I can imagine a case where one is converting something from another format, maybe copy/paste which only produces plain text. Some additional editting will be needed, but for lone symbols (e.g., in "Let H be a subgroup of G"), this would be useful.
John On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 8:21 AM, Tassilo Horn <[email protected]> wrote: > Mosè Giordano <[email protected]> writes: > > Hi Mosè, > > > I'm sending a patch to wrap dollars around active region typing `$'. > > This is controlled by a new customizable variable, the default > > behavior isn't changed, but I had to remove the line > > (put 'TeX-insert-dollar 'delete-selection t) > > from the end of `tex.el'. Any comments? > > Not sure if that's a valuable feature. At least, it doesn't happen very > frequently that I write down some formula and forget to enclose it with > $, but I don't have a strong opinion here. > > But I object to the 'double value. The usage of $$...$$ is discouraged > in LaTeX, so we shouldn't propagate it's usage. And it's usecase is > handled anyway by > > 1. set the region containing the formula > 2. C-c C-e displaymath RET > > Ok, that's a bit longer than just doing 1 and then $, but really, who > forgets to insert some proper math environment before starting to write > a formula? > > Bye, > Tassilo > > > _______________________________________________ > auctex-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/auctex-devel >
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