Thanks for the list! I do much the same thing and have an even longer list; not just Greek letters. Is there a better place to add to the list than here?
Rob... On Sunday, January 8, 2023 at 2:19:32 PM UTC-5 [email protected] wrote: > Sometimes I want to insert a Greek letter into text, often *sigma *or *mu*. > On Windows, at least, it's always annoying and clumsy. So I thought I'd > try out Leo's abbreviations, which I've never used in the past. It's > working well, so I've collected them here in case it will save someone else > some trouble. > > When you type one of the abbreviations (like alph;;), Leo replaces what > you typed with the corresponding text. That text can be long and > complicated, but here it's just a single symbol. The abbreviation > definitions must be copied into a settings node, best placed in > *myLeoSettings.leo*, and the node's headline must start with *@data > global-abbreviations* > to make them available in all outlines. My node has the headline > *@data global-abbreviations - Symbols. * Here is the content of the > node's body, ready to be copy-pasted: > > alph;;=α > beta;;=β > delt;;=δ > gam;;=γ > mu;;=μ > pi;;=π > sig;;=σ > > Delt;;=Δ > Sig;;=Σ > pm;;=± > > The abbreviations don't have to end with ";;" but that's easy to type and > unlikely to be typed for any other reason. That's probably why it's used > in many of the examples. > > To make abbreviations active you also have to add a new setting > @bool enable-abbreviations = True. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "leo-editor" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/leo-editor/9f4ecc80-0d11-4206-b47c-5361ef34b8c1n%40googlegroups.com.
