Re: [Vim-latex-devel] What to do about removed files?

[Srinath A. <sr...@fa...>]

On Wed, 10 Mar 2004, Alan Schmitt wrote:

> > 1. Have the zip file overwrite the original file with an empty file.
> > 2. Have a little function in main.vim which checks for the existence of
> >    the original file (which should now be empty).
> >    --> If found, then delete it.
> >    If there is an error in deletion, give an error message.
> >
> > The problem with this approach is that this will mean that main.vim will
> > have a little bit of extra computation every time...
>
> I like this approach ... I don't think the extra work will slow things
> too much (it's only done once, when the plugin is loaded, right?).
>
I thought of something which looks even better :)

Suppose ftplugin/tex/texviewer.vim is a placeholder file kept there to
overwrite the previous version. Then make a new
ftplugin/tex/texviewer.vim which contains something like this:

---- start ftplugin/tex/texviewer.vim -----

if g:Tex_DontRemoveTempFiles
    finish
endif
augroup TexRemoveTempFiles
    au VimLeave * :silent! call delete(expand('<sfile>:p'))
augroup END

---- end ftplugin/tex/texviewer.vim -----

This essentially means that ftplugin/tex/texviewer.vim essentially
removes itself (suicide?) when latex-suite first runs and then the user
exits. This means no more code addition in main.vim...

The initial "if g:Tex_DontRemoveTempFiles" is just so I can set
g:Tex_DontRemoveTempFiles to ensure that the file doesn't keep
dissapearing from my hard-disk when I do testing.

I think I'll use this strategy.

Srinath