And I set about making a python script that checks for the common mistakes I make (the regexes in my cheatsheet) and makes the appropriate suggestions for replacements and updates the file.Īdding new regex patterns and ways in which it has to be replaced is as simple as writing a simple function and adding a line to the list of patterns to be tested. It was at this time I was reading about someone using regexes in Python and I realised this would be an interesting way to improve my limited python skills and do something useful. I had no clue how to do this in a simple bash script. With all the other checks I had to do like whether the text appeared in a comment or an equation block or something. I intended on automating this with some sort of script but just never got around to doing it.

I’d just copy these from the cheat sheet and paste into the search bar and fix each error as I saw it. I put these in my sublime text latex cheatsheet for easy access. It was around this time I made a list of standard regexes that I could search for and replace using sublime text’s in built search. Checking the PDF and going through them looking for mistakes was obviously quite irritating. There is a dictionary in sublime text but it works only for spelling mistakes and those aren’t always the problem. Word used to make things easier with it’s spell check.

These are things like accidentally putting two spaces adjacent to each other, repeating phrases and forgetting to capitalize letters in the right places. Love how that things works.Īfter shifting to using latex (with sublime text) for writing, one of the things I’ve found rather irritating is correcting the silly mistakes I keep making. It’s now available in package control as CheckTypos plugin. Seriously, I’ve no idea why I waited for so long. About 10 lines of JSON later, I had an option in the tools menu, a key mapping for mac, linux and windows and a command in the command palette. After some help from the excellent NetTuts tutorial and some help from some of the existing plugins and obviously the API I had the plugin working. The process of making it into a plugin was quite straightforward since my original script was in python. IF you’re actually reading this post, do feel free to check it out at. On running the command, the plugin highlights each mistake and suggests a replacement which can be accepted or rejected by the user with a single key press.

The plugin basically checks for a couple of mistakes that are commonly made in latex by me and hopefully other people who forget to title case titles and put spaces after punctuations. So after close to a year of procrastinating, I finally made the code that I had written about back in June last year into a plugin for sublime text 2.

Aquamacs latex code leave it as it is