HOW TO USE LATEX IN SUBLIME TEXT ON MAC

This page provides a brief guide to using LaTeX in Sublime Text on Mac. This guide covers setup, use and customization. LaTeX is a system for creating high-quality technical documents. Sublime Text is a smart text editor.

SETUP

You need three tools to use LaTeX in Sublime Text: MacTeX, LaTeXTools, and Skim. MacTeX contains the TeX-related programs and packages needed to use LaTeX on your Mac. LaTeXTools is a package used to build LaTeX documents. Skim is a PDF viewer used to view LaTeX documents.

1. Install the MacTeX distribution
2. Install Sublime Text and Package Control
3. Open Sublime Text and Install LaTeXTools:
1. Press Command + Shift + P
2. Search "Package Control: Install Package"
3. Press Enter
4. Search "LaTeXTools"
5. Press Enter
4. Install Skim
5. Open Skim
1. Select "Skim" then "Preferences" from the menu
2. Select "Sync"
3. Select "Check for file changes"
4. Select "Reload automatically"
5. Select "Sublime Text" from the "Preset" menu
6. Install a theme if desired
7. Done

USE

Once LaTeX is setup in Sublime Text, it can be used to create LaTeX documents. To use LaTeX in Sublime Text, you need to create a file, set the syntax to LaTeX and build. You can make Sublime Text your default editor for LaTeX documents after creating your first file.

1. Use LaTeX:
1. Open Sublime Text
2. Press Command + N
3. Press Command + Shift + P
4. Search "Set Syntax: LaTeX"
5. Press Enter
6. Write your document using the LaTeX language
7. Build with Command + B
2. Make Sublime Text your default editor:
1. Save LaTeX code
2. Find the .tex file on your Mac
3. Hold Control and select the .tex file
4. Select "Get info"
5. Select "Sublime Text" from the "Open with" menu
6. Select "Change all"
7. Close window

SETTINGS

LaTeXTools can be customized by editing user settings. For example, when you build, Skim will open the PDF on the page associated with the position of your cursor in Sublime Text. You can turn this feature off:

1. Open Sublime Text
2. Select "Sublime Text" from the menu
3. Select "Preferences"
4. Select "Package Settings"
5. Select "LaTeXTools"
6. Open Sublime Text
7. Select "Settings - User"
8. Press Command + F
9. Search "forward_sync"
10. Change "true" to "false"
11. Save

SNIPPETS

Sublime Text can be customized with snippets. A snippet is a block of code that can be pasted by entering a predefined combination of keys. Snippets make writing LaTeX documents faster. The following steps will create and use a snippet called "preamble" containing a basic LaTeX article template:

1. Open Sublime Text
2. Select "Tools" from the menu
3. Select "Developer"
4. Select "New Snippet"
5. Replace the existing text with the following: <snippet><content><![CDATA[\documentclass[11pt,oneside]{article} \usepackage{geometry,graphicx,amssymb,amsmath} \title{} \author{} \begin{document} \maketitle \end{document}]]></content><tabTrigger> preamble</tabTrigger><scope>text.tex.latex</scope></snippet>
6. Save as "preamble.sublime-snippet"
7. Open a LaTeX document
8. Type "preamble"
9. Press Tab