[OS X TeX] Customizing Emacs.

[Andrea Riciputi]

Thanks, your suggestions have been usefull. I'll try to put them at 
work.

Andrea.

On 29 Nov 2004, at 16:09, Frederick Hoyt wrote:

> I have found abbreviations to be very helpful for the kinds of 
> functions you describe. For example, I use \emph, \textbf, \textsc, 
> and a bunch of other environment commands all the time, so I have 
> abbreviations defined for these. If I type "emph" followed by a "{", 
> the "emph" is changed to "\emph" automatically.
>
> To set up abbreviations, add these lines to your .emacs file:
>
> (setq-default abbrev-mode t)
> (read-abbrev-file "~/.abbrev_defs")
> (setq save-abbrevs t)
>
> To define an abbreviation, type the abbreviation string, and then 
> ctrl+x+a+i+g. A prompt will appear in the command buffer asking you 
> for an expansion. For example, type "emph", and then ctrl+x+a+i+g, and 
> you see "Global expansion for "emph":" Type "\emph" and you're done.
>
> I have also defined a macro that allows me to select a word and 
> enclose it in an \emph{} command. To do this, select the word, then 
> type ctrl+x+shift+9 to start defining a macro. Then cut the word, type 
> \emph{, paste the word, close the brackets, and type ctrl+x+shift+0 to 
> close the macro. Then type alt+x name-last-kbd-macro to name the macro 
> - I call it just emph. Having done that, I can just select a word, 
> type alt+x emph and the word has the \emph{} command wrapped around 
> it.
>
> I'm sure that you could also bind this macro to a keystroke, but I 
> haven't done that and can't tell you how.
>
> Fred Hoyt
>
>
>
> \On Nov 29, 2004, at 8:45 AM, Andrea Riciputi wrote:
>
>> I'm speaking of having keyboard shorcuts bounded to some frequently 
>> used LaTeX commands, such as \emph{}, \mbox{}, \frac{}{}, ^{}, _{} 
>> and other, like Alpha did in past times. (Actually I know Alpha is 
>> still there, but for several reason I prefer to stay with emacs now). 
>> Furthermore I'd be very very happy to make AucTeX AMSLaTeX aware, it 
>> should sound strange but I've not ever been able to get it working. 
>> :-(
>>
>> And yes, I've read the f***ing manual but it's so terse that was of 
>> no help (at least for me). I've also asked for help on AucTeX list, 
>> but it seems that my questions were too basic for those guys. :-(
>>
>> Just a little example. If I try to type '\em' and then hit M-tab or 
>> C-c C-m I can't get the expected (and desired) completion '\emph{}'
>>
>> Another example. When I want to type in an equation with, let say, 
>> the integral symbol it should be nice to have a dialog that asks for 
>> lower and upper bounds of integration and return the right LaTeX 
>> input.
>>
>> Anyone here has ever managed things like these?
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>>   Andrea.
>>
>> On 29 Nov 2004, at 15:14, Frederick Hoyt wrote:
>>
>>> I'm not sure which functionalities you're speaking of, but I used to 
>>> use TexShop (and still do, sometimes), and have been able to 
>>> reproduce some if its features in Emacs by defining macros and 
>>> abbreviations. I find these extremely useful.
>>>
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