On a Mac, it is control-\. On other platforms it is something else. Check
in edit|show active keybindings. Search for "Tex".

Robby

On Wed, Apr 18, 2018 at 3:19 PM <disaacmu...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hey Philip, thanks.
>
> I don't get it yet, I type " \theta " and then when I type " Ctrl + \ " I
> get a Lamba symbol: " λ " ending with " \thetaλ " and nothing happens.
>
> I really would like to be able to type it instead of copying pasting,
> cause you know.
>
>
>
> Em quarta-feira, 18 de abril de 2018 15:52:50 UTC-3, Philip McGrath
> escreveu:
>
>> (Forgot to reply all …)
>>
>> Assuming what you are referring to is the "LaTeX and TeX inspired
>> keybindings" for DrRacket (
>> https://docs.racket-lang.org/drracket/Keyboard_Shortcuts.html#%28part._.La.Te.X_and_.Te.X_inspired_keybindings%29),
>> you can insert the character "θ" by typing "\theta", then, with the
>> insertion point positioned at the end of the "\theta", holding down the
>> control key while pressing the \ key.
>>
>> Note that this is not the only way to enter characters like "θ" into
>> DrRacket: you can also copy and paste text containing theta, use a keyboard
>> mapping at the operating-system level that supports Greek letters, or use
>> the "Emoji & Symbols" viewer on Mac OS, among other methods.
>>
>> Once you are able to enter θ, you can define it as the name for some
>> value in the same way as any other identifier, e.g.:
>>
>> #lang racket
>>
>> (define θ
>>   "Hi")
>>
>> (string-append θ ", world!")
>>
>>
>> -Philip
>>
>> On Wed, Apr 18, 2018 at 1:23 PM, <disaa...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
> I saw the oficial Racket list of all the LaTeX thing and made some
>>> research, but I don't get it.
>>>
>>> Can someone please explain me how to digite the greek letter Theta for
>>> example? And how to use it as the mathematical Theta function if that's
>>> possible?
>>>
>>> Thank you a lot in advance!
>>>
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