# gillescastel/latex-snippets

Vim + LaTeX snippets setup

Repository: https://github.com/gillescastel/latex-snippets
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/latex-snippets
Language: Vim Snippet
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: ultisnips, ultisnip-snippets, vim, latex, python
Last push: 2023-04-30T06:19:34+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2604, "days_push": 1221, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1182, forks 199 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:54.252135+00:00)

## What it is
A collection of UltiSnips snippet files and Vim configuration for fast LaTeX note-taking, popularized by a blog series on taking math lecture notes in Vim. It provides the tex.snippets file plus example .vimrc setup with vimtex, tex-conceal, and spell-checking.

## Use cases
- take math lecture notes in LaTeX quickly with vim
- set up ultisnips snippets for latex
- expand abbreviations into latex math environments while typing
- configure vim for latex writing with vimtex and conceal
- speed up typing fractions and greek letters in latex

## When to choose
- you use Vim or Neovim with UltiSnips and want a ready-made LaTeX snippet set
- you follow Gilles Castel's lecture-notes workflow and want to replicate it

## When to avoid
- you use VS Code, Emacs, or another editor rather than Vim
- you want a maintained LaTeX language server or full IDE rather than snippet files
- you need guaranteed updates - the repo is mostly a static config dump

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: maintenance
- function: editor, developer-tools, documentation
- domain: text-editors, education, developer-tools
- platform: editor-plugin, cli
- tags: latex, ultisnips, vim, snippets, note-taking, mathematics, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- gillescastel/latex-snippets (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:54.252135+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T06:24:50.262986+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/gillescastel/latex-snippets (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:54.252135+00:00, sha e53da7f26504)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.