[Texmacs-dev] Copying tex and latex code from emacs to texmacs

[henri-biard]

>From: TeXmacs <texmacs@lix.polytechnique.fr>
>To: texmacs-dev@gnu.org
>Subject: Re: [Texmacs-dev] Copying tex and latex code from emacs to texmacs
>Date: 21/06/2021 00:07:28 Europe/Paris

>>On Sun, Jun 20, 2021 at 10:47:47PM +0200, henri-biard@francemel.fr wrote:
>> I am very pleased with the capability.  Do the two options for pasting apply to both
>> plain tex (texinfo uses plain tex) and latex ?
>>
>> I wonder if adding a plain tex option would make sense in addition to latex.
>> Mostly because there actually exists a difference between plain tex and latex

>We only have LaTeX converters, although they probably work for a lot of plain TeX as well.
>If you experience problems, then maybe you can send us a list of constructs that
>are not converted appropriately.

>By the way, are you mainly interested in conversions from TeX into TeXmacs,
>or from TeXmacs into TeX?  Or maybe you need both ways?

Mainly interested in conversions from TeX into TeXmacs, because most times I am

writing texinfo files.  And texinfo files are plain tex.  It is not possible to use latex.

To be able to use latex commands in texinfo necessitates that the core in latex rather

than tex.

I do see a benefit from TeXmacs into TeX for use with texinfo, but the reverse is

a much more frequent.

Have doubts about whether TeXmacs has capacity to output plain tex for mathematical

expressions.  I would love if texinfo supported latex and plain tex.  From what I have seen,

having support for latex commands for Gnu Manuals could be decades away.

>I understand that you are mainly interested in the conversion of mathematical formulas (?)

Corrrect. The focus is on mathematical formulas only.  That's the real usefulness for me.

Do not really delve into much else.

>Best wishes, --Joris

Thank you for your help.  I recognise that my use case is not something you may have

planned for.  Had noticed years ago that occasionally the file gets cleared after doing

a save, and loading the file again.  Have you been aware of this behaviour?