated latex-mode commands for building tables
or stubbing out figure environments. But I can suggest two
alternatives.
The first alternative is abbrev mode. You could (say) define an
abbrev that inserts
\begin{figure}
\begin{center}
\includegraphics{}
\end{center}
\caption{}\label{}
\end{figure}
whenever you type "ltxfigure".
For more on abbrevs, see
M-x info RET
M-x Info-goto-note RET (Emacs)Abbrevs RET
Alternative two: for tables, I sometimes find that it's easier to
write the table using org-mode, have org-mode convert the table to
latex, and then insert the generated table back into the .tex file.
M-x org-info
And look for sections on "Tables" and "export".
Steve
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