“ Finally, there is a command to quickly insert commands for the various symbols, called `Insert Symbol based on Current Word`. It is bound by default to `⌘`. It works in two stages: * First, you have to trigger the command, by typing a couple of letters first. The rules are basically as follows: * Single letters are converted to greek letters * Two letter combinations are converted to the various commands starting with those two letters (for instance pressing `in` would trigger commands like `\int`, `\inf`, `\infty` etc) with a few exceptions, like `sk` for skip. * Three letter combinations are converted to arrows, where the three digits signify the kind of arrow, for instance `lar` would stand for left arrows. * There’s a couple of exceptions to these rules, which you can look at and alter in the LaTeX configuration file, under the `symbols` key. * Once you have triggered the command once, pressing it again cycles you through the various options. For instance, if you started with `e`, you would be cycling between `\epsilon` and `\varepsilon`. This is accomplished by this set of entries in the configuration file: “e” = “\epsilon”; “epsilon” = “varepsilon”; “varepsilon” = “epsilon”; When you create your own additions to this list, keep in mind these two simple principle: For the item that is the initial trigger, like the `”e”` above, the text to be used must contain the two backslashes. For the items used for cycling through options, it must not.
January 10, 2010
