ready-set-vimtex

bootstrap vimtex + ultisnips, with (mostly) sane defaults

But First!

Read Elijan Mastnak's series, and Gilles Castel’s original article.

This is for those who want a starting point that "just works" (and also for those who look over my shoulder and ask "what's that!?")

For the Impatient

First, make sure you have $\LaTeX$ properly installed:

For Arch Linux and its derivatives ( Arch $\frac{dy}{dx}$):

pacman -S texlive-basic texlive-bin texlive-fontsrecommended texlive-mathscience texlive-binextra --needed

Now, the vim plugins. Note that vimtex and delimitmate are in the AUR. You can alternatively use a vim plugin manager, but I don't bother.

yay -S vim-vimtex vim-ultisnips vim-delimitmate

Last, but not least, place the config files in ~/.vim. Here's a handy script to expedite that, and backup your current vimrc:

sh <(curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/gsobell/ready-set-vimtex/main/setup.sh)

Good job! All done! That was quick, right?

Exciting Features!

Generate matrices with ease! pmat3x3 with just a tab becomes:

\begin{pmatrix}
         &  &  \\
         &  &  \\
         &  &  \\
\end{pmatrix}

With tab stops (just like typing a matrix on Wolfram Alpha)!

Idiosyncrasies

Sometimes you just want to write the letters that trigger a snippet, and you end up fighting the auto complete.

Table of Snippets

Note that not all of these may render correctly, since the Github latex rendering doesn't include the amsmath package.

LaTex Structure

Trigger	Name	LaTeX	Flags	Context
beg	begin{} / end{}	\begin{ } \end{ }	bA	None
\beg	begin{} / end{}	\begin{ } \end{ }	bA	None
enum	enumerate	\begin{enumerate}\item \end{enumerate}	bA	None
item	itemize	\begin{itemize}\item \end{itemize}	bA	None
sec	section	\section{ }	bA	None
ssec	subsection	\subsection{ }	bA	None
sssec	subsubsection	\subsubsection{ }	bA	None
foot	footnote	\footnote{ }	None	None
theorem	theorem	\begin{theorem}[ ] \end{theorem}	bA	None
pf	proof	\begin{proof}[ ] \end{proof}	bA	None
def	definition	\begin{definition}[ ] \end{definition}	bA	None
claim	claim	\begin{claim} \end{claim}	bA	None
marg	margin note	\marginpar{ }	None	None
mm	Math	$${1}$!pif t[2] and t[2][0] not in [',', '.', '?', '-', ' ']:snip.rv = ' 'else:snip.rv = ''	wA	None
dm	Math	[${1:${VISUAL}}]	wA	None
ali	Align	\begin{align*}${1:${VISUAL}}\end{align*}	bA	None

Logic and Operators

Trigger	Name	LaTeX	Flags	Context
ff	fraction	$$\frac{ }{ } $$	Ai	"math()"
ceil	ceil	$$\left\lceil \right\rceil $$	iA	"math()"
floor	floor	$$\left\lfloor \right\rfloor $$	iA	"math()"
le	<=	$$\leqslant$$	A	"math()"
ge	>=	$$\geqslant$$	A	"math()"
ne	!=	$$\neq$$	A	"math()"
ee	∃	$$\exists$$	iiA	"math()"
aa	∀	$$\forall$$	iA	"math()"
in	∈	$$\in$$	A	"math()"
nin	∉	$$\notin$$	A	"math()"
xx	cross	$$\times$$	A	"math()"
cd	cdot	\cdot	A	None
qq	spaceing	$$\qquad$$	A	"math()"
to	->	$$\to$$	A	"math()"
imp	=>	$$\implies$$	A	"math()"
xr	=>	$$\xrightarrow{ } $$	A	"math()"
iff	iff	$$\iff$$	Ai	"math()"
f0	f(x_0)	$$f(x_0) $$	iA	"math()"
fx	f(x)	$$f(x) $$	iA	"math()"
f'x	f(x)	$$f'(x) $$	iA	"math()"
ab	(a,b)	$$a, b$$	iA	"math()"
...	...	$$\ldots$$	A	"math()"
inf	∞	$$\infty$$	Ai	"math()"
x0	x_0	$$x_{0}$$	Ai	"math()"
nn	∩	$$\cap$$	A	"math()"
uu	∪	$$\cup$$	A	"math()"
cc	⊆	$$\subseteq$$	A	"math()"
st	such that	$$\text{ such that }$$	A	"math()"
st	such that	such that	None	None

