Configuration for LaTeX-Workshop (VS Code Extension)

keybindings.json

[
    {
        "key": "ctrl+shift+B",
        "command": "editor.action.insertSnippet",
        "when": "editorHasSelection && resourceExtname == .tex",
        "args": {
            "snippet": "\\textbf{${TM_SELECTED_TEXT}}$0"
        }
    },
    {
        "key": "ctrl+shift+I",
        "command": "editor.action.insertSnippet",
        "when": "editorHasSelection && resourceExtname == .tex",  
        "args": {
            "snippet": "\\textit{${TM_SELECTED_TEXT}}$0"
        }
    },
    {
        "key": "ctrl+shift+U",
        "command": "editor.action.insertSnippet",
        "when": "editorHasSelection && resourceExtname == .tex",  
        "args": {
            "snippet": "\\underline{${TM_SELECTED_TEXT}}$0"
        }
    },
    {
        "key": "ctrl+shift+R",
        "command": "editor.action.insertSnippet",
        "when": "editorHasSelection && resourceExtname == .tex",  
        "args": {
            "snippet": "\\autoref{${TM_SELECTED_TEXT}}$0"
        }
    },
    {
        "key": "ctrl+shift+C",
        "command": "editor.action.insertSnippet",
        "when": "editorHasSelection && resourceExtname == .tex",  
        "args": {
            "snippet": "\\cite{${TM_SELECTED_TEXT}}$0"
        }
    },
    {
        "key": "ctrl+shift+B",
        "command": "editor.action.insertSnippet",
        "when": "!editorHasSelection && resourceExtname == .tex",
        "args": {
            "snippet": "\\textbf{$0}"
        }
    },
    {
        "key": "ctrl+shift+I",
        "command": "editor.action.insertSnippet",
        "when": "!editorHasSelection && resourceExtname == .tex",  
        "args": {
            "snippet": "\\textit{$0}"
        }
    },
    {
        "key": "ctrl+shift+U",
        "command": "editor.action.insertSnippet",
        "when": "!editorHasSelection && resourceExtname == .tex",  
        "args": {
            "snippet": "\\underline{$0}"
        }
    },
    {
        "key": "ctrl+shift+R",
        "command": "editor.action.insertSnippet",
        "when": "!editorHasSelection && resourceExtname == .tex",  
        "args": {
            "snippet": "\\autoref{$0}"
        }
    },
    {
        "key": "ctrl+shift+C",
        "command": "editor.action.insertSnippet",
        "when": "!editorHasSelection && resourceExtname == .tex",  
        "args": {
            "snippet": "\\cite{$0}"
        }
    },
]

settings.json

"latex-workshop.latex.autoClean.run": "onBuilt",
"latex-workshop.view.pdf.viewer": "tab",
"latex-workshop.view.pdf.internal.synctex.keybinding": "double-click",
"latex-workshop.latex.autoBuild.run": "onSave",
"files.autoSave": "afterDelay",
"files.autoSaveDelay": 30000,
"latex-workshop.latex.recipes": [
	{
		"name": "pdflatex ➞ biber ➞ pdflatex ➞ makeglossaries ➞ pdflatex × 2",
		"tools": [
			"pdflatex",
			"biber",
			"pdflatex",
			"makeglossaries",
			"pdflatex",
			"pdflatex",
		]
	},
	{
		"name": "latexmk 🔃",
		"tools": [
			"latexmk"
		]
	},
	{
		"name": "lualatex ➞ biber ➞ lualatex",
		"tools": [
			"lualatex",
			"biber",
			"lualatex"
		]
	},
],
"latex-workshop.latex.tools": [
	{
		"name": "pdflatex",
		"command": "pdflatex",
		"args": [
                        "-shell-escape",
			"-interaction=nonstopmode",
			"-file-line-error",
			"-aux-directory=.",
			"-output-directory=./..",
			"%DOC%"
		]
	},
	{
		"name": "latexmk",
		"command": "latexmk",
		"args": [
			"-shell-escape",
			"-interaction=nonstopmode",
			"-file-line-error",
			"-aux-directory=.",
			"-output-directory=./..",
			"-pdf",
			"%DOC%"
		]
	},
	{
		"name": "lualatex",
		"command": "lualatex",
		"args": [
			"-interaction=nonstopmode",
			"-file-line-error",
			"-aux-directory=.",
			"-output-directory=./..",
			"%DOC%"
		]
	},
	{
		"name": "biber",
		"command": "biber",
		"args": [
			"%DOCFILE%"
		]
	},
        {
		"name": "makeglossaries",
		"command": "makeglossaries",
		"args": [
			"%DOCFILE%"
		]
	},
],

Comments for settings.json

• Line 1: Clean auxiliary files
• Line 2: Set default PDF viewer
• Line 3: Synctex from PDF to source via double-clicking (originally it's by default set to Ctrl + left-clicking) ↔️ Synctex from source to PDF via Ctrl + Alt + J
• Line 4,5,6 : Auto build LaTeX
• After Line 7 (latex-workshop.latex.recipes & latex-workshop.latex.tools): Specify paths for auxiliary files and pdf document with -aux-directory and -output-directory options (Then you can put -aux-directory in the .gitignore file)

Comments for keybindings.json

Keyboard shortcuts for the following LaTeX commands:

• \textbf
• \textit
• \underline
• \autoref
• \cite

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