Hi, thank you for dealing with this. The suggested C-q works fine for me.
I think it adds to the discussion that while AUCTeX prevents me from entering "$", it happily allows me to enter the equivalent "\(" in an equation environment. I just did it:
\begin{equation}
\label{eq:1}
\(kkk\)
\end{equation}
This could be another workaround.
In my opinion (just a longtime user's opinion), this direction of "let us prevent the user from making a mistake as he types" doesn't seem essential, and it apparently leads to serious complications in implementation. A user can be really creative in making stupid mistakes but we do not expect AUCTeX to prevent us from making them. One error I repeatedly make is enter an equation environment in align (this is because I leave the cursor at the wrong place when typing "C-c C-e"). AUCTeX lets me do similar stuff:
\begin{equation}
\label{eq:1}
\(kkk\)
\begin{equation}
\label{eq:2}
\end{equation}
\end{equation}
It is similar in my mind to autocorrect on a cell phone where I enter something and autocorrect sends a different message.
Having said that, I emphasize that AUCTeX is fantastic, and I have been using it in my work for decades.
Máté
Ikumi Keita <
ikumi@ikumi.que.jp> ezt írta (időpont: 2022. szept. 10., Szo, 3:51):
>
> >>>>> Arash Esbati <
arash@gnu.org> writes:
> >> Then, how about adding supplementary instruction to the message which
> >> `TeX-insert-dollar' shows? For example,
> >> Math mode started with `...' cannot be closed with dollar. You can
> >> insert it anyway by C-q $.
>
> > I'd suggest to say "You can insert it anyway by C-u $" which is more in
> > line with the docstring of `TeX-insert-dollar'. Does it make sense?
>
> Yes, of course.
>
> Bye,
> Ikumi Keita
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