[Vim-latex-devel] Why do I have to run TTarget for every file?

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

Hello,

I finally decided to ask this, since it's been nagging me for a while.

I use the current (Jan. 24th) version of the latex suite on Vim 7 =20
(but I was seeing the same behavior on 6.3) on a Mac. When I open a =20
TeX file, if I do "\ll", it tells me that it's compiling, but it does =20=

not seem to be using pdflatex but plain latex (the dvi is updated, =20
not the pdf). If I do ":TTarget", then it suggests "pdf" correctly, =20
and I can now compile.

I tried telling it that I wanted to compile to pdf by default (even =20
though I thought it would on the Mac), so I added:

let g:Tex_DefaultTargetFormat =3D 'pdf'

to my .vim/ftplugin/tex.vim file

I checked that it was taken into account (when I look up the content =20
of the variable, it tells me it's pdf), but it still requires me to =20
do a TTarget once for each buffer.

Here is the full contents of my .vim/ftplugin/tex.vim file, in case =20
it matters:

" TIP: if you write your \label's as \label{fig:something}, then if you
" type in \ref{fig: and press <C-n> you will automatically cycle through
" all the figure labels. Very useful!
set iskeyword+=3D:

setlocal tw=3D78
setlocal fo+=3Daw

let g:Tex_ViewRule_dvi =3D 'advi'
let g:Tex_ViewRule_pdf =3D 'TeXShop'

let g:Tex_DefaultTargetFormat =3D 'pdf'

" To be able to input =E9
imap <buffer> <leader>it <Plug>Tex_InsertItemOnThisLine


If someone knows what is going on or can help me debug this, I'd be =20
grateful.

Thanks,

Alan

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