SciSym

Insert scientific symbols using customisable keyboard shortcuts.

Getting Started

All platforms

Download the latest release python source code files. Ensure that all dependencies are installed. To launch SciSym execute main.py

python -m main.py

Linux

Binary packages are not currently available. See all platforms for instructions for running from source and ensure that your distro uses python3. Precompiled rpm and deb packages may be released in future.

Windows

Download and extract the latest release binary for Windows or the python source files for any platform. To launch SciSym run SciSym.exe

Prerequisites

• Python 3.6+
• pynput

python -m pip install -r requirements.txt

Using SciSym

Default Shortcut Mappings:

General
Command	Shortcut
Exit SciSym Application	Ctrl + Alt + I + Esc
Greek Alphabet
Command	Shortcut
Δ Insert Greek Delta	Ctrl + Alt + I + D
δ Insert Greek Delta (lowercase)	Ctrl + Alt + I + F
λ Insert Greek Lambda (lowercase)	Ctrl + Alt + I + L
π Insert Greek Pi (lowercase)	Ctrl + Alt + I + P
Mathematics
Command	Shortcut
× Insert Multiply symbol	Ctrl + Alt + I + M
± Insert Plus/Minus symbol	Ctrl + Alt + I + -
≠ Insert Not Equal symbol	Ctrl + Alt + I + N
≤ Insert Less-than or Equal to symbol	Ctrl + Alt + I + ,
≥ Insert Greater-than or Equal to symbol	Ctrl + Alt + I + .
° Insert Degree symbol	Ctrl + Alt + I + A
Chemistry
Command	Shortcut
⟶ Insert Reaction Arrow symbol	Ctrl + Alt + I + R
⇌ Insert Equilibrium symbol	Ctrl + Alt + I + E
Logic
Command	Shortcut
∴ Insert Therefore symbol	Ctrl + Alt + I + /

Customising

Shortcuts can be changed by editing the shortcuts.json file. If two or more commands are bound the same shortcut key, only the last one defined in the file will be triggered.

A shortcut is structured as follows:

"category":
{
  "symbol":
  {
    "key": "k",
    "char": "?"
  }
}

e.g. Insert a smiley face ☺ when Ctrl + Alt + I + S is pressed

"custom":
{
  "smiley_face":
  {
    "key": "s",
    "char": "☺"
  }
}