[OS X TeX] Re: MacOSX-TeX Digest, Vol 48, Issue 5

[Ulrich Groh]

>> 
>> Maybe a simple answer available, but ..
>> 
>> I would like to have \{ completed by the esc-key to \{ ∙ \} and I have entered 
>> \{:=\{ #INS#•#INS# \} into the CommandCompletion.txt file. But nothing happens. Is this not possible?
>> 
>> Ulrich
>> 
> 
> Howdy,
> 
> Not possible because { is one of the left hand terminator keys so when you type
> 
> \{ and then Esc (or Tab if you have that set as the trigger key) it goes backward, reads the { and stops since there is nothing to complete.
> 
> However, why not use
> 
> \braces:=\{ #INS#•#INS# \}•
> 
> and then when you put in
> 
> \br and Esc you'll get
> 
> \{|•|\}•
> 
> where |•| is a selected Mark, •. I used the \ version, even though it's an extra character to type, because it guarantees the terminator so x\br will expand to x\{... while, without the \ in the definition of the abbreviation xbr won't work properly.
> 
> Good Luck,
> 
> Herb Schulz
> (herbs at wideopenwest dot com)

Herb, thanks for this solution and the explanation.

Regards
Ulrich