12 questions linked to/from Good keyboard layouts for typing (La)TeX
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Useful shortcuts or key bindings or predefined commands for emacs+AUCTeX

One of the problems I've encountered with emacs in general, and with the defaults key bindings in particular, is the diversity. There are simply so many of them that sometimes, at the end of the day, ...
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Reducing the time it takes to write a document

Exemplar case I often have situations in which I must quickly write and print a report, within a short time. Some features of TeX allow me to work quickly. For example, with BibTeX, I can quickly add ...
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Entering unicode math symbols into LaTeX, direct from keyboard, on a Mac

I would like my LaTeX files to contain Unicode characters. For instance, I want to see ∃x．x ⟶ β in my text editor, rather than \exists x\ldotp x\longrightarrow\beta Also, I would like to ...
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How to insert Greek letters directly in math environment?

Why are non-Latin characters not displayed in formulas, even when using XeLaTeX? \documentclass{article} \usepackage{xltxtra} \begin{document} $\omega$ %displyed $ω$ %not displyed \end{...
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How can I optimize the keyboard for frequent LaTeX input?

I have started the practice of live-texing my math/physics notes. Although I am not practicising it in a live-lecture, I am doing it for the online lectures I am viewing to get fast and accustomed to ...
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Help me to write Long LaTeX equations fast with colours and possibly with other aids

I am too slow LaTeX-typist, for example with the equations below I cannot find where I am missing some bracket. Could someone offer me some computational method? I use Vim but I am happy with any ...
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Angle brackets in non-math-mode text

Is there a way to directly input angle brackets into text without resorting to math-mode symbols? I'd like to correctly indicate orthography in a linguistics paper, and have been resorting to single ...
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Universal method to combine diacritical mark ˇ with [sz]?

I cannot combine the hat-pointing-down ˇ with [a-zA-z] but mostly [sz]. Pseudocode \[hat-pointing-down][sz] Most probable packages \documentclass{aritcle} \usepackage{fontspec} \begin{document} % ...
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How can I turn Vim LatexSuite on Manually?

VLS's commands such as ^J and F5 do not work always for me inside Vim so how can turn VLS manually or do some other tricks to get VLS working more often? The word "often" could mean that VLS gets ...
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using unicode-math with math keyboard or hotkeys?

Here is more information about the unicode math-package: http://ctan.mackichan.com/macros/latex/contrib/unicode-math/unicode-math.pdf A great pro for using unicode math, is that your code is much ...