Re: [AUCTeX-devel] Wrap dollars around active region

[Tassilo Horn]

Mosè Giordano <address@hidden> writes:

>> But I object to the 'double value.  The usage of $$...$$ is
>> discouraged in LaTeX, so we shouldn't propagate it's usage.  And it's
>> usecase is handled anyway by
> I agree one shouldn't use $$...$$ in LaTeX but it's used in plain TeX.

Right.  So maybe the value 'double would surround the region with $$ in
plain-TeX-mode, and with a displaymath environment in latex-mode.  That
would be fine with me.

>>   1. set the region containing the formula
>>   2. C-c C-e displaymath RET
>>
>> Ok, that's a bit longer than just doing 1 and then $, but really, who
>> forgets to insert some proper math environment before starting to write
>> a formula?
> John has already showed a case of use, the same I was thinking about.
> If there isn't agreement about this change, it's not a problem for me
> ;-)

Let's wait a bit more, and if there's a third person that is in favour
of that feature, just go for it.

Bye,
Tassilo