Keeping consecutive letters for variables italic (as in `a_ij`)

#1

When typing math terms like a_ij containing more than two consecutive letters, TeXmacs automatically combines the letters to a non-italic word.

Is there a way to prevent this, in order to keep the variables italic?

Inserting a space between the variables would, for example, do this, but I would favour a solution without space between the variables.

#2

Pls type comma tab tab between letters. I have got a feeling that I read it somewhere but I cannot find it. The bottom right of the editor says you have a (nocomma) after this key combination.

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#3

Works perfect, thanks a lot!

#4

alternatively, you could wrap the subtext in \text and inside in \italic

#5

In this case search would become somewhat clumsy. In TeXmacs one can search separately math and text (I am testing with 2.1.4 on Ubuntu but this feature is around since a while). If you want to change your i indexes, searching in math will find them if they are written in math mode; there is structured search as well, which I explored superficially, and might help you to look for i in subscripts only.

If you use text mode to write indexes, a search for i in math won’t find them, and a search in text will find all of the is in the whole text; again structured search might help by getting to search only text in math subscripts (it is a guess, I did not try), but standard syntax will give you simpler search.