Re: [AUCTeX] Re: TeX-insert-dollar

[David Kastrup]

Ralf Angeli <address@hidden> writes:

> * David Kastrup (2006-07-03) writes:
>
>> In short: I can't believe that anybody finds the current behavior
>> actually helpful, and I can't remember anything but complaints about
>> it.
>
> There are likely some people now who found the behavior useful,

I quite doubt that.  It's the sort of thing that's too clever for a
user interface.  User interface features are intended to be useful
without having to think more than when not using them.

> adapted to it and now have it in their muscle memory.

Well, if there are any, they should speak up.  Personally, I find it
hard to get into your muscle memory to type $$ in order to get $$, and
then to type $ in order to get $$.

We might leave the current behavior as an option, but for keeping it
as a default, I want to hear more than theoretic rationalizations
(without them, the feature wouldn't even be there).  I want to hear
someone actually speaking up for (or against) it who is affected.

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David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum