Re: [Vim-latex-devel] label viewing

[Mikolaj M. <mi...@wp...>]

On Wed, Jan 15, 2003 at 04:00:31PM -0800, Srinath Avadhanula wrote:
> Hey Mikolaj,
> I was actually thinking of a different way of implementing this... (I
> haven't even started)... Here's my take:
> call IMAP('\ref{', "\<C-o>:Tex_ListLabels()\<CR>", 'tex')
> And Tex_ListLabels() should actually do something like:
> function! Tex_ListLabels()
> 	" We want to search labels across files... not just the current
> 	" file... We might cache this in some manner so we don't end up
> 	" spawning shell commands every time the user does \label...
> 	silent! grep \\label{ *.tex
> 	" Open up a window showing the matches... This lets us use vim's own
> 	" excellent quickfix capabilities.
> 	cclose
> 	cwindow 5
> 	" At this point we might even do something similar to what is done
> 	" in RunLatex()... Open up the file corresponding to this match in a
> 	" preview window...
> 	wincmd p
> endfunction
> And if possible, we should make this function behave like RunLatex() so
> that it also opens up the corresponding file in preview mode when we are
> on a line in the cwindow... (So that we have some context aroudnd the
> \label) Hope you are getting what I mean... Try making some $\mistake$
> in a tex file and compiling it... I was thinking that the label/citation
> browser would behave similarly...
> What do you think?

Great :) The idea to use quickfix is wonderful but I have to read
something about it. Also I don't like to use IMAP here. quickfix and
preview are some kind "agressive". Making it appears automagically...
I wouldn't like this behaviour. Also mapping this to some key (let's say
<F9>) make it easier to react on prefix (write \ref{fig and you will see only
\labels for figures). This key will be "lost" but it is possible to make
it context sensitive - another function will be called after \cite,
another after \ref and maybe others.

m.