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From: shirono@grasp.cis.upenn.edu (Roberto Shironoshita)
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Subject: Re: GNU Emacs TeX-mode slashes and backslashes
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Date: 31 Jan 88 23:47:44 GMT
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In article <735@entropy.ms.washington.edu> lind@entropy.ms.washington.edu (Doug Lind) writes:
>        To Make Typing Backslashes In Tex-Mode Easier, I Have
>	Redefined The Slash Key ("/") To Type A Backslash Using The
>	Following Line In Tex-Mode.El:
>
>	     (Define-Key Tex-Mode-Map "/"        'Backslash)
>
>	Where 'Backslash Is Defined By (Fset 'Backslash "\\"). This
>	Works Fine. But Trying To Define A Key To Insert A Slash
>	Is A Problem. Doing The Obvious Either Leads To Some Sort
>	Infinite Regress Error, Or Printing A Backslash, Not A
>	Slash. Any Gnu Emacs Wizards Out There With The (Un-
>	Doubtedly Simple) Solution?

I like this implementation better (why not, I wrote it myself ;-).

(define-key TeX-mode-map "/" 'TeX-insert-backslash)
(define-key TeX-mode-map "\\" 'TeX-insert-slash)

(defun TeX-insert-backslash ()
  "Insert a \\"
  (interactive)
  (insert "\\")
)

(defun TeX-insert-slash ()
  "Insert a /"
  (interactive)
  (insert "/")
)


                                   Roberto Shironoshita

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