LaTeX Copier

Copy selected text with equations in LaTeX format (Short cut: Ctrl+Alt+Shift+C).

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey, Greasemonkey or Violentmonkey to install this script.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey to install this script.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey or Violentmonkey to install this script.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey or Userscripts to install this script.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey to install this script.

You will need to install a user script manager extension to install this script.

(I already have a user script manager, let me install it!)

You will need to install an extension such as Stylus to install this style.

You will need to install an extension such as Stylus to install this style.

You will need to install an extension such as Stylus to install this style.

You will need to install a user style manager extension to install this style.

You will need to install a user style manager extension to install this style.

You will need to install a user style manager extension to install this style.

(I already have a user style manager, let me install it!)

// ==UserScript==
// @name         LaTeX Copier
// @namespace    http://tampermonkey.net/
// @version      1.9.7
// @description  Copy selected text with equations in LaTeX format (Short cut: Ctrl+Alt+Shift+C).
// @author       Jie-Qiao
// @match        *://*.wikipedia.org/*
// @match        *://*.stackexchange.com/*
// @match        *://alejandroschuler.github.io/*
// @match        *://*.zhihu.com/*
// @match        *://*.arxiv.org/*
// @match        *://*.ar5iv.org/*
// @match        *://*.csdn.net/*
// @match        *://chatgpt.com/*
// @match        *://chat.deepseek.com/*
// @match        *://amreis.github.io/*
// @match        *://gemini.google.com/*
// @grant        none
// @license MIT
// ==/UserScript==

function decodeHTMLEntities(text) {
  const parser = new DOMParser();
  const decodedString = parser.parseFromString(text, 'text/html').documentElement.textContent;
  return decodedString;
}


function getTextContentWithReplacements(url,node) {
    let text = '';
    if (node && node.childNodes) {
        node.childNodes.forEach(child => {
        let breakout=false;
        const nodeType = child.nodeType;
        const nodeName = child.nodeName.toLowerCase();
            // Default behavior for text nodes
            if (child.nodeType === Node.TEXT_NODE) {
                text += child.textContent;
            }
            if (nodeType === Node.ELEMENT_NODE){
                // URL-specific processing rules
                if (url.includes('wikipedia.org')) {
                    if (nodeName === 'span') {
                        if (child.querySelectorAll('math').length > 0) {
                            breakout=true;
                            text += '$' + child.getElementsByTagName('math')[0].getAttribute('alttext') + '$';
                        } else if (child.querySelectorAll('img').length > 0) {
                            breakout=true;
                            text += '$' + child.querySelectorAll('img')[0].getAttribute('alt') + '$';
                        }
                    }
                } else if (url.includes('stackexchange.com') || url.includes('zhihu.com') || url.includes('amreis.github.io')) {
                    if (nodeName === 'span') {
                        breakout=true;
                        if (child.getElementsByTagName('script').length > 0) {
                            text += '$' + child.getElementsByTagName('script')[0].textContent + '$';
                        }
                    }
                    else if (nodeName === 'script') {
                        text += '$' + child.textContent + '$';
                    }
                } else if (url.includes('chatgpt.com')||url.includes('alejandroschuler.github.io')||url.includes('chat.deepseek.com')) {
                    if (nodeName === 'span') {
                        if (child.getElementsByTagName('annotation').length > 0) {
                            breakout=true;
                            text += '$' + child.getElementsByTagName('annotation')[0].textContent + '$';
                        }
                    }
                } else if (url.includes('arxiv.org')|| url.includes('ar5iv.org')){
                    if (nodeName === 'math'){
                        text += '$' + child.getAttribute('alttext') + '$'
                    }
                } else if (url.includes('csdn.net')){
                    if (nodeName === 'span' && (child.getAttribute('class')==="katex--display" || child.getAttribute('class')==="katex--inline")){
                        const temp=child.getElementsByClassName("katex-mathml")[0].textContent
                        const terms = temp.split('\n')
                        .map(line => line.trim())
                        .filter(line => line.length > 0);
                        // Return the last non-empty term, or empty string if none found
                        if (terms.length>0){
                            text += '$' + terms[terms.length - 1] + '$'
                        }
                        }
                    }
                else if (url.includes('gemini.google.com')){
                    if (nodeName === 'div' && child.getAttribute('class')==="math-block"){
                        text += '\n$$' + child.getAttribute('data-math')+ '$$\n';
                        breakout=true;
                        }
                     if (nodeName === 'span' && child.getAttribute('class')==="math-inline"){
                        text += '$' + child.getAttribute('data-math')+ '$';
                         breakout=true;
                        }
                    }
                }
            // For other elements, recurse into their children
            if (!breakout && child.nodeType === Node.ELEMENT_NODE && !['script', 'math', 'img'].includes(child.nodeName.toLowerCase())) {
                text += getTextContentWithReplacements(url,child);
            }
        });
    }
    text = text.replace(/\n+/g, '\n').trim();
    text = text.replace(/\\bm\{([^}]+)\}/g, "\\mathbf{$1}");
    text = text.replace(/\\bigg\{\|\}/g, "\\Bigl|");
    text = text.replace(/\\big\{\|\}/g, "\\big|");
    text = decodeHTMLEntities(text);
    return text
}

(function() {
    'use strict';

    // Create the button element
    const button = document.createElement('button');
    button.textContent = 'Copy';
    button.style.position = 'absolute';
    button.style.zIndex = '2147483647';  // High z-index
    button.style.display = 'none'; // Initially hidden
    button.style.border = '1px solid black'; // For visibility
    button.style.padding = '5px 10px'; // For better appearance
    button.style.fontSize = '14px'; // For better appearance
    button.style.cursor = 'pointer'; // Visual feedback
    button.style.visibility = 'visible'; // Ensure visibility
    button.style.opacity = '1'; // Ensure opacity

    // Append the button to the body
    document.body.appendChild(button);

    // Function to handle button click
    button.addEventListener('click', function() {
        const selectedText = window.getSelection();
        if (selectedText) {
            myfunction(selectedText);
        }
        button.style.display = 'none'; // Hide the button after click
    });

let previousSelectedText = '';

document.addEventListener('mouseup', function(event) {
    const selectedText = window.getSelection().toString().trim();

    // Only show the button if the selected text has changed
    if (selectedText && selectedText !== previousSelectedText) {
        const x = event.pageX + 5;
        const y = event.pageY + 5;
        button.style.left = `${x}px`;
        button.style.top = `${y}px`;
        button.style.display = 'block';
        previousSelectedText = selectedText; // Update the previous selection
        //console.log(button)
    } else {
        button.style.display = 'none';
        previousSelectedText = ''; // Reset previous selection if no text is selected
    }
});


    // Custom function to process the selected text
    function myfunction(selection) {
        let url = window.location.href
        let range = selection.getRangeAt(0);
        //console.log('Text selected:', selection.toString()); // Log selected text
        let c=range.cloneContents();
        let text = getTextContentWithReplacements(url,c);
        navigator.clipboard.writeText(text);
    }

document.addEventListener('keydown', function(event) {
    if (event.shiftKey && event.ctrlKey && event.altKey && event.key === 'C') {
        //event.preventDefault(); // Prevent default browser behavior (like copying)
        const selectedText = window.getSelection();
        if (selectedText) {
            myfunction(selectedText);
        }
    }
})


})();