[Vim-latex-devel] Tex_RunLaTeX() does not compile new dvi

[Kai L. <les...@pi...>]

Hello, I'm looking for help with invoking latex from VIM-LaTeX
using the "\ll" shortcut.

I've tried to narrow down the problem following the FAQ on
http://vim-latex.sourceforge.net and I'm listing my answers
to the question asked there below in this mail.

The short story is that calling latex from within vim works
fine (using :!latex -interaction=3Dnonstopmode %)
but calling :call Tex_RunLaTeX() does not work, its output is

Running 'bibtex' ...
Ran latex 1 time(s)

but the dvi file does not change.

Thanks in advance, 	Kai




> Q: Compiling does not seem to work for me. My gvim hangs/does nothing.=
1.What does :echo Tex_CompileRule_dvi say?

This works correctly, I'm getting
   latex -interaction=3Dnonstopmode $*


> Make sure that you can get this command to execute on your operating
> system via Vim. In other words, try the following. Open a very minimal=

> .tex file, for example:
> \documentclass{article} \begin{document} This is an article. \end{docu=
ment}
>
> in Vim and type the following sequence of characters inside Vim while =
in
> normal mode: :!latex -interaction=3Dnonstopmode %

Execution using
   :!latex -interaction=3Dnonstopmode %
works for both, the toy example and the document that I'm working on.


> If this command does not work, then it might be due to one of the foll=
owing reasons:  1.You do not have any LaTeX distribution installed on yo=
ur system. Remember,
>   2.Your $PATH variable does not contain the directory in which the la=
tex
>     executable resides.
>   3.Make sure that :set makeprg? shows the same value as Tex_CompileRu=
le_dvi.

It does.

>   4.What happens when you do :call Tex_RunLaTeX() from the command lin=
e?

It *seems* to run because it returns
   Running 'bibtex' ...
   Ran latex 1 time(s)

but leaves the dvi file unchanged and also it returns too
quickly, so I suspect it didn't really run latex.


> In normal operation conditions, this should spawn a shell command whic=
h looks
> like Tex_CompileRule_dvi. The shell should call the latex compiler, wh=
ich should
> run without user intervention. If this gives any errors, g:Tex_Compile=
Rule_dvi
> has not been set properly. If the command above gives an error like  E=
117: Unknown function: Tex_RunLaTeX()
> you are using an older Latex-suite. Upgrade!

> 5.What is your operating system?

Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 (etch), Kernel 2.6.18-5-686


> 6.What version of latex are you using?

pdfeTeX using libpoppler 3.141592-1.21a-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.4)
in texlive 2005.dfsg.3-1

My VIM is version is 7.0