Re: [Vim-latex-devel] More about F9 completion in multi-directory situation

[Gerd W. <ger...@ma...>]

On Tue, 22 Feb 2011, Ng Oon-Ee wrote:

> In a previous thread I mentioned that using main.latexmain breaks <F9>
> completion, where main.tex.latexmain fixes it.
>
> Having used this more in actual writing, I've come across buggy
> behaviour while editing subfiles (chap1/chap1.tex for example), where
> F9 would give an empty list.
>
> Here's the sequence of events:-
>
> 1. Edit chap1/chap1.tex, try F9, doesn't work
> 2. Edit main.tex, try F9, works
> 3. Edit chap1/chap1.tex again, try F9, works
> 4. Try F9 again some time later in chap1/chap1.tex, does not work anymore.
>
> It seems editing main.tex 'caches' the result somehow. If I place
> chap1 in the same directory as main.tex there's no problem, but that
> simply adds to the clutter (I'm doing a PhD thesis, this thing is
> going to grow VERY big esp with all the picture subfolders etc)
>
> Does anyone else on this list have the same workflow as I do
> (multi-directory using .tex.latexmain AND uses F9 completion). Ted is
> obviously an expert but he doesn't use the feature =).

I think, the problem is that Tex_GetMainFileName() returns

/absolute/path/main

and not

/absolute/path/main.tex


Why do you use 'main.latexmain' and not 'main.tex.latexmain'?
Maybe you can use the variable g:Tex_MainFileExpression, see 
ftplugin/latex-suite/main.vim, function Tex_GetMainFileName(...).


Regards
Gerd