Re: prettify-symbols-mode to handle "\alpha-\beta" ...

[Christopher Dimech]

> Sent: Friday, February 05, 2021 at 4:12 AM
> From: "Stefan Monnier" <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
> To: "Christopher Dimech" <dimech@gmx.com>
> Cc: "Óscar Fuentes" <ofv@wanadoo.es>, emacs-devel@gnu.org
> Subject: Re: prettify-symbols-mode to handle "\alpha-\beta" ...
>
> > We should find the best way to do this rather than a hack
> > that is likely to be rejected by emacs-devel.
> 
> I don't know what hack you're referring to.

Because I saw a few different implementations of prettify 
in various files and packages all trying to do the same 
kind of thing. 
 
> > Whilst texinfo.el takes care of texinfo commands, it completely
> > disregards the use of tex constructs and the focus on displaying
> > mathematical expressions within texinfo.
> 
> `texinfo.el` deserves some extra love, yes.
> I don't think anyone has contributed to it in the last several years :-(
 
Óscar Fuentes, I think wrote that if I insist on changing texinfo-mode
itself would require me to to give a very solid reason for the change
to be accepted.

As you recognise that it deserves additional work, my reason should be
solid enough.   

 
>         Stefan
> 
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