# Looking for a faster way to write subscripts [closed]

Today I wrote something with quite a few indices and I think it's a bit annoying to always have to write the underscore. It really has a big impact on the typing speed. Therefore I was wondering if I could somehow tell LaTeX:

If you are in math mode and there is some kind of letter, if this letter ends with an i or j this is a subscript.

For example, by typing $Ai$ I want this to look like $A_i$ and $\omegaij$ should become $\omega_{i,j}$. Of course this would limit me in my choice of variables, but it would be worth it and maybe one could even define an escape for this.

I can't believe this hasn't already be done somewhere. I was looking for packages, but I didn't find anything like this. Do you know any package or how to implement this myself?

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• instead of wasting time to implement this, better train your typing speed. An underscore is only one char and not slower to type than a or f or z. – Ulrike Fischer Jul 15 at 16:12
• This kind of thing should be done with an editor (like EMACS or VIm) rather than LaTeX. – Toothrot Jul 15 at 16:38
• If the problem is that _ is hard to reach on your local keyboard layout you could use a more easily typed character. – David Carlisle Jul 15 at 18:33
• or change the layout – Toothrot Jul 16 at 10:12
• Thanks for your answers. How would I do this with an editor? Do you mean something like defining an autocompletion? Also, changing the layout might be worth thinking about too. German keyboards don't go well with typical latex commands... – Kaldena Jul 17 at 12:19

\newcommand{\uij}{_{i,j}}

$\omega\uij$