I prefer to use straight tex files when math equations are needed. If your emacs is properly configured (auctex + reftex + preview) you can preview the equation

I prefer to use straight tex files when math equations are needed. If your emacs is properly configured (auctex + reftex + preview) you can preview the equations while typing. C-c C-p C-{p,r,s,d,b,etc}. I'm running emacs 23.x here. org-mode also supports embedded latex formulae with preview! http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/org/Processing-LaTeX-fragments.html#Processing-LaTeX-fragments http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/org/Proce...