[Tex/LaTex] short hand command to write derivatives

Question

Every time I want to write an (ordinary) derivative I have to use frac, like this:

\frac{\mathrm{d}^2 \omega}{\mathrm{d}\theta^2}

Or using \partial for partial derivatives.

Is there a package or a command that takes, for instance, (Ordinary or Partial, Power of derivative, variables) and outputs the formatted expression?

Answer 1

You can use the esdiff package, which has handy macros for derivatives and partial derivatives, taking care of indices. Here is a demo;

\documentclass{article}%

\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{mathtools}
\usepackage[thinc]{esdiff}

 \begin{document}

\begin{alignat*}{3}
     \diff{f}{x} &\qquad \diff*[4]{g}{t}{t = 1} \\[2ex]
     \diffp{f}{x} &\qquad\diffp{g}{tu}& & \qquad & \diffp*{g}{{t^2}{u^3}}{(0,0)}
 \end{alignat*}

 \end{document}