Hotkeys
Greek characters

Firemath Keyboard Support

With the release of Firemath 0.3 editing got much more productive due to extensive keyboard support. This page summarizes all hotkeys and associations. See also Example 5.

If the text field is not on focus:

• Pressing one of the keys a,...z, A,...Z, 0,...9 sets the text field on focus and inserts the pressed character into the text field.
• Pressing one of the keys '+', '-', '<', '>', '=' inserts the associated operator directly into the equation.
• Pressing one of the keys '(', '[', '{', '|' inserts fences '()', '[]', '{}', '||', respectively, directly into the equation.
• Pressing one of the cursor keys <Left>, <Right>, <Home>, <End> moves the cursor in the equation panel.

The following tables summarize keys, which are associated with certain operators. Hitting, for instance, the comma key ',' inserts operator '≤', if the text field is not on focus.

_	#	,	;	?	*	.
$\pm$	$\mp$	$\le$	$\ge$	$\ne$	$\times$	$·$

$	%	/	\	&
$\infty$	$\Delta$	$\partial$	$d$	$\nabla$

!	^	@	~	:
$\to$	$\leftarrow$	$\Rightarrow$	$\sim$	$\approx$

Hotkeys

Shift-Alt-A	Operator '$e$'
Shift-Alt-B	Copy bitmap
Shift-Alt-C	Copy MathML
Shift-Alt-D	Open the 'edit' menu
Shift-Alt-E	Set equation panel onto focus
Shift-Alt-F	Open the 'file' menu
Shift-Alt-H	Open the 'help' menu
Shift-Alt-I	Insert text-field content as identifier
Shift-Alt-J	Operator '$i$'
Shift-Alt-K	Fences bra and ket
Shift-Alt-L	Fraction
Shift-Alt-M	Add underover elements
Shift-Alt-N	Add subscript-superscript elements
Shift-Alt-P	Insert text-field content as operator
Shift-Alt-Q	Insert (square)-root
Shift-Alt-R	Save bitmap
Shift-Alt-S	Save MathML
Shift-Alt-T	Set text field onto focus
Shift-Alt-U	Insert text-field content as function
Shift-Alt-V	Operator '$\int$'
Shift-Alt-W	Operator '$\sum$'
Shift-Alt-X	Insert text-field content as text
Shift-Alt-Y	Operator '$\prod$'

Greek characters

Characters in the text field are interpreted in a special way after hitting Ctrl-Alt-G. For example, 'a' in the text field is transformed into a non-italic '$\mathrm{\alpha }$'-identifier. The tables below list these relations.
Notice that, e.g., the '%'-key described above inserts an Delta as operator, i.e. not as an identifier.

a

b

c

d

e

f

g

h

i

j

k

l

m

$\mathrm{\alpha }$

$\mathrm{\beta }$

$\mathrm{\chi }$

$\mathrm{\delta }$

$\mathrm{\epsilon }$

$\mathrm{\phi }$

$\mathrm{\gamma }$

$\mathrm{\eta }$

$\mathrm{\iota }$

$\mathrm{\theta }$

$\mathrm{\kappa }$

$\mathrm{\lambda }$

$\mathrm{\mu }$

n	o	p	r	s	t	u	v	w	x	y	z
$\mathrm{\nu }$	$\mathrm{o}$	$\mathrm{\pi }$	$\mathrm{\rho }$	$\mathrm{\sigma }$	$\mathrm{\tau }$	$\mathrm{\mho }$	$\mathrm{\psi }$	$\mathrm{\omega }$	$\mathrm{\xi }$	$\mathrm{\upsilon }$	$\mathrm{\zeta }$

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

$\mathrm{{\rm A}}$

$\mathrm{{\rm B}}$

$\mathrm{{\rm X}}$

$\mathrm{\Delta }$

$\mathrm{{\rm E}}$

$\mathrm{\Phi }$

$\mathrm{\Gamma }$

$\mathrm{{\rm H}}$

$\mathrm{{\rm I}}$

$\mathrm{\Theta }$

$\mathrm{{\rm K}}$

$\mathrm{\Lambda }$

$\mathrm{{\rm M}}$

N	O	P	R	S	T	U	V	W	X	Y	Z
$\mathrm{{\rm N}}$	$\mathrm{{\rm O}}$	$\mathrm{\Pi }$	$\mathrm{{\rm P}}$	$\mathrm{\Sigma }$	$\mathrm{{\rm T}}$	$\mathrm{\aleph }$	$\mathrm{\Psi }$	$\mathrm{\Omega }$	$\mathrm{\Xi }$	$\mathrm{{\rm Y}}$	$\mathrm{{\rm Z}}$

1	2	3	4	5
$\mathrm{ϵ}$	$\mathrm{\vartheta }$	$\mathrm{\varsigma }$	$\mathrm{\Upsilon }$	$\mathrm{\varphi }$