# How to have latex-like shortcuts in other documents also in VS Code?

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-have-latex-like-shortcuts-in-other-documents-also-in-vs-code/64044>\
**Category:** VS Code\
**Created:** [July 4, 2021, 4:57pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-have-latex-like-shortcuts-in-other-documents-also-in-vs-code/64044 "2021-07-04T16:57:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![sylvaticus](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/sylvaticus/32/203883_2.png) [@sylvaticus](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/sylvaticus)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2021, 4:57pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-have-latex-like-shortcuts-in-other-documents-also-in-vs-code/64044/1 "2021-07-04T16:57:48Z")

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Hello, in Atom I am used to benefit of Juno latex-like unicode also in non-julia documents, like in markdon documents that I write (and visualise under “markdown preview plus”) when I don’t want bother for full Latex equations.

In VSCode however the latex-like unicode character completion works only inside .jl documents. How can I use it also in .md sources ?

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**Author:** ![sylvaticus](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/sylvaticus/32/203883_2.png) [@sylvaticus](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/sylvaticus)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2021, 5:06pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-have-latex-like-shortcuts-in-other-documents-also-in-vs-code/64044/2 "2021-07-04T17:06:37Z")

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Ahh… found it: the VS Code “Unicode Latex” plugin that… guess what ? It uses the Julia list.

At least even if Julia would have never gets off the ground as a mainstream programming language, this autocompletion of unicode characters with a latex-like syntax is already a great contribution to humanity 🙂 🙂