AUCTEX Reference Card Miscellaneous Math Mode

(for version 11.88) Read AUCTEX manual C-c TAB

Find documentation C-c ? Variables
Math Mode C-c ~
Conventions Used Reset Buffer C-c C-n All math mode commands are under the prefix key specified
Reset AUCTEX C-u C-c C-n by LaTeX-math-abbrev-prefix, default is ”‘”.
Carriage Return or C-m RET
Tabular or C-i TAB You can define your own math mode commands by setting the
Linefeed or C-j LFD
Multifile Handling variable LaTeX-math-list before loading LaTeX-math-mode.
Save Document C-c C-d
Shell Interaction Switch to master file or active buffer C-c ^ Greek Letters
Query for a master file C-c
α (\alpha) a υ (\upsilon) u
Run a command on the master file C-c C-c
Command Insertion β (\beta) b φ (\phi) f
Run a command on the buffer C-c C-b γ (\gamma) g χ (\chi) q
Run a command on the region C-c C-r Insert Section C-c C-s δ (\delta) d ψ (\psi) y
Fix the region C-c C-t C-r Insert LaTEX environment C-c C-e  (\epsilon) e ω (\omega) w
Kill job C-c C-k Insert item C-c LFD ζ (\zeta) z ∆ (\Delta) D
Recenter output buffer C-c C-l Insert item (alias) M-RET η (\eta) h Γ (\Gamma) G
Next error in TEX/LaTEX session C-c ‘ Close LaTEX environment C-c ] θ (\theta) j Θ (\Theta) J
Previous error in TEX/LaTEX session M-g p Insert TEX macro {} C-c C-m κ (\kappa) k Λ (\Lambda) L
Toggle debug of bad boxes C-c C-t C-b Insert double brace C-c { λ (\lambda) l Ξ (\Xi) X
Toggle debug of warnings C-c C-t C-w Complete TEX macro M-TAB µ (\mu) m Π (\Pi) P
View output file C-c C-v Smart “quote” " ν (\nu) n Σ (\Sigma) S
Commands you can run on the master file (with C-c C-c) or the Smart “dollar” $ ξ (\xi) x Υ (\Upsilon) U
region (with C-c C-r) include the following (starred versions
π (\pi) p Φ (\Phi) F
are not available in all modes): Font Selection ρ (\rho) r Ψ (\Psi) Y
σ (\sigma) s Ω (\Omega) W
TEX *TeX Insert bold text C-c C-f C-b τ (\tau) t
LaTEX *LaTeX Insert italics text C-c C-f C-i
ConTEXt (once) *ConTeXt Insert roman text C-c C-f C-r
ConTEXt Full *ConTeXt Full Insert emphasized text C-c C-f C-e
Symbols
Makeinfo *Makeinfo Insert typewriter text C-c C-f C-t → (\rightarrow) C-f ⊆ (\subseteq) [
Makeinfo with HTML output *Makeinfo HTML Insert slanted text C-c C-f C-s ← (\leftarrow) C-b ⊇ (\supseteq) ]
Appropriate previewer View Insert Small Caps text C-c C-f C-c ↑ (\uparrow) C-p ∅ (\emptyset) 0
Print the output Print Delete font C-c C-f C-d ↓ (\downarrow) C-n \ (\setminus) \
BibTEX BibTeX Replace font C-u C-c C-f hkeyi ≤ (\leq) < ∪ (\cup) +
Biber Biber
≥ (\geq) > ∩ (\cap) -
MakeIndex Index
LaCheck Check Source Formatting x̃ (\tilde) ~ h (\langle) (
x̂ (\hat) ^ i (\rangle) )
Make (PostScript) File File Indent current line TAB ∇ (\nabla) N exp (\exp) C-e
Ispell Spell Indent next line LFD ∞ (\infty) I sin (\sin) C-s
Delete intermediate files Clean
Format a paragraph M-q ∀ (\forall) A cos (\cos) C-c
Delete all output files Clean All
Format a region C-c C-q C-r ∃ (\exists) E sup (\sup) C-^
Format a section C-c C-q C-s 6 (\not) / inf (\inf) C-_
TEXing options Format an environment C-c C-q C-e ∈ (\in) i det (\det) C-d
× (\times) * lim (\lim) C-l
Mark an environment C-c .
· (\cdot) . tan (\tan) C-t
TEX runs can come in various types, which may be toggled and Mark a section C-c *
: (\colon) : ∨ (\vee) |
are indicated in the mode line. Comment or uncomment region C-c ; ⊂ (\subset) { ∧ (\wedge) &
PDF/DVI mode C-c C-t C-p Comment or uncomment paragraph C-c % ⊃ (\supset) }
Stop on errors (Interactive mode) C-c C-t C-i Copyright c 1987, 1992, 1993, 2004, 2005, 2008,
I/O correlation (S. Specials, SyncTEX) C-c C-t C-s 2010, 2012, 2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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 preview-latex Customization from LaTEX RefTeX
Customization is done in the document preamble (you need to Activation
Activation load preview.sty explicitly) or in prauctex.cfg (which should
RefTeX is part of [X]Emacs. To activate and make it interact
load the system prauctex.cfg first). Commands:
Preview macro \PreviewMacro[{hargsi}]{hmacroi} with AUCTeX, insert the following lines in .emacs.
