LaTeX Symbol Picker

approved

by ryxwaer

Draw or search a LaTeX symbol in a side panel and insert it at the cursor, auto-wrapping in math delimiters when needed. Powered by a Detexify-style handwriting classifier. - This plugin has not been manually reviewed by Obsidian staff.

★ 1 stars↓ 230 downloadsUpdated 1mo agoMIT
Install in ObsidianView on GitHub

LaTeX Symbol Picker

An Obsidian side panel to find LaTeX symbols and quickly insert them at your cursor.

Demo: drawing a symbol and inserting it into a note

Features

  • Draw symbols with mouse, finger, or stylus to find them by shape (inspired by Detexify).
  • Search by name using common synonyms, so you can find a symbol even without knowing LaTeX.
  • Click to insert a symbol at the cursor, auto-wrapped in $...$ when you are not already inside a math context.
  • History of picked symbols is tracked and recent symbols are available at the bottom of panel for quick reuse.
  • Fully offline: the classifier and its training data ship with the plugin. Only symbols that Obsidian's MathJax can render are included.

Usage

  • Open the panel from the ribbon (sigma icon) or the command "LaTeX Symbol Picker: Open panel".
  • Draw a symbol on the canvas, or type part of a command or its name in the search box.
  • Click a result to insert it at the cursor in the active note.

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