[AUCTeX] Re: TeX input method in LaTeX

[Alan Ristow]

Reiner Steib wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 30 2006, David Kastrup wrote:
>
> > Alan Ristow <address@hidden> writes:
> > > (defun my-latex-setup ()
> > >   "Customize up my LaTeX environment."
> > >   (setq default-input-method "TeX"))
> > I'd use (set (make-local-variable 'default-input-method) "TeX") instead.
>
> I wonder what's the point of using the TeX input method in LaTeX
> files.  What's the advantage to have e.g. $α$ in the file instead of
> $\alpha$.

It actually never even occurred to me to use it in math mode. I find 
that it makes accented characters in text mode easier to read, though -- 
for example, Münich instead of M\"{u}nich.

Alan