Re: [Vim-latex-devel] Aux completion

[Filip K. <ka...@fz...>]

Hi, Gerd,

  I second Laszlo's point of view; for me, using labels with well chosen
names is clearly the best choice, and I think that the latex-suite should
keep this behavior by default. To me, the <F9>-completion works quite well
and it would maybe need some improvements (it does not work for me with
\includegraphics, and if the vim-window is split when invoking <F9> in
\cite, it oftentimes fails...) but not a complete change of logic.

  Your idea to scan the .aux files could be useful for someone, though. I
don't know if it is feasible, but I would suggest an implementation via a
command, something like

  let g:Tex_completion_scanfile = tex / aux

whereby everyone would have the choice.

This would does not imply less code nor less maintenance, though.

 	Best regards,
 		Filip

On Thu, 26 Jan 2017, N Laszlo Frazer wrote:

>Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2017 21:33:44
>From: N Laszlo Frazer <per...@ce...>
>To: "vim...@li..."
>    <vim...@li...>
>Subject: Re: [Vim-latex-devel] Aux completion
>
> Please do not remove the current functionality.  I think it would be very
> annoying to rely on the aux file being up-to-date.
>
> Well-chosen keys are much easier to remember than numbers, and they do not
> change when you expand the document.
>
> On Fri, 27 Jan 2017 00:52:25 +1100, Gerd Wachsmuth
> <ger...@ma...> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> in my version of latex-suite (https://github.com/gerw/vim-latex-suite),
>> I have changed the mechanism of \ref-completions. The current version of
>> latex-suite greps through the tex-file for \labels. My version greps
>> through the aux-file. This has the advantage, that one does not have to
>> memorize the keys within the \labels for completion, but can use the
>> actual labels in the compiled document.
>>
>> Hence, you get the following expansions (given that the tex-file has the
>> corresponding labels):
>>
>> 	theorem.1.3<F9>   =>   \autoref{thm:bar}
>> 	section.2<F9>     =>   \autoref{sec:foo}
>> 	(1.9<F9>          =>   \eqref{eq:baz}
>> 	(1.9)<F9>         =>   \eqref{eq:baz}
>>
>> (You can also reconfigure an option to use \cref (or anything else)
>> instead of \autoref)
>>
>> This is quite convenient, because you can look in the pdf to get the
>> appropriate number of the thing you want to refer to and use this for
>> the completion. No need for packages like showkeys.
>>
>> The only disadvantage is that you get the labels from the aux-file.
>> Hence, if the aux-file is not up-to-date or you use the numbers from a
>> print-out (and the aux-file is more recent), you might get unexpected
>> results.
>>
>> My question is: Can I replace the current style of the completion with
>> this aux-based completion in the official repository? This would result
>> in less code (less maintenance) and is therefore desirable. However, I
>> can understand if someone would like to stay with the current behavior.
>>
>> The stage is open for discussion, see also
>> https://github.com/vim-latex/vim-latex/issues/55
>>
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Gerd
>>
>>
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