Re: [Vim-latex-devel] Viewer doesnt start in Ubuntu Dapper Drake

[Sebastian M. <seb...@un...>]

Am Mittwoch, den 22.03.2006, 14:05 -0800 schrieb Srinath Avadhanula:
> Hi,
> 
> > I switched from Debian to Ubuntu recently. When i start gvim from the
> > file-browser (nautilus), "g:call Tex_ViewLaTeX()" (\lv), doesnt do
> > anything. When I start gvim from the shell everything works fine.
> >
> cases, the $PATH variable is different so that in one case, the program
> specified by g:Tex_ViewRule_dvi is not found while its found in the
> other.
> 
> In your case, I am pretty sure the following should work:
> 
> :let g:Tex_ViewRule_dvi = '/usr/bin/xdvi'
> 
> and then do \lv. If you specify the complete path to your viewer, things
> _should_ work.

Nope.

> > In /usr/share/vim/addons/ftplugin/texrc, I uncommented
> >
> > " TexLet g:Tex_ViewRuleComplete_dvi = ''
> 
> g:Tex_ViewRuleComplete_dvi is to fix another problem i.e, when your
> viewer needs to be called with a custom syntax.

I understood that, but default was the empty string, and if I get it
right, that overwrites "g:Tex_ViewRule_dvi" !? Anyway, that's OT.

> This is a _really_ old version of latex-suite. I would recommend getting
> the latest version directly from:
> 
> http://vim-latex.sourceforge.net/index.php?subject=download&title=Download

OK, I did so, but that didnt help either. 

Can give some suggestions how to debug it myself? I would like to see
what happens exactly when calling the view function. I guess that xdvi
dies out of some reason and vim/latexsuite doesnt sense that thinking
that

regards, Sebastian.