Math Typesetting

Trigger	Name	LaTeX	Flags	Context
N	Naturals	$$\mathbb{N}$$	A	"math()"
Z	Integers	$$\mathbb{Z}$$	A	"math()"
Q	Rationals	$$\mathbb{Q}$$	A	"math()"
R	Reals	$$\mathbb{R}$$	A	"math()"
C	Complex	$$\mathbb{C}$$	None	"math()"
F	Field	$$\mathbb{F}$$	None	"math()"
bb	blackboard bold	$$\mathbb{ }$$	i	"math()"
bb	blackboard bold	$\mathbb{ }$	i	None
tt	text, AMS	$$\text{ } $$	A	"math()"
lr(	left( right)	\left( ${1:${VISUAL}} \right)	i	None
lr		left	right
lr{	left{ right}	\left\{ ${1:${VISUAL}} \right\}	i	None
lr[	left[ right]	\left[ ${1:${VISUAL}} \right]	i	None
{{	{ }	$${ } $$	iA	"math()"
ub	underbrace	$$\underbrace{ }_{ }$$	A	"math()"
sum	sum	$$\sum_{k=${1:1}}^{${2:\infty}} ${3:a_k}$$	w	"math()"
\int	integral	$$\int_{${1:a}}^{${2:b}} ${3:f(x)}, dx$$	w	"math()"
taylor	taylor	\sum_{${1:k}=${2:0}}^{${3:\infty}} ${4:c_ } (x-a)^	w	None
lim	limit	\lim_{${1:n} \to ${2:\infty}}	w	None
sr	^2	$$^2$$	iA	"math()"
cb	^3	$$^3$$	iA	"math()"
__	subscript	_{ }	iA	None
^^	superscript	^{ }	iA	None
rt	n-root	$$\sqrt[${1:2}]{ }$$	iA	"math()"
log	log	$$\log$$	A	"math()"
cos	cos	$$\cos$$	A	"math()"
sin	sin	$$\sin$$	A	"math()"
cvec	column vector	\begin{pmatrix} ${1:x}_${2:1}\\\\ \vdots\\\\ _${2:n} \end{pmatrix}	iA	None
"(small	[bBpvV])?mat(rix)?(\d+)x(\d+)"	(small	[bBpvV])?mat(rix)?(\d+)x(\d+)
plot	Plot	\begin{figure}[ ]\centering\begin{tikzpicture}\begin{axis}[xmin= ${2:-10}, xmax= ${3:10},ymin= ${4:-10}, ymax = ${5:10},axis lines = middle,]\addplot[domain= : , samples=${6:100}]{ };\end{axis}\end{tikzpicture}\caption{ }\label{${9: }}\end{figure}	w	None
'(?<!\)(arcsin	arccos	arctan	arccot	arccsc
'(?<!\)(sin	cos	tan	cot	csc

Greek

Trigger	Name	LaTeX	Flags	Context
la	λ	$$\lambda$$	A	"math()"
phi	φ	$$\varphi$$	None	"math()"
be	β	$$\beta$$	None	"math()"
ep	ε	$$\varepsilon$$	A	"math()"
de	δ	$$\delta$$	A	"math()"
om	ω	$$\omega$$	None	"math()"
pi	π	$$\pi$$	None	"math()"
al	α	$$\alpha$$	None	"math()"

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Cooked up with parsnip.py, a tool for parsing snippets into markdown tables.