> Would it be possible to make the various LaTeX-math-mode
abbreviations insert Unicode characters
> instead of LaTeX commands? For
example, making "` a" insert "α" (the Unicode character for alpha)
> instead of "\alpha".
> Of course, it would be great if AUCTeX had built-in support for this,
although I'm not quite sure
> the best way to do so. Perhaps a
customizable predicate that controls which abbreviations
> should insert
Unicode characters? ("LaTeX-set-unicode-p" in my gist).
IMHO this is a great contribution. Mathematical equations are so much easier to read and write
by using unicode characters instead of TeX commands, especially for greek letters.
Using unicode-math.sty all greek letters are supported and much more.
Unfortunately this code didn't make it into the official AUCTeX distribution so far.
And I wonder why this email got no replies at all. Or did I miss something?
I'd really like to see this feature in the official AUCTeX distribution. Nudge ;)
There's one small issue:In text mode AUCTeX provides <C-u ` b> to insert $\beta$. This doesn't seem
to work with Fred's code that inserts β instead of $β$.