Enable Live Snippets for More Language Mode in Addition to LaTeX

[MatrixRanger98]

Feature Request

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

I would like to write TeX math in Markdown/RMarkdown/Quarto files as well and the live snippet is really a great feature. It saves so much time. I wonder if we could activate this extension for Markdown/RMarkdown/Quarto as well.

Describe the solution you'd like

"activationEvents": [
 "onLanguage:tex",
 "onLanguage:latex",
 "onLanguage:doctex",
 "onLanguage:markdown",
 "onLanguage:rmd",
 "onLanguage:quarto"
]

Then add a setting that could disable the extension for Markdown/RMarkdown/Quarto.

[MatrixRanger98]

By the way, I want word count and formatted pastes for Markdown as well. But such features are provided by other extensions already (though I think supporting them here is a cleaner solution). The live snippet is a unique feature that I haven't seen anywhere else and I like it very much.

[leoleoasd]

Most math-related live snippets only works in latex, and due to difficulties in parsing them, they are even not supported in $$. Supporting them in markdown would be fairly difficult. If someone can come up with a solution (PR welcomed!) that can parse and handle inline math formulas like $$, then I think it would be reasonable to support live snippets in markdown.

[MatrixRanger98]

Yes. But supporting those non-math-related ones is already good enough for daily use. For now I am using a workaround by modifying the local source codes in LaTeX Utilities to let it regard Markdown as LaTeX. But I need to redo the trick after each update. It would be great just to have the option of activating the extension in Markdown. To be honest, most math-related ones are not that useful. My use case is mainly replacing ^{} and _{} by some two-key trigger. This speeds up math writing immensely.

[leoleoasd]

Can you try open a blank .tex file in your markdown project then see if live snippets work in markdown?

[MatrixRanger98]

No. It doesn't work. If you look at the source code of Latex utilities, even when it is activated, the live snippets only react when the document is LaTeX. There is a judgment step in the code.

[leoleoasd]

Yes, this line I don't think adding markdown to activationEvents is a good idea because it will make everyone that writes markdown loads a slow extension. Do you think that, add a command that does nothing but loading the extension, and allow setting language ids for live snippets a good approach?

[MatrixRanger98]

Yeah that is good approach. I would appreciate it if the change can be made.

[mayurankv]

I too would love this!

[MatrixRanger98]

Just wondering if this could be implemented soon. Thanks! It would help save a lot of time.

[leoleoasd]

I'll see if I can squeeze some time this weekend

[leoleoasd]

I'll try to publish it tomorrow....

[leoleoasd]

@MatrixRanger98 This should be fixed now.