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Changing the paragraph environment
Math shortcuts
1. 2.1 Some of my (Christian) most frequently used math shortcuts
2. 2.2 Example of rewrting a/(b+c) into a fraction

Changing the paragraph environment

Steering the mouse pointer to the paragraph environment drop-down menu in order to get out of an enumerate or itemize environment was starting to annoy me, especially on the road without a mouse. Fortunately, there is a solution (which apparently is undocumented, at least I couldn't find it):

Quoting Paul from the mailing list: "M-p (alt-p) followed by a space opens the environment list. From there, repeatedly typing the same letter cycles through all environment names starting with that letter."

Works great for me; once your in the menu list, arrow keys also work, of course.

--Sven

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Math shortcuts

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Some of my (Christian) most frequently used math shortcuts

I often write lots of expression with vector algebra.

C-m	Start math mode (inline)
S-C-m	Start math mode (separate line)

^	Write superscript
_	Write subscript
C-b	Write next character in bold
A-m b	Write the following text under a bar
A-m .	Write the following text under a dot
A-m m	Write the following text in roman
A-m (, A-m [ or A-m 's, whose size size depends on content
Backspace	Used for instance within ()'s. It will remove the ()'s
A-m f	Create a fraction

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Example of rewrting a/(b+c) into a fraction

Someone wrote: Within math mode transformations are opaque. Several times already I have found myself starting an expression

   a/(b+c)

then decided afterward to rewrite it as

      a
   -------
    b + c

I don't know of a way to automatically rewrite it, but this key seqence is pretty quick:

        C-m
        a /
        M-m (
        b+c

and you've created your expression: a/(b+c) and the cursor is ust to the right of the c. Now, the following sequence of keys can change this into what you want:

        S-Right
        S-Del  
        Backspace
        S-Left   
        M-m f    
        Down  
        S-Ins

What you have now is:

          a
        -----
        (b+c)  =]

with the cursor to the right of the brace. To get rid of the braces, do:

        Home
        Right
        Backspace =]

and voila:

          a
        -----
         b+c