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DenverCoder1/latex-gboard-dictionary
⌨ Importable dictionary for typing math symbols more easily on your Android phone by using keyboard shortcuts inspired by LaTeX
A Gboard personal dictionary file that maps LaTeX-style shortcuts (\sum, \alpha, etc.) to their Unicode symbol equivalents. You type the shortcut on your Android keyboard and Gboard autocompletes to the actual symbol. Aimed at students and anyone who frequently needs math symbols on mobile.
The shortcut conventions are borrowed directly from LaTeX, so anyone already familiar with LaTeX notation has zero learning curve. The dictionary is a plain text file with a clear format, making it easy to inspect or extend. There's a lint workflow to catch formatting errors in contributions, which keeps the file clean. Import steps are well-documented with screenshots, which matters because Gboard's settings UI is genuinely confusing.
This is Android-only — Gboard's dictionary import isn't available on iOS, so half the mobile market is excluded by a platform limitation. The dictionary is a static file with no tooling to generate it from a canonical source, so adding new symbols requires manual edits in a specific tab-separated format that's easy to get wrong. Coverage is decent for common symbols but gaps exist in areas like arrows, geometric shapes, and less common operators. There's no way to selectively import a subset — it's all or nothing, which will pollute autocomplete suggestions for users who only need a small slice of the symbols.