Re: [AUCTeX] is it possible to insert such a symbol?

[Ralf Angeli]

* peng shao (2009-04-22) writes:

> Hi everyone, I just moved from vim+latex-suite to emacs+auctex, so I am
> really
> a newbie on this combination. I remember in latex-suite there is a function
> such
> that if you input $$, then you should get
>
> $your cursor here$<++>
> and by pressing ctrl+j you can move your cursor to the position <++>.
>
> In texworks, there is even a more convenient way to realize this: texworks
> inserts
> a 'dot'(unicode 0x2022) at a proper position and by pressing ctrl+tab one
> can be leaded
> there.

How is this used?  Is the idea that point is first put inside the dollar
signs for editing math and then typing C-j or C-TAB respectively to jump
out of it for continuing editing subsequent text?

> I did not read the manual of auctex carefully(sorry for that), but I wonder
> if
> it is possible to make auctex to realize such function, it is really
> convenient for me.

This shouldn't be too difficult, but it would be good to know more about
its purpose as mentioned above.

Besides, please don't send HTML mails to this list.

-- 
Ralf