Re: Abbreviations and backslash

[David Kastrup]

"Hodei Usabiaga" <hodei@euskalerria.org> writes:

> Hi everybody,
>
> Is it possible to include a backslash in the abbreviation under emacs? e.g.
> "\a" is replaced by "\alpha" 
>
> I tried to introduce something like
> (define-abbrev-table 'text-mode-abbrev-table '(
> ;abbreviations to long letters in the Greek alphabet
>     ("\\a" "\\alpha" nil 0)
>     ("\\b" "\\beta" nil 0)
> ))
>
> in the abbreviation file, but the abbreviation doesn't work. It
> seems that emacs do not accept any backslash character as an
> abbreviation. However, I find those abbreviations very useful in
> order to write documents under Latex.

This is not a direct help, but AUCTeX
<URL:http://www.gnu.org/software/auctex> has

C-c ~ runs the command LaTeX-math-mode
   which is an interactive compiled Lisp function in `latex.el'.
It is bound to C-c ~, <menu-bar> <LaTeX> <Math Mode>.
(LaTeX-math-mode &optional ARG)

A minor mode with easy access to TeX math macros.

Easy insertion of LaTeX math symbols.  If you give a prefix argument,
the symbols will be surrounded by dollar signs.  The following
commands are defined:

key             binding
---             -------

`               Prefix Command

` C-b           LaTeX-math-leftarrow
` C-c           LaTeX-math-cos
` C-d           LaTeX-math-det
` C-e           LaTeX-math-exp
` C-f           LaTeX-math-rightarrow
` C-l           LaTeX-math-lim
` C-n           LaTeX-math-downarrow
` C-p           LaTeX-math-uparrow
` C-s           LaTeX-math-sin
` C-t           LaTeX-math-tan
` C-^           LaTeX-math-sup
` C-_           LaTeX-math-inf
` &             LaTeX-math-wedge
` (             LaTeX-math-langle
` )             LaTeX-math-rangle
` *             LaTeX-math-times
` +             LaTeX-math-cup
` -             LaTeX-math-cap
` .             LaTeX-math-cdot
` /             LaTeX-math-not
` 0             LaTeX-math-emptyset
` :             LaTeX-math-colon
` <             LaTeX-math-leq
` >             LaTeX-math-geq
` A             LaTeX-math-forall
` D             LaTeX-math-Delta
` E             LaTeX-math-exists
` F             LaTeX-math-Phi
` G             LaTeX-math-Gamma
` I             LaTeX-math-infty
` J             LaTeX-math-Theta
` L             LaTeX-math-Lambda
` N             LaTeX-math-nabla
` P             LaTeX-math-Pi
` S             LaTeX-math-Sigma
` U             LaTeX-math-Upsilon
` W             LaTeX-math-Omega
` X             LaTeX-math-Xi
` Y             LaTeX-math-Psi
` [             LaTeX-math-subseteq
` \             LaTeX-math-setminus
` ]             LaTeX-math-supseteq
` ^             LaTeX-math-hat
` `             self-insert-command
` a             LaTeX-math-alpha
` b             LaTeX-math-beta
` c             LaTeX-math-cal
` d             LaTeX-math-delta
` e             LaTeX-math-epsilon
` f             LaTeX-math-phi
` g             LaTeX-math-gamma
` h             LaTeX-math-eta
` i             LaTeX-math-in
` j             LaTeX-math-theta
` k             LaTeX-math-kappa
` l             LaTeX-math-lambda
` m             LaTeX-math-mu
` n             LaTeX-math-nu
` p             LaTeX-math-pi
` q             LaTeX-math-chi
` r             LaTeX-math-rho
` s             LaTeX-math-sigma
` t             LaTeX-math-tau
` u             LaTeX-math-upsilon
` w             LaTeX-math-omega
` x             LaTeX-math-xi
` y             LaTeX-math-psi
` z             LaTeX-math-zeta
` {             LaTeX-math-subset
` |             LaTeX-math-vee
` }             LaTeX-math-supset
` ~             LaTeX-math-tilde

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David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum