LaTeXiS — Intelligent LaTeX Assistant for Spanish-speaking Researchers
LaTeXiS is a VS Code extension designed to make LaTeX easier, faster, and more intuitive—especially for Spanish-speaking students, researchers, and thesis writers.
Its mission is simple: reduce the learning curve of LaTeX by providing smart snippets, automatic package management, APA citation tools, and project‑aware assistance.
Whether you are writing your thesis, a scientific article, or an academic report, LaTeXiS helps you focus on content while it takes care of structure, formatting, and boilerplate.
✨ Key Features
🔹 1. Intelligent Snippets (in Spanish)
LaTeXiS provides context‑aware LaTeX snippets written in Spanish, making the environment more natural for new users.
Examples:
Insertar figura → Inserts a complete figure environment, wrapfigure, or \includegraphics.Insertar ecuación → Inserts equation, align, align*, split, and more.
All snippets automatically:
- Detect the project’s main .tex file
- Insert required packages in the correct place
- Avoid polluting chapter files with preamble content
🔹 2. Automatic Package Detection (Project‑Wide)
LaTeXiS scans the entire project to determine what packages your document really needs.
It detects packages for:
- Figures (graphicx, wrapfig)
- Tables (booktabs, longtable, tabularx, array, xcolor, colortbl)
- Mathematics (amsmath, amssymb, mathtools)
- References (biblatex, hyperref, cleveref, natbib)
- Text tools (csquotes, etc.)
Then it:
- Inserts ONLY the missing packages
- Prevents duplicates
- Writes them below the
\documentclass section of the main file
This ensures a clean, consistent preamble across multi‑file projects.
🔹 3. APA Citation System (Fully Automated)
LaTeXiS includes a fully automated APA (7th edition) setup using biblatex and biber.
When you run:
LaTeXiS: Insertar configuración APA
The extension:
- Inserts the complete APA configuration block
- Detects conflicts with existing
biblatex or natbib settings
- Searches for existing
.bib files in the project
- Lets you choose one OR auto‑creates
bibliografia.bib
- Inserts:
\usepackage[backend=biber,style=apa]{biblatex}\DeclareLanguageMapping{spanish}{spanish-apa}\usepackage{csquotes}\addbibresource{...}
- Automatically inserts
\printbibliography before \end{document}
- Ensures all changes occur only in the main .tex file
This makes bibliographies extremely easy for beginners.
🔹 4. Multi‑File Project Intelligence
LaTeXiS understands entire LaTeX projects—not just single files.
It automatically:
- Finds the main .tex file (the one containing
\documentclass)
- Scans all
.tex files in the workspace
- Aggregates package requirements across chapters
- Ensures all preamble modifications occur ONLY in the main file
Ideal for theses where content is split across many chapters.
🔹 5. Spanish‑First Design (with Future Multilingual Support)
LaTeXiS is built for native Spanish-speaking LaTeX users, offering:
- Snippets written in Spanish
- Commands with Spanish names
- Documentation aligned to Latin‑American and Spanish academic standards
A future roadmap includes support for:
- Portuguese
- French
- German
- English
With a system that allows per‑language snippet sets.
📸 Screenshots (Recommended to Add Later)
You may want to include:
- Snippet insertion examples
- APA configuration in action
- Package auto‑detection demonstration
- Multi‑file analysis panels
Place images inside the /images folder and reference them here.
🚀 Commands Overview
| Command |
Description |
| LaTeXiS: Insertar figura |
Inserts figure environments and adds required packages. |
| LaTeXiS: Insertar ecuación |
Inserts equations, align, align*, split, or display math. |
| LaTeXiS: Analizar documento y añadir paquetes faltantes |
Scans the entire project and inserts only missing packages. |
| LaTeXiS: Insertar configuración APA |
Sets up APA, manages .bib files, and inserts bibliography printing. |
| Hello World |
Default test command (will be removed in future). |
⚙️ Requirements
- VS Code 1.76+
- A working LaTeX distribution (TeX Live, MiKTeX, or MacTeX)
- For APA: biber must be installed
Optional:
- Better BibTeX for Zotero (future integration planned)
🔧 Extension Settings
LaTeXiS contributes:
latexis.mainFile
Overrides autodetection of the main TeX document.
Example:
"latexis.mainFile": "tesis.tex"
More settings will be added as the extension matures.
🧩 Known Issues
- Integration with Zotero is not yet available (planned for future version).
- Snippets APA for citations (
\textcite, \parencite, etc.) will be added soon.
- No multilingual snippet sets yet (Spanish-only release).
📈 Roadmap
✔ Current (0.1.x)
- Smart snippets
- Automatic package insertion
- APA automatic configuration
- Multi-file project analysis
- Creation of
.bib file
🔜 Upcoming
- Zotero auto‑export integration
- APA citation snippets
- Template generator for theses
- Language-specific snippet packs
- Marketplace publishing
🎯 Future
- AI-based LaTeX code suggestions
- Document structuring assistant
- Template marketplace for universities
👤 Author & Credits
Developed by Luis Robles
Email: albert.physik@gmail.com
Created for students and researchers who want a smoother transition into LaTeX, particularly in the Spanish-speaking academic community.
📜 License
MIT License (or your preferred license).
Enjoy LaTeX with LaTeXiS!
Empowering Spanish-speaking researchers, one document at a time.
