[Vim-latex-devel] a comment / patch

[Alan S. <ala...@po...>]

Hi,

I've been using the latex suite for quite a while, but I had not been
upgrading for a very long time (more than a year). I decided to upgrade
today and I have a comment / patch.

I could not find a way to disable the use of a Makefile. I am working on
a paper with some other people who use a Makefile that is definitely not
tailored for the latex suite (interactive mode, missing targets). In
order not to use it, I did the following change:

Index: compiler.vim
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/vim-latex/vimfiles/ftplugin/latex-suite/compiler.vim,v
retrieving revision 1.21
diff -u -p -r1.21 compiler.vim
--- compiler.vim        17 Jan 2003 18:41:44 -0000      1.21
+++ compiler.vim        3 Mar 2003 15:58:53 -0000
@@ -90,17 +90,11 @@ function! RunLaTeX()
        " close any preview windows left open.
        pclose!
 
-       " If a *.latexmain file is found, then use that file to
-       " construct a main file.
-       if Tex_GetMainFileName() != ''
-               let mainfname = Tex_GetMainFileName()
-       else
-               " otherwise just use this file.
+       " if a makefile and no *.latexmain exists, just use the make utility
+       " this also sets mainfname for the rest of the function
+       let mainfname = Tex_GetMainFileName()
+       if (glob('makefile') != '' || glob('Makefile') != '') && mainfname == ''
                let mainfname = expand("%:t:r")
-       endif
-
-       " if a makefile exists, just use the make utility
-       if glob('makefile') != '' || glob('Makefile') != ''
                let _makeprg = &l:makeprg
                let &l:makeprg = 'make $*'
                if exists('s:target')
@@ -110,6 +104,11 @@ function! RunLaTeX()
                endif
                let &l:makeprg = _makeprg
        else
+       " otherwise, if a *.latexmain file is found, then use that file to
+       " construct a main file.
+               if mainfname == ''
+                       let mainfname = expand("%:t:r")
+               endif
                exec 'make '.mainfname
        endif

This change basically short circuits the makefile if latexmain is
defined.

I have subscribed to the mailing list. I might send some more comments
as I write a paper.

Alan Schmitt

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