VSCode LaTeX Template

A lightweight LaTeX Publication repository template with VS Code support and a dev container for building PDFs consistently.

🚀 Getting started

1. Install Visual Studio Code.
2. Install the Remote - Containers extension.
3. Open this repository in VS Code.
4. Open the Command Palette and choose Dev Containers: Reopen in Container.

⚙️ VS Code LaTeX editor setup

Recommended extension:

• LaTeX Workshop (james-yu.latex-workshop)

Recommended workflow:

• Open main.tex.
• Use the LaTeX Workshop build commands from the editor.
• The default PDF output directory is build/.

⚡ Recommended settings

These settings are configured automatically when you open the dev container:

• latex-workshop.latex.autoBuild.run: onFileSave
• latex-workshop.latex.outDir: build

🐳 Dev container support

This repository includes a .devcontainer/ configuration that installs a complete LaTeX toolchain for VS Code.

Included packages:

• latexmk
• biber
• chktex
• texlive-latex-extra
• texlive-bibtex-extra
• texlive-xetex
• common LaTeX fonts and English language support

📖 How to use

1. Open the repo in VS Code.
2. Run Dev Containers: Reopen in Container.
3. Wait for the container to build.
4. Edit main.tex and build the PDF using LaTeX Workshop.

📝 Template repository notes

This repository is intended as a reusable LaTeX template for academic writing.

• Use it as a GitHub template repository by clicking the "Use this template" button.
• Keep the source files in the repository and generate build artifacts in the build/ folder.