[Vim-latex-devel] More details about changing environments, dots, polymorphism.

[Carl M. <cm...@ma...>]

I want to emphasize again that the ability to change
environments is a standard part of the emacs auctex
package.  It really should be included in vim-latex.  
I included it in auctex.vim with the following additions. 
They save a lot of time in my own typing:  

1.  Changing from "eqnarray" or "eqnarray*" to "equation" or "\[\]"
automatically deletes "&" and "\nonumber" and "\\".  

2.  Changing from "eqnarray" to "eqnarray*"
automatically deletes "\nonumber". 

I bound the environment-changing commands to <C-F1> through
<C-F5>.

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In emacs auctex, and also my package, typing "..." results
in "\dots".  This is absolutely logical, and it would be a
shame to leave it out.

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You might want to consider "polymorphic macros".  I
implemented the following:  

1.  In insert mode, <Alt-L> puts \left...\right in front of
the bracket to the right of the cursor, and the one before
the cursor.  If the line is blank, <Alt-L> puts in "\label{}".  
If the letter before the cursor is "q", then <Alt-L> results
in "\lefteqn{".  

2.  In insert mode, if the space before the cursor is blank, 
<Alt-C> inserts "\cite{}".  Otherwise, it capitalizes the
character before the cursor and encloses it in "\mathcal{}"

3.  On a blank line, in insert mode, <F5> asks the user for
the name of the environment, and creates the environment.
But one can also create the environment by typing its name,
and then typing <F5>.

I don't know if these kind of macros are too complicated for
most users, but I definitely prefer them.

Best wishes,
Carl Mueller