Open a text box with CMD u or CTRL u and paste a HW question you have to automatically get it in \item format
// ==UserScript==
// @name LaTeX Question Itemizer with vspace
// @namespace http://tampermonkey.net/
// @version 1.0
// @description Open a text box with CMD u or CTRL u and paste a HW question you have to automatically get it in \item format
// @author Andrew Lakkis
// @match https://www.overleaf.com/*
// @license MIT
// @grant none
// ==/UserScript==
(function() {
'use strict';
// Create UI elements
const containerDiv = document.createElement('div');
const inputDiv = document.createElement('div');
const outputDiv = document.createElement('div');
const inputTextArea = document.createElement('textarea');
const outputTextArea = document.createElement('textarea');
const submitButton = document.createElement('button');
const closeButton = document.createElement('button');
const clearButton = document.createElement('button'); // New clear button
const copyButton = document.createElement('button');
const copyAndCloseButton = document.createElement('button');
// UI setup
inputTextArea.setAttribute('placeholder', 'Enter your text here...');
submitButton.textContent = 'Transform';
closeButton.textContent = 'Close';
clearButton.textContent = 'Clear'; // Set text for clear button
copyButton.textContent = 'Copy';
copyAndCloseButton.textContent = 'Copy and Close';
outputTextArea.setAttribute('readonly', true);
inputDiv.appendChild(inputTextArea);
inputDiv.appendChild(submitButton);
inputDiv.appendChild(clearButton); // Append clear button to inputDiv
inputDiv.appendChild(closeButton);
outputDiv.appendChild(outputTextArea);
outputDiv.appendChild(copyButton);
outputDiv.appendChild(copyAndCloseButton);
containerDiv.appendChild(inputDiv);
containerDiv.style.transform = 'translateX(50px) translateY(100px)'; // shift the clear button 8px to the left in the search box
containerDiv.appendChild(outputDiv);
document.body.appendChild(containerDiv);
// Styling
containerDiv.style.position = 'fixed';
containerDiv.style.top = '10px';
containerDiv.style.left = '10px';
containerDiv.style.backgroundColor = '#f0f0f0';
containerDiv.style.border = '1px solid #ddd';
containerDiv.style.padding = '10px';
inputTextArea.style.width = '300px';
inputTextArea.style.height = '150px';
outputTextArea.style.width = '300px';
outputTextArea.style.height = '150px';
containerDiv.style.display = 'none';
// Transform text function
const transformText = (text) => {
const lines = text.split('\n');
let transformedText = '';
let hasEnumerateStarted = false;
let isFirstItem = true; // Flag to track the first item
// this block will determine if there is already an itemized question, and fills it with vspace in between each pair of items if necessary
if (text.includes('\\begin{enumerate}') && text.includes('\\item')) {
return text.split('\n').reduce((acc, line, index, arr) => {
// Check for item lines and not the last line of the array
if (line.trim().startsWith('\\item') && index !== arr.length - 1) {
// Check the next line; if not another item, insert \vspace
return acc + line + '\n \\vspace{0.1in} \n\n\n\n\n\n \\vspace{0.2in} \n';
}
return acc + line + '\n';
}, '');
}
for (let line of lines) {
// Attempt to match the specific cases, including those ending with a period
const match = line.match(/^(\((?:[a-e]|[1-9])\)|[a-e]\)|\d\.\s|\d\))\s*(.*)/i) ||
line.match(/^([a-e]|\d)\.\s*(.*)/i); // Directly match letters or digits followed by a period
if (match) {
let prefix = match[1];
// Adjust prefix to ensure correct LaTeX format
// This includes adding a closing parenthesis for letters or digits without any
if (prefix.match(/^[a-e]$/) || prefix.match(/^\d$/)) {
prefix += '.'; // Append period for single letters or digits without any punctuation for consistency
}
if (!hasEnumerateStarted) {
transformedText += '\\begin{enumerate}';
hasEnumerateStarted = true;
}
// Check if it's the first item to skip \vspace
if (isFirstItem) {
transformedText += `\n\n \\item[${prefix}] ${match[2]}\n`;
isFirstItem = false;
} else {
transformedText += `\n \\vspace{0.1in} \n\n\n\n\n\n \\vspace{0.2in} \n\n \\item[${prefix}] ${match[2]}\n`;
}
} else {
transformedText += line + '\n';
}
}
if (hasEnumerateStarted) {
transformedText += '\n \\vspace{0.1in} \n\n\n\n\n \\end{enumerate}\n \\vspace{0.4in}';
}
return transformedText;
};
// Event listeners
document.addEventListener('keydown', (e) => {
if (e.key === 'u' && (e.ctrlKey || e.metaKey)) {
containerDiv.style.display = 'block';
inputTextArea.focus();
}
});
submitButton.addEventListener('click', () => {
const inputText = inputTextArea.value;
const outputText = transformText(inputText);
outputTextArea.value = outputText;
});
closeButton.addEventListener('click', () => {
containerDiv.style.display = 'none';
});
clearButton.addEventListener('click', () => {
inputTextArea.value = ''; // Clear the input text area
inputTextArea.focus();
});
copyButton.addEventListener('click', () => {
outputTextArea.select();
document.execCommand('copy');
});
/* get this to work for paste event
inputTextArea.addEventListener('keydown', () => {
const inputText = inputTextArea.value;
const outputText = transformText(inputText);
outputTextArea.value = outputText;
});
*/
copyAndCloseButton.addEventListener('click', () => {
outputTextArea.select();
document.execCommand('copy');
containerDiv.style.display = 'none';
});
})();