The following is the README from my personal LaTeX setup:

ready-set-vimtex
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bootstrap vimtex + ultisnips, with (mostly) sane defaults

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

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

LaTex Structure
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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
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
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Trigger	Name	LaTeX	Flags	Context
ff	fraction	$$\frac{ }{ } $$	A	“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()”
=>	=>	$$\implies$$	None	“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()”
ooo	∞	$$\infty$$	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
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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
ub	underbrace	$$\underbrace{ }_{ }$$	A	“math()”
sum	sum	$$\sum_{k=${1:1}}^{${2:\infty}} ${3:a_k z^n}$$	w	“math()”
\int	integral	$$\int_{${1:a}}^{${2:b}} ${3:f(x)}, dx$$	wA	“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
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Trigger	Name	LaTeX	Flags	Context
la	λ	$$\lambda$$	i	“math()”
ep	ε	$$\varepsilon$$	i	“math()”
de	δ	$$\delta$$	i	“math()”
om	ω	$$\omega$$	i	“math()”
pi	π	$$\pi$$	i	“math()”
al	α	$$\alpha$$	i	“math()”

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

gsobell/ready-set-vimtex

bootstrap vimtex + ultisnips, with (mostly) sane defaults 🚀

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ready-set-vimtex#

But First!#

For the Impatient#

Exciting Features!#

Idiosyncrasies#

Table of Snippets#

LaTex Structure#

Logic and Operators#

Math Typesetting#

Greek#