Re: [Vim-latex-devel] Vim-LaTeX problem with "

[Benji F. <be...@me...>]

Alexander Schatten wrote:
> First of all, thank you very much for the vim-latex package.
> 
> unfortunately I have a small, but awkward problem. When you press the " 
> key, vi replaces it with `` at the beginning or '' at the end of the 
> quotation.
> 
> this is nice, when you do edit english texts, unfortunately, this is no 
> such good idea, when I edit german texts. because in german it should 
> start with "`.
> 
> even worse, I do not see a possibility to get the " to do it manually, 
> because it is always immediately replaced by ``.
> 
> 
> could you give me a hint how to solve this problem?

      This is a documentation problem.  Have a look at the file

ftplugin/latex-suite/texrc .

First, see the installation instructions in the comments at the top. 
Then, search for /Quote/ and you will get to the lines

===
" Pressing " (english double quote) will insert `` or '' by making an
" intelligent guess about whether we intended to open or close a quote.
TexLet g:Tex_SmartKeyQuote = 1

" Users of other languages might want to change the quote characters to suit
" their locale.
TexLet g:Tex_SmartQuoteOpen = "``"
TexLet g:Tex_SmartQuoteClose = "''"
===

Just change the last two lines.  These changes will not take effect 
until you restart vim.  You can change the variables on the fly:

:let Tex_SmartQuoteOpen = '"`'

should work (untested).  (I hope the closing character is something like 
'", which you would have to enter as "'\"", and not "', because I think 
the system will be buggy if the open and close quotes start with the 
same character.  In this case, you can turn it off completely with

:let Tex_SmartKeyQuote = 0

You may have to do this in the texrc file; I am not sure if it will work 
on the fly.)

HTH					--Benji Fisher