latex_preview.nvim

launch a live preview of latex files with neovim

this plugin is being actively developed, and may not be in working order

Description

The goal of this plugin is to automate the process of launching and managing a live preview and do so without ever leaving the comfort of vim.

Current Feautres

• Preview() start a latex preview with latexmk and opens preview w/ default viewer
• StopPreview() kill latexmk process

Todo

• write pdftotext to buffer, provide toggle function for keybinding
• Configuration:
  • default keymapings to start and stop preview
  • path to pdf view of choice

Installation

Install latex_preview with Packer.nvim. Requires latexmk

use 'nvim-lua/plenary.nvim`
use 'anthonymolinari/latex_preview.nvim'

Configuration

local lp = require('latex_preview')

lp.setup({
    mappings = {},
})

vim.keymap.set('n', '<leader>pf', lp.Preview, {})
vim.keymap.set('n', '<leader>cf', lp.StopPreview, {})

References

Repos used for refence while working on this plugin:

buffer_manager.nvim plenary.nvim