preview-latex is part of AUCTEX. If it is active, you should
Preview env \PreviewEnvironment[{hargsi}]{henvi} (add-hook ’LaTeX-mode-hook ’turn-on-reftex)
see an entry “Preview” in the menu bar when editing LaTEX
Skip macro \PreviewMacro*[{hargsi}]{hmacroi} (setq reftex-plug-into-auctex t)
files. If you have a “LaTeX”, but no “Preview” menu, add the
Skip env \PreviewEnvironment*[{hargsi}]{henvi}
following to your .emacs file:
Table of Contents
Diverting material from float environments
Snarf stuff \PreviewSnarfEnvironment[{hargsi}]{henvi} The table of contents is a structured view of the entire doc-
(load "preview-latex.el" nil t t)
ument. It contains the sections, and optionally labels, index
Values to be used within hargsi:
entries, and file boundaries.
Optional argument []
Usage and keybindings Mandatory argument {} Show the table of contents1 C-c =
Optional star * Recenter *toc* buffer to here1 C-c -
preview-latex operation only affects the display of the buffer, Conditionals ?htokeni{hif foundi}{hif not foundi}
not its contents. It runs only on demand, using the target Skip next token -
Crossreferences, Citations, Index
dvi or PDF files in the process. The first command in the Transformation #{hmacro argsi}{hreplacementi} Insert unique label1 C-c (
following list (also on the toolbar button) will (as applicable) Reference a label1 C-c )
More options and explanations can be found in preview.dvi or
repreview an active region or a single modified preview, toggle Insert citation with key selection C-c [
the Texinfo manual.
the visibility of an unmodified preview or generate previews for . . . prompt for optional arguments C-u C-c [
a surrounding buffer area up to the next preview. Index word at point with default macro C-c /
Preview at point C-c C-p C-p Folding Source Display Insert an index entry C-c <
Preview environment C-c C-p C-e Add word to index phrases C-c \
Preview region C-c C-p C-r Toggle folding mode C-c C-o C-f Visit index phrases buffer C-c |
Preview buffer C-c C-p C-b Hide all items in buffer C-c C-o C-b Compile and display index C-c >
Preview document C-c C-p C-d Hide all items in region C-c C-o C-r View cross reference1 C-c &
Remove previews at point C-c C-p C-c C-p Hide all items in paragraph C-c C-o C-p View cross reference with mouse S-mouse-2
Remove previews from region C-c C-p C-c C-r Hide current macro C-c C-o C-m View cross reference from BibTeX file C-c &
Remove previews from buffer C-c C-p C-c C-b Hide current environment C-c C-o C-e
Remove previews from document C-c C-p C-c C-d Show all items in buffer C-c C-o b Standard keys in special buffers
Cache preamble C-c C-p C-f Show all items in region C-c C-o r
RefTeX’s special buffers have many active keys. The common
Switch off preamble cache C-c C-p C-c C-f Show all items in paragraph C-c C-o p
ones are:
Read Texinfo manual C-c C-p TAB Show current item C-c C-o i
Hide or show current item C-c C-o C-o Display summary of active keys ?
Copy region as MML C-c C-p C-w Select this item RET
The last keysequence will copy a region with previews into the Rescan the document r
kill buffer in a form fit for sending in Emacs’ message-mode. Outlining TEX Documents Display location in other window SPC
Follow mode f
AUCTEX supports outline mode by defining section, subsec-
Customization within Emacs tion, etc. as heading levels. You can use M-x outline-minor- Multifile actions
mode RET to toggle outline minor mode. All outline minor mode
Since RefTeX scans the entire (multifile) document, it can pro-
You can use M-x customize-variable RET or the “Preview/ commands are under the prefix key specified by outline-minor-
vide commands that act on all files of a document. Check the
Customize” menu for customization. Worthwhile settings: mode-prefix, default is “C-c @”.
Ref->Global Actions menu for these commands.
Hide all of buffer except headings C-c @ C-t
If you have dvipng available: Show all text in buffer C-c @ C-a Variables
Set to dvipng preview-image-type Hide body following this heading C-c @ C-c To tell reftex about your own macro definitions, customize the
Show body following this heading C-c @ C-e variables
Keep counter values when regenerating single previews:
Hide subtree C-c @ C-d
Set to t preview-preserve-counters reftex-label-alist
Show subtree C-c @ C-s
Cache/Don’t cache preamble without query (preamble caching All subheadings visible C-c @ C-k reftex-section-levels
is done using mylatex.ltx and might not always work. Use the reftex-index-macros
next visible heading C-c @ C-n reftex-cite-format
appropriate key sequences for overriding the following setting): previous visible heading C-c @ C-p
Set to t/nil preview-auto-cache-preamble forward to next subheading C-c @ C-f 1 An argument of C-u triggers a document scan first. This
backward to next subheading C-c @ C-b can be necessary if file content and RefTeX’s knowledge are no
up one heading level C-c @ C-u longer consistent.