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[Jizhe Zhang <address@hidden>]

Hi all,

Sorry to interrupt about the cookbook discussion, but back to my
original problem, especially the problem 1, the malfunction of
alt+right in table environment, could anybody help me, please?

Best
Jizhe

On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 12:57 PM,  <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hi Dear all,
>
> I just started to use TeXmacs. It's indeed a good tool especially to write
> small documents. But I encounter a bunch of problems described in the
> following. BTW, I am using windows 7.
>
> 1 The document says that alt+right can generate a new column in the table
> environment. I tried, but the only thing happens is that on the left footer
> there is a line saying "keyboard shortcut: alt+right", other than that 
> nothing
> happens. Is there anything I missed?
>
> 2 Obviously lots of commands are compatible with LaTeX, for example \[ is
> equivalent to A+$. This gives me lots of convenience. But where can I find a
> list about what commands are compatible? The \[ thing doesn't appear in the
> manual at all.
>
> 3 How to insert the title with command? Especially where can I find a
> comprehensive document about commands? In the manual it's mostly keyboard
> shortcuts, but I prefer these commands personally. They are easy to remember
> and similar to LaTex.
>
> I think these are the most urgent problems I have when using TeXmacs.
>
> As a novice I also have some thoughts about TeXmacs. No doubt that it's a 
> great
> word processor. I fell in love with it immediately after ten minutes of 
> trial.
> However, I cannot find a very good document about this great tool. The only
> user document is only less than 100 pages long and lots of important things 
> are
> too concise. Comparing to LaTeX, an entry level tutorial is about that 
> length.
> I believe that it's one of the greatest obstacle when making this fantastic
> tool more popular. A novice like me will soon get very frustrated when he 
> finds
> that lots of questions remain unsolved even in the so called user manual. 
> Also
> the helping documents are spread everywhere and not consistent. The 
> downloaded
> document is even not the same as the document on the website. Lots of links 
> on
> the website are lost.
>
> Well, thanks in advance for all your help. I do hope that such a powerful 
> word
> processor will become more and more popular in the future. I think that's 
> why I
> cannot help coming up with these boring comments.
>
> Best
> JZ