Re: [Vim-latex-devel] Macvim 7.2 errors on \lv

[Dan M. O. H. <dm...@st...>]

In Vim, just type :echo("hasunix") and :echo("hasmacunix") to check the value of these settings. The Mac OS X bundled Vim declares itself only as unix, while MacVim declares itself as both unix and macunix. MacVim is also compiled with more options, like ruby support, and it provides a GUI (the VimLatex menus can be handy) and better OS integration (like simple copy/paste between Vim and other apps). But make sure to use the latest snapshot on Snow Leopard, as the stable is not stable :)

Generally, its better to set options in .vimrc (in your home folder) than modifying vim-latex itself, since that makes updating vim-latex easier. Just put

let g:Tex_ViewRule_pdf = 'open -a Preview.app' 

in your $HOME/.vimrc (~/.vimrc that is). If you need to detect mac (say you want to sync the .vimrc between different computers), don't rely on has("macunix"), but use something like this:

if has("unix") && match(system("uname"),'Darwin') != -1
    " It's a Mac!
    let g:Tex_ViewRule_pdf = 'open -a Preview.app' 
endif      

Dan Michael

Den 16. mai 2010 kl. 07.53 skrev Bayard Randel:

> I ended up resolving this issue by uncommenting
> 
> 	TexLet g:Tex_TreatMacViewerAsUNIX = 1
> 
> and setting the following explicitly:
> 	
> TexLet g:Tex_ViewRule_pdf = 'open -a Preview'
> 
> I tried Gianluca's solution, but the problem continued to persist. 
> 
> Hope that helps anyone that has been stuck getting the latex suite working in OS X.
> 
> thanks
> 
> On 16 May 2010 15:24, David Reed <dav...@gm...> wrote:
> I was hopeful that this would solve the problem.  I have been able to compile but this was with some combination of files in certain locations that I cannot figure out.  
> 
> I appreciate the help though.  
> 
> On Sat, May 15, 2010 at 8:48 PM, Gianluca Meneghello <gia...@gm...> wrote:
> I had the same problem, but I'm not an expert so I'm not sure this is
> the correct solution.
> 
> In the texrc file (probably in your
> $HOME/.vim/ftplugin/latex-suite/texrc) there are a couple of
> "has:('macunix')" entries, one for the viewer and one for the
> compiler.
> 
> I solved the problem by replacing it with "has:('unix')".
> 
> It seems vim on Mac OS X declares itself as unix and not macunix (I
> suppose macunix was on some older Mac OSs, but I'm not at all sure
> about that).
> 
> If someone has a better explanation for this I'm really curious to know!
> 
> Hope it can be useful
> 
> Gianlu
> 
> PS: I've seen there are some "macunix" also in compiler.vim
> ($HOME/.vim/ftplugin/latex-suite/compiler.vim). So far I did not touch
> them, but I think it can be something similar.
> 
> On 16 May 2010 01:58, Bayard Randel <ki...@no...> wrote:
> > The \lv command returns the following error on a clean install of
> > latex-suite on OS X 10.6.3:
> >
> > Error detected while processing function Tex_ViewLaTeX:
> > line   34:
> > E121: Undefined variable: s:viewer
> > E116: Invalid arguments for function strlen(s:viewer)
> > E15: Invalid expression: strlen(s:viewer)
> >
> > Any help would be appreciated, thanks.
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >