Re: [historical remarks]

[Arash Esbati]

Arash Esbati <arash@gnu.org> writes:

> Stefan Monnier via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor 
> <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org> writes:
>
>>> 2. I configured AUCTeX to convert `$` to `\(\)`, for inline math. Using
>>> cdlatex-mode hijacks the keybinding and inserts `$$`, while org-cdlatex
>>> doesn't.
>>
>> Sounds like a bug you should report to the cdlatex-mode maintainer.
>
> I'd try to customize `cdlatex-paired-parens', maybe that helps:
>
>   (defcustom cdlatex-paired-parens "$[{"
>     "String with the opening parens you want to have inserted paired.
>   The following parens are allowed here: `$([{|<'.
>   I recommend to set this to '$[{' as these have syntactical meaning in
>   TeX and are required to be paired.  TAB is a good way to move out of paired
>   parens."
>     :group 'cdlatex-miscellaneous-configurations
>     :type '(string :tag "Opening delimiters"))
>
> I don't use cdlatex so I can't tell.

Following up myself, I missed to insert this one as well:

  (defcustom cdlatex-takeover-dollar t
    "Non-nil means, cdlatex is allowed to take over the $.
  This means it will redefine the `$' keys."
    :group 'cdlatex-miscellaneous-configurations
    :type '(boolean))

Best, Arash