I use ipython and emacs to do almost all of my data analysis work,
and I use them across many different machines and systems. Getting
ipython to work nicely in emacs across multiple versions is a bit
challenging, especially in the older versions.
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Synctex is a feature available in the more recent LaTeX distributions that embeds links to locations in the source code (e.g. file name and line number) at the corresponding locations in a pdf file. When viewed with a compatible viewer and editor, we can automatically scroll the viewer to the point in the pdf corresponding to the location of the cursor in the editor, and vice versa. Very handy if you are editing a long document (e.g. a thesis or paper)! In theory, emacs and Okular is an example of a compatible editor and viewer combination. Read more
TeX-fold-mode
is a minor mode which is part of
AUCTEX, and automatically hides
a lot of the latex formatting commands. For example, \alpha is
rendered using an alpha character, and references are shortened to
[r]. Here’s an example:
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Some commands are not highlighted well in AUCTEX; these commands are
commands which AUCTEX does not know about. To do highlighting
correctly, AUCTEX needs to know the number and type of arguments
(e.g. [...] or {...}) that a given command takes before it can
highlight the arguments correctly. There is a relatively simple way to
add your own commands with specified arguments, and this chunk of
.emacs code does the job:
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