- From: Jizhe Zhang <address@hidden>
- To: address@hidden
- Subject: Re: [TeXmacs] A bunch of questions from a novice, mainly about shortcut
- Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2012 16:22:11 -0700
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:
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Hi Dear all,
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I just started to use TeXmacs. It's indeed a good tool especially to write
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small documents. But I encounter a bunch of problems described in the
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following. BTW, I am using windows 7.
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1 The document says that alt+right can generate a new column in the table
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environment. I tried, but the only thing happens is that on the left footer
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there is a line saying "keyboard shortcut: alt+right", other than that
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nothing
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happens. Is there anything I missed?
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2 Obviously lots of commands are compatible with LaTeX, for example \[ is
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equivalent to A+$. This gives me lots of convenience. But where can I find a
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list about what commands are compatible? The \[ thing doesn't appear in the
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manual at all.
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3 How to insert the title with command? Especially where can I find a
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comprehensive document about commands? In the manual it's mostly keyboard
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shortcuts, but I prefer these commands personally. They are easy to remember
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and similar to LaTex.
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I think these are the most urgent problems I have when using TeXmacs.
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As a novice I also have some thoughts about TeXmacs. No doubt that it's a
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great
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word processor. I fell in love with it immediately after ten minutes of
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trial.
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However, I cannot find a very good document about this great tool. The only
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user document is only less than 100 pages long and lots of important things
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are
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too concise. Comparing to LaTeX, an entry level tutorial is about that
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length.
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I believe that it's one of the greatest obstacle when making this fantastic
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tool more popular. A novice like me will soon get very frustrated when he
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finds
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that lots of questions remain unsolved even in the so called user manual.
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Also
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the helping documents are spread everywhere and not consistent. The
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downloaded
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document is even not the same as the document on the website. Lots of links
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on
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the website are lost.
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Well, thanks in advance for all your help. I do hope that such a powerful
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word
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processor will become more and more popular in the future. I think that's
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why I
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cannot help coming up with these boring comments.
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Best
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JZ
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