User Manual

Table of contents

1. Basics

C Stands for Command for OSX and Ctrl for Windows and Linux.

LaTeXBox adopts the LaTeXTools approach to define keybinds. The default keybind C+l which selects current line is remapped to C+l,C+l.

Build and Clean

• C+b - build the project, latexmk does not compile if there are no modifications

• C+Shift+b to choose - force build the project

• C+l+backspace - clean most auxiliary files, excluding .synctex.gz

• C+Shift+p and choose LaTeXBox: Clean auxiliary file (force) - clean all auxiliary files (also look into subfolders).

View and Sync

• C+l,v - view the PDF file

• C+l,j or C+Shift+Click - forward sync with the PDF file

Choose Build System

• LaTeXBox provides way to define and choose the building command. One can define different build systems in the settings file and choose among them via the Command Palette "LaTeXBox: Choose Build System".

2. LaTeX Commands

AutoCompletion

• C+l,x - the command will suggest you list of values to be inserted, depends on the preceding LaTeX command. Curly braces will be suitably added if necessary.
• \include or \input - provide a list of *.tex files
• \bibliography - provide a list of *.bib files
• \ref - search over the whole project for available labels
• \cite - search over the bib files for citations
• If the cursor is at an empty line, this command will close any unclosed environment.

Wrap selection in begin end pair

• C+l,e - this command will wrap the current selection by a pair of begin and end pair.

3. AutoMatch Pairs

The following is activated when auto_match_enabled is true.

• The following pairs are auto matched: (), [], {}, \(\), \[\], \{\}, and $$.
• Single and double quotation marks are replaced by the LaTeX quotation pairs, e.g., 'foo' becomes `foo' and "foo" becomes ``foo''.
• In Math mode,

Keys	Mappings
(,(	\left(\right)
[,[	\left[\right]
\,{,{	\left\{\right\}
\,|	||
\,|,|	\left|\right|
\,<	\langle\rangle
\,<,<	\left\langle\right\rangle

Note: AutoMatch will create fields. The cursor will move to the end of the pair when pressing tab.

4. Math Commands

Math Commands are only valid in math environment, eg, $$, \[ \] or \begin{equation}, \end{equation}. These Math Commands are similar to those of vim-latex plugin (if you know what I am talking about).

Note: Math Commands will create fields. The cursor will move to next field when pressing tab.

###Math Symbols

Keys	Mappings
_ ,_	_{}
^,^	^{}
.,.,.	\ldots
`,/	\frac{}{}
`,0	\varnothing
`,2	\sqrt{}
`,6	\partial
`,8	\infity

Keys	Mappings
<,-,<tab>	\leftarrow
<,-,-,<tab>	\longleftarrow
<,=,<tab>	\Leftarrow
<,=,=,<tab>	\Longleftarrow
-,>,<tab>	\rightarrow
-,-,>,<tab>	\longrightarrow
=,>,<tab>	\Rightarrow
=,=,>,<tab>	\Longrightarrow
<,-,>,<tab>	\leftrightarrow
<,-,-,>,<tab>	\longleftrightarrow
<,=,>,<tab>	\Leftrightarrow
<,=,=,>,<tab>	\Longleftrightarrow

###Greek letters

Keys	Mappings	Keys	Mappings	Keys	Mappings
`,a	\alpha	`,i	\iota	`,s	\sigma
`,b	\beta	`,k	\kappa	`,t	\tau
`,g	\gamma	`,l	\lambda	`,u	\upsilon
`,d	\delta	`,m	\mu	`,f	\varphi
`,e	\varepsilon	`,n	\nu	`,c	\chi
`,z	\zeta	`,x	\xi	`,y	\psi
`,h	\eta	`,p	\pi	`,w	\omega
`,q	\theta	`,r	\rho

Keys	Mappings
`,G	\Gamma
`,D	\Delta
`,Q	\Theta
`,L	\Lambda
`,X	\Xi
`,P	\Pi
`,S	\Sigma
`,Y	\Upsilon
`,F	\Phi
`,Y	\Psi
`,W	\Omega

More symbols will be defined in further versions