Some useful resources:

Installing the appropriate Addons

Creating a new Note Type

  • Tools -> Manage Note Types

  • Click Add

  • Choose Add:Basic

  • Type a name, e.g., “Imported”

  • Select the newly-created type and click Options

    • Header 
        \documentclass[border=1px,preview]{standalone}
  \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
  \usepackage{manki}
  \pagestyle{empty}
  \setlength{\parindent}{0in}
  \begin{document}
    • Footer 
        \end{document}

      and also marking Create scalable…

LaTeX package manki above is a custom package implemented as a subdirectory (with a bunch of .sty and .tex files) reachable through one of the paths in TEXINPUTS.

Editing Latex build process

{
	"pngCommands": [
		[
			"latex",
			"-interaction=nonstopmode",
			"tmp.tex"
		],
		[
			"dvipng",
			"-D",
			"200",
			"-T",
			"tight",
			"tmp.dvi",
			"-o",
			"tmp.png"
		]
	],
	"svgCommands": [
		[
			"pdflatex",
			"-interaction=nonstopmode",
			"tmp.tex"
		],
		[
			"pdf2svg",
			"tmp.pdf",
			"tmp-unscaled-svg"
		],
		[
			"rsvg-convert",
			"--zoom=2",
			"--format=svg",
			"tmp-unscaled-svg",
			"-o",
			"tmp.svg"
		]
	]
}

Import

  • File -> Import

  • Locate the .tex file and click Open

  • Click Type, and choose the appropriate one, e.g., “Imported”

  • Click Deck, and choose an existing one or Add a new one
    • Hierarchy can be achieved by using “::” for separating different levels, e.g. Communications Theory :: Noise in communication systems refers to a deck named “Noise in communication systems” within “Communications Theory”
  • Finally, click Import

Troubleshooting

  • If it’s not possible to import .tex files (the extension doesn’t show in the list), one can try and use the bottom-right button instead of the menu, or try and access the webpage of Latex Note Importer from the Add-Ons.
  • One might need to install pdf2svg

Export

  • Click the cogs icon next to the deck you want to export

  • Choose Export

  • Turn off include scheduling information

  • Click Export

    • In Linux it is exported by default in folder Documents

Testing

Things to keep in mind:

  • (It seems) Anki caches stuff, so when importing/exporting a deck it might be a good thing to choose Tools -> Check media -> Delete Unused Files to delete old stuff
  • (It seems) AnkiDroid also caches stuff, so when testing updated versions of a deck, it’s probably a good thing to (really) close the app, and launch it back again

Original config in “LaTeX build process”

{
"pngCommands": [
[
"latex",
"-interaction=nonstopmode",
"tmp.tex"
],
[
"dvipng",
"-D",
"200",
"-T",
"tight",
"tmp.dvi",
"-o",
"tmp.png"
]
],
"svgCommands": [
[
"latex",
"-interaction=nonstopmode",
"tmp.tex"
],
[
"dvisvgm",
"--no-fonts",
"-Z",
"2",
"tmp.dvi",
"-o",
"tmp.svg"
]
]
}