Thomas Becker's Free Software Utilities
super-tex-dollar: A Smart TeX Dollar for EmacsCopyright (C) 1993 Thomas BeckerContentsOverviewOne of the most common errors when running Tex or LaTex is the mismatched $ or $$ delimiter. It is of course desirable to have the text editor assist with avoiding these mistakes.super-tex-dollar provides such assistance for
Emacs.
UsageThere is no need to study any documentation concerningsuper-tex-dollar. Just install it according to the
instructions below and start writing TeX or
LaTeX source. You will notice that inserting the $ character will
result in behavior and messages that are sensitive to the context.
Note about paragraphs: Both TeX and LaTeX require that
dollars and double dollars be matched properly within each
paragraph. Therefore, you get the full benefit of
If you are interested in the exact logic that governs the behavior of
Download and InstallationTo downloadsuper-tex-dollar, click
here.
To install it, place the file
super-tex-dollar.elc in some directory DIR. Add the lines
(add-hook 'tex-mode-hook
'(lambda ()
(define-key tex-mode-map [?$] 'super-tex-dollar)))
(autoload 'super-tex-dollar "DIR/super-tex-dollar.elc")
to your Emacs initialization file, where you have replaced the string
"DIR" in the autoload call with the actual directory
where super-tex-dollar.elc resides. "DIR" may of course
be omitted if super-tex-dollar.elc is in a directory
where Emacs looks for lisp files. Be sure to load
super-tex-dollar.elc and not
super-tex-dollar.el. It is customary but not necessary to put the
.el file in the same directory as the .elc file.
Feedback and Bug ReportsClick to send feedback and bug reports concerningsuper-tex-dollar.
Future WorkWhenshow-paren-mode is on, then matching dollars and
double dollars should be highlighted in the same way as matching opening
and closing parentheses.
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