vimtex VS xournalpp

Compare vimtex vs xournalpp and see what are their differences.

vimtex

VimTeX: A modern Vim and neovim filetype plugin for LaTeX files. (by lervag)

xournalpp

Xournal++ is a handwriting notetaking software with PDF annotation support. Written in C++ with GTK3, supporting Linux (e.g. Ubuntu, Debian, Arch, SUSE), macOS and Windows 10. Supports pen input from devices such as Wacom Tablets. (by xournalpp)
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vimtex xournalpp
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5,076 10,106
- 3.3%
8.9 9.4
8 days ago 7 days ago
TeX C++
MIT License GNU General Public License v3.0 only
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vimtex

Posts with mentions or reviews of vimtex. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-06-10.
  • My uses for vimwiki have dried up... and it makes me a little sad
    3 projects | /r/vim | 10 Jun 2023
    I use vimwiki almost daily, but it's not professional use, just daily notes and organizing my life. I started using zim but I found I really missed writing/editing with vim. Then I found vimwiki. There are things I'm not super happy about with it. I saw that /u/lervag (love his vimtex plugin) released a wiki plugin and I was/am interested in it, but I have so much in my wiki right now that I don't want to deal with conversion issues.
  • I like Tabasco.
    5 projects | /r/linuxmasterrace | 6 May 2023
    I do think VSCode is a great tool and I recommend it frequently to people, but I still want to set the record straight here. Yes, vim is obviously limited in the sense that as a CLI app it doesn't draw it's own PDF or HTML windows, that's fair. But it can remote control your favorite PDF viewer or browser for roughly the same functionality. I'm currently writing my thesis using vimtex and it's quite smooth. And all the other stuff you mention is implemented quite competently by various plugins like vim-fugitive, coc.nvim, vimspector and copilot.vim.
  • What are all the accepted "inner" motion arguments?
    6 projects | /r/vim | 25 Mar 2023
    Some language-specific plugins like vimtex also include their own text objects.
  • [VimTeX] vim on mac lags when trying to use includegraphics[]{} for attaching image to a .tex file
    2 projects | /r/vim | 26 Feb 2023
    I am new to Vim and LaTeX, but I'm trying to learn both at the same time so I started using VimTeX to edit .tex files on MacVim. I got almost everything working now (vimtex itself, zathura, autocomplete, etc.), but one thing. And that is Vim won't respond for a while whenever I try to include an image using \includegraphics[]{} from \usepackage{graphicx}. By typing so, MacVim will request permission to access several folders but then hangs from there for like at least 10 minutes while my computer gets super hot and fans kick on loudly like it's doing something heavy in the background.
    2 projects | /r/vim | 26 Feb 2023
    I would post an issue on the VimTeX Github page: https://github.com/lervag/vimtex/issues. That way you might also get help to disable the possible indexing. I have also needed to disable project file scanning to stop Vim from hanging, when pressing Ctrl + N to perform simple auto-complete.
  • Which vim plugins do not have a lua equivalent yet?
    23 projects | /r/neovim | 18 Feb 2023
    Absolutely VimTeX
  • Vim + LaTeX
    4 projects | /r/vim | 11 Feb 2023
    In that blog post that is done using the vim plugin vimtex, which gives you syntax highlighting, indentation, etc, and also provides a way of automatically compiling your latex code into a PDF.
  • PdfAnnots in Lua
    2 projects | /r/neovim | 6 Feb 2023
    Amazing! Here is the issue #2631.
    2 projects | /r/neovim | 6 Feb 2023
    I mostly use NeoVim to write LaTeX documents and was grateful to have u/lervag's help setting up PdfAnnots so that when hovering over a citation, I can run PdfAnnots on the associated pdf for that citation. Here is the Vimscript that he came up with: ``` function PdfAnnots() abort try let infile = vimtex#context#get().handler.get_actions().entry.file catch /E121/ echo "No file found" return endtry
  • [HELP] Configuring Vim-tex in NvChad config
    4 projects | /r/neovim | 6 Feb 2023
    Hi, I've been trying to configure vim-tex working on the NvChad configs. I got the :VimtexCompile working and giving me output pdf. But the usual ll is giving me these errors. Also in vim {{ would expand to \left{ \right}. It's not working with NeoVim. I'm using LuaSnip with friendly-snippets with the default config in NvChad.

xournalpp

Posts with mentions or reviews of xournalpp. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-03-11.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing vimtex and xournalpp you can also consider the following projects:

rnote - Sketch and take handwritten notes.

obsidian-excalidraw-plugin - A plugin to edit and view Excalidraw drawings in Obsidian

notekit - A GTK3 hierarchical markdown notetaking application with tablet support.

logseq - A local-first, non-linear, outliner notebook for organizing and sharing your personal knowledge base. Use it to organize your todo list, to write your journals, or to record your unique life.

onenote - 📚 Linux Electron Onenote - A Linux compatible version of OneNote

coc-texlab - TexLab extension for coc.nvim

texlab - An implementation of the Language Server Protocol for LaTeX

tex-conceal.vim

Trilium Notes - Build your personal knowledge base with Trilium Notes

Joplin - Joplin - the secure note taking and to-do app with synchronisation capabilities for Windows, macOS, Linux, Android and iOS.

QOwnNotes - QOwnNotes is a plain-text file notepad and todo-list manager with Markdown support and Nextcloud / ownCloud integration.

org-noter - Emacs document annotator, using Org-mode