Re: Emacs 'destroys' latex files

[Stefan Monnier]

> maybe this is a stuid newbe question, but since some time my
> GNU Emacs 21.4.1 (on a debian machine) behaves in a way that it
> displays greek letters or symbols as they do appear in a printed form.

Sounds like X-Symbol.

> I admit, that this looks quite pretty, but when saving one encounters a
> big problem  if there is anywhere a \renewcommand appearing. To explain
> the problem, consider e.g. a setting
> \renewcommand {\AA} {\mathbb A}.
> When opening the file Emacs will replace *all* \AA in the file by a
> character
> that looks like an A with little o on its head (the standard latex
> meaning of \AA).
> When saving, this behaviour destroys entirely the intention of my
> renewcommand!

I don't understand the problem.  When saving, the Å should be converted back
to \AA.  Oh wait, yes I think I see: the default config probably prevents
this back-conversion for latin-1 chars.
You should probably report this as a bug to X-Symbol maintainers.


        Stefan