LaTeX PDF Preview

Live PDF preview for LaTeX documents in VS Code.

Features

• Real-time PDF preview - Auto-compiles on save
• Lightweight - No bundled PDF renderer (~36KB package)
• Uses VSCode's native PDF viewing

Requirements

• LaTeX distribution (pdflatex, xelatex, lualatex, or latexmk)
• PDF viewer extension for VSCode (e.g., vscode-pdf)

# macOS
brew install --cask mactex    # or basictex

# Windows/Linux
# Install TeX Live or MiKTeX

Usage

1. Open .tex file
2. Click preview icon or use Command Palette
3. Edit and save - preview updates automatically

Commands

• LaTeX: Show Preview - Open PDF preview
• LaTeX: Refresh Preview - Manual refresh

Settings

Setting	Default	Description
latex-preview.executablePath	""	Custom LaTeX executable path
latex-preview.autoCompile	true	Auto-compile on save
latex-preview.debounceDelay	300	Debounce delay (ms)
latex-preview.throttleDelay	2000	Throttle delay (ms)

License

MIT