# LaTeXing - Professional Typesetting

An extension for Sublime Text which makes your life
easier and more comfortable while creating your documents.

# Using TikZ with LaTeXing ¶

TikZ is together with PGF a TeX package for creating graphics programmatically. TikZ is build on top of PGF and allows you to create sophisticated graphics in a rather intuitive and easy manner. LaTeXing makes it more comfortable and faster to use TikZ in Sublime Text 3. In this tutorial the setup process and the individual configuration possibilities are covered.

Let's consider an example before we talk about the setup in detail.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}

\usepackage{tikz}

\begin{document}

\begin{tikzpicture}[scale=.8, z={(-.707,-.3)}]
\draw (4,0,0) -- (0,0,0) -- (0,5,0);
\draw (4,0,0) -- (4,0,-3) -- (4,5,-3) -- (4,5,0) -- cycle;
\draw (4,5,0) -- (0,5,0) -- (0,5,-3) -- (4,5,-3);
\draw[style=dashed, color=gray] (4,0,-3) -- (0,0,-3) -- (0,5,-3);
\draw[style=dashed, color=gray] (0,0,0) -- (0,0,-3);
\draw (2,-.4,0) node{4 ft};
\draw (4.6,-.2,-1.5) node{3 ft};
\draw (4.5,2.5,-3) node{5 ft};
\end{tikzpicture}

\end{document}


which will create the following pdf file. This is a very basic example and not taking any advantage of using LaTeXing so far.

## How to use TikZ ¶

There are two packages for Sublime Text 3:

1. TikZ provides syntax highlighting and snippets for TikZ.
2. Our very own LaTeXing handles TikZ files just like regular LaTeX files. Simply hit ctrl+b (or super+b on a OSX) to build.

The easiest way to install these plugins is to get Package Control, bring up the command palette (strg+shift+p on Windows and Linux, super+shift+p on the OSX), select Package Control: Install Package, select the package you want, and hit enter. You can easily get things up and running in three minutes or less.

To enable tikz support in LaTeXing you only have to add a single option to your LaTeXing settings: (In the menu select Preferences/Package Settings/LaTeXing/Settings - User and insert the following line.)

"tikz": true,
"tikz_create_pdf": true


The second option is optional, you can also leave it off, the purpose will be explained later in this tutorial. Now, just copy the sample tikzpicture above, paste it into a new file, and save it as demo1.tikz in a folder of your liking

% -*- root: Document.tex -*-
\begin{tikzpicture}[scale=.8, z={(-.707,-.3)}]
\draw (4,0,0) -- (0,0,0) -- (0,5,0);
\draw (4,0,0) -- (4,0,-3) -- (4,5,-3) -- (4,5,0) -- cycle;
\draw (4,5,0) -- (0,5,0) -- (0,5,-3) -- (4,5,-3);
\draw[style=dashed, color=gray] (4,0,-3) -- (0,0,-3) -- (0,5,-3);
\draw[style=dashed, color=gray] (0,0,0) -- (0,0,-3);
\draw (2,-.4,0) node{4 ft};
\draw (4.6,-.2,-1.5) node{3 ft};
\draw (4.5,2.5,-3) node{5 ft};
\end{tikzpicture}


The only thing what you have to do in this file is to connect it with the root document to load the preambles. This makes it very easy to keep the same style across all you figures. Document.tex should look like this:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}

\usepackage{tikz}

\begin{document}

\includegraphics{demo1.pdf}

\end{document}


LaTeXing will automatically detect all preambles until \\begin{document}. You can further adjust this by defining % (TIKZ) somewhere in you main document and just everything until this stop mark will included. The use of % (TIKZ) is sometimes handy if you don't need all preambles to load for a tikz picture.

Let's go back to demo1.tikz, hit ctrl+b (or super+b on a OSX) to creates a preview of just the current picture and saves it as pdf next to the tikz picture if the option is enabled. From now on you can just include the pdf like a usual figure, this help a lot while using a lot of tikz pictures to avoid long typeset processes.

## TikZ Live Preview ¶

The TikZ support also included a live preview mode which will automatically build your figure shortly after your last modification. Just call "LaTeXing: Toggle TikZ Live Preview" being in your .tikz file.

The TikZ website is a good place to find out more about tikz's features. It provides a number of examples that will get you started on the basics.