CDlatex in Spacemacs

[RaghuNaik]

I am not sure how to setup cdlatex in org mode in Spacemacs. Right now I have (add-hook 'org-mode-hook #'turn-on-org-cdlatex) under by user config section. Not sure if this is enough because the tab key is not functioning as expected:

1. Pressing the tab key does not get me out of subscript / superscript braces, so that I can continue typing on the same line.
2. Instead, it just takes to the beginning of the next line

I was wondering if there are any conflicts with evil-mode that requires a more specific configuration, say, in the presence of the latex layer.

Would appreciate any pointers.

Cheers.

[fnussbaum]

I cannot reproduce your issue, it seems to work correctly for me. Could you provide concrete reproduction steps as well as your system info?

For reference, this is the output of SPC h d s for me:

System Info 💻

• OS: gnu/linux
• Emacs: 29.3
• Spacemacs: 0.999.0
• Spacemacs branch: develop (rev. a58a7d7)
• Graphic display: t
• Running in daemon: t
• Distribution: spacemacs-base
• Editing style: vim
• Completion: compleseus
• Layers:

(ivy helm
     (compleseus :variables vertico-cycle t embark-confirm-act-all nil embark-quit-after-action
                 '((kill-buffer . t)
                   (switch-to-buffer . t)
                   (switch-to-buffer-other-window . t)
                   (compleseus-spacemacs-help//layer-action-open-dired . t)
                   (compleseus-spacemacs-help//layer-action-open-readme-edit . t)
                   (compleseus-spacemacs-help//layer-action-open-config . t)
                   (compleseus-spacemacs-help//layer-action-open-packages . t)
                   (compleseus-spacemacs-help//layer-action-open-funcs . t)
                   (compleseus-spacemacs-help//layer-action-open-layers . t)
                   (compleseus-spacemacs-help//layer-action-open-readme . t)
                   (t)))
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     (spacemacs-visual :packages
                       (not popwin))
     (auto-completion :variables auto-completion-idle-delay 0 auto-completion-minimum-prefix-length 1 auto-completion-return-key-behavior nil auto-completion-tab-key-behavior nil auto-completion-complete-with-key-sequence "jk" auto-completion-complete-with-key-sequence-delay 0.3 auto-completion-enable-snippets-in-popup t auto-completion-enable-sort-by-usage t)
     emacs-lisp
     (scala :variables sbt:prefer-nested-projects t scala-sbt-window-position 'bottom)
     c-c++
     (python :variables python-backend 'lsp python-lsp-server 'pyright)
     rust javascript org
     (latex :variables latex-backend 'company-auctex)
     bibtex html yaml markdown csv
     (git :variables magit-display-buffer-function 'magit-display-buffer-same-window-except-diff-v1 magit-log-section-commit-count 10)
     version-control kubernetes
     (shell :variables shell-default-position 'bottom shell-default-shell 'vterm vterm-max-scrollback 100000 spacemacs-vterm-history-file-location "~/.bash_history")
     (pdf :packages
          (not pdf-view-restore)
          :variables pdf-view-use-scaling
          (string-equal
           (system-name)
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     (lsp :variables lsp-use-workspace-root-for-server-default-directory t lsp-enable-on-type-formatting nil lsp-ui-sideline-enable nil lsp-headerline-breadcrumb-enable nil)
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• System configuration features: ACL CAIRO DBUS FREETYPE GIF GLIB GMP GNUTLS GSETTINGS HARFBUZZ IMAGEMAGICK JPEG JSON LCMS2 LIBSELINUX LIBXML2 MODULES NATIVE_COMP NOTIFY INOTIFY PDUMPER PNG RSVG SECCOMP SOUND SQLITE3 THREADS TIFF TOOLKIT_SCROLL_BARS TREE_SITTER X11 XDBE XIM XINPUT2 XPM GTK3 ZLIB

[RaghuNaik]

Thanks for your reply.

Disabling org-pretty-entities (,T,e) made the issue go away. Not sure if there is a way to disable this automatically when one is using CDLaTeX to write an equation in org mode.

The requested system configuration is as below.

Regards.

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System Info 💻

• OS: gnu/linux
• Emacs: 30.0.50
• Spacemacs: 0.999.0
• Spacemacs branch: develop (rev. a58a7d7)
• Graphic display: t
• Running in daemon: nil
• Distribution: spacemacs
• Editing style: vim
• Completion: compleseus
• Layers:

(html
 (auto-completion :variables auto-completion-enable-help-tooltip t
                  auto-completion-enable-snippets-in-popup t
                  auto-completion-enable-sort-by-usage t)
 bm bibtex compleseus colors emacs-lisp epub
 (ess :variables ess-enable-smart-equals t ess-enable-electric-spacing-r t
      ess-r-backend 'lsp ess-use-flymake nil ess-enable-smartparens t)
 eww git latex lsp markdown multiple-cursors
 (org :variables org-enable-modern-support t org-enable-appear-support t
      org-enable-sticky-header t org-enable-reveal-js-support t
      org-enable-asciidoc-support t org-want-todo-bindings t)
 pandoc
 (plantuml :variables plantuml-jar-path "~/plantuml.jar" org-plantuml-jar-path
           "~/plantuml.jar" plantuml-default-exec-mode 'library)
 search-engine
 (shell :variables shell-default-height 30 shell-default-position 'bottom)
 (spell-checking :variables spell-checking-enable-auto-dictionary t)
 syntax-checking spacemacs-completion spacemacs-defaults spacemacs-editing
 spacemacs-editing-visual spacemacs-evil spacemacs-visual themes-megapack
 treemacs unicode-fonts version-control)

• System configuration features: ACL CAIRO DBUS FREETYPE GIF GLIB GMP GNUTLS GPM GSETTINGS HARFBUZZ JPEG JSON LCMS2 LIBOTF LIBSELINUX LIBSYSTEMD LIBXML2 M17N_FLT MODULES NOTIFY INOTIFY PDUMPER PNG RSVG SECCOMP SOUND THREADS TIFF TOOLKIT_SCROLL_BARS TREE_SITTER WEBP X11 XDBE XIM XINPUT2 XPM GTK3 ZLIB

[RaghuNaik]

I think I will have to fine tune org-appear setup that will nullify org-pretty-entities in evil insert mode.

R.

[fnussbaum]

Thanks, I can now reproduce the issue. Try simply setting org-appear-inside-latex to t.

[RaghuNaik]

Thanks.

This conversation https://emacs-orgmode.gnu.narkive.com/Kgn9ytGT/o-bug-problems-with-sub-super-script-when-using-org-cdlatex-org-pretty-entities-org-catch-invisible- also provides a solution how not to apply org-pretty-entities to subscripts and superscripts, thereby making it easier to leverage cdlatex tabs.

Was wondering if cdlatex configuration can be added to the org layer to make this fine tuning easier.

Cheers.