Re: [AUCTeX-devel] Bug#624735: Displays \it with an italic '\'

[Josh Triplett]

On Mon, May 09, 2011 at 09:40:39PM +0200, Ralf Angeli wrote:
> * Frank Küster (2011-05-03) writes:
> 
> > Ralf Angeli <address@hidden> wrote:
> >
> >> * Frank Küster (2011-05-01) writes:
> >>
> >>> Josh Triplett <address@hidden> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> In auctex mode, \it displays as italic, including the backslash.  An
> >>>> italic backslash ends up looking a lot like a pipe.  Please don't
> >>>> italicize the backslash.
> >>>
> >>> Is this still the case in recent auctex?
> >>
> >> Yes.  But only if the \it is not preceded by an opening brace.
> >
> > So you would actually call it a feature?
> 
> I'd say yes.  Fontifying the whole macro looks more consistent to me
> than fontifying only the part after the backslash.

Doing so makes the '\' look like a '|'.

- Josh Triplett