What is the good way to input \ in auctex and _ when cdlatex is on?

Question

I would like to input \ in auctex but when I type \, a minibuffer will prompt out to ask me to choose a macro. I think it is a good feature but sometimes the only thing I need is a real \ . Is there a solution?

And, I would like to type _ in my text but when cdlatex is on, it will add $$ around it and see it as a subscript.

Looking for answer!

Answer 1

You need quoted-insert function. It's bound by default to C-q.

Answer 2

It seems you set TeX-electric-escape to non-nil in your init file. If you want to restore the normal behavior of \ you should remove this setting, otherwise you can insert a character literally using C-q when you want to insert just a \.