Re: [AUCTeX] turning on auctex/latex mode in python

[Ralf Angeli]

* Ryan Krauss (2006-05-15) writes:

> This may seem like a strange request, but I want to have access to the
> AUCTex math short-cut keys (`b => \beta) while writing Python code.  I
> use a Python package called Matplotlib to generate 2D plots and it
> allows me to use Latex in my axis labels.  I am in the habit of typing
> `b and `j and have to slow down and back up and manually type out the
> symbols.
>
> Is there a way to do this either automatically when I open a python
> file, or to just turn it on when I need it?

If you put
(autoload 'LaTeX-math-mode "latex")
into your init file, you can toggle the mode with `M-x LaTeX-math-mode
RET'.  If you want to have it enabled automatically, you can add
(LaTeX-math-mode 1)
to the mode hook of your Python mode.

-- 
Ralf