{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/lervag/vimtex/issues/172","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/lervag/vimtex/issues/172/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/lervag/vimtex/issues/172/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/lervag/vimtex/issues/172/events","html_url":"https://github.com/lervag/vimtex/issues/172","id":79907396,"number":172,"title":"Is there any plan to add shortcut for inserting math symbols?","user":{"login":"pluskid","id":3542,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/3542?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/pluskid","html_url":"https://github.com/pluskid","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/pluskid/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/pluskid/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/pluskid/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/pluskid/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/pluskid/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/pluskid/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/pluskid/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/pluskid/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/pluskid/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/lervag/vimtex/labels/enhancement","name":"enhancement","color":"84b6eb"}],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":40,"created_at":"2015-05-23T17:37:49Z","updated_at":"2015-10-17T20:26:44Z","closed_at":null,"body":"Thanks for this nice plugin! Just wondering, is there any plan to add support of quickly inserting math symbols? For example, plugins for Emacs and Sublime Text all have a similar ability to, say, type `a to insert \\alpha, \r\n\r\ntype `/ to insert \\frac{}{}, etc. It would be nice to have this feature because it makes typing math much faster."},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/lervag/vimtex/issues/comments/148949175","html_url":"https://github.com/lervag/vimtex/issues/172#issuecomment-148949175","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/lervag/vimtex/issues/172","id":148949175,"user":{"login":"lervag","id":998898,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/998898?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/lervag","html_url":"https://github.com/lervag","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/lervag/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/lervag/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/lervag/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/lervag/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/lervag/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/lervag/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/lervag/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/lervag/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/lervag/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2015-10-17T20:26:44Z","updated_at":"2015-10-17T20:26:44Z","body":"@nilsbecker First, thanks for all the valuable feedback! I'm sorry this has taken so long. So, regarding the comment about the greek character mappings, I agree that they should follow the standard. I'm fixing this for the cases you mention, but I will first focus on completing the feature now.\r\n\r\n@nilsbecker You had several comments. Regarding snippets: I don't want to add snippets to vimtex in general. The point of this feature is not to add snippets in general, but to add abbreviations. However, I found I could use the Ultisnips functionality to create more advanced abbreviations. Note, though, that I still think of this as abbreviations, because the point is that the mappings are expanded directly, and not through the snippet expand key. I've found that this is very nice for some LaTeX commands. The bottom line is that I will not add snippets, but I will use Ultisnips (or perhaps another engine) to add advanced abbreviations (or imaps).\r\n\r\n@sciff90 I am not really sure I understand your problem. There are no real snippets here. I use Ultisnips for the anonymous function that expands the snippet directly. E.g. if you type something like `((` you get `\\left( | \\right)` where `|` indicates the cursor. This is a snippet that was expanded directly, and you may move the cursor out of the parantheses with the snippet jump key. In any case, I have decided to complete this feature now and to merge it into master. I hope to be able to finish it within a week or two.\r\n\r\nFinally: I've opened a new issue (#251) to focus the work load. Here I've listed the remaining tasks before merging. If you have comments specifically on those tasks or if you think I've forgotten something, please don't hesitate to comment."}}