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Re: [Vim-latex-devel] When will the tutorial for VIM-LaTex be available?

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

Hey Animesh,

On Sat, 7 Jun 2003, Animesh N Nerurkar wrote:

> after that, the formating would remain -wont take much time. then it's upto
> mikolaj and srinath to put it up online.
>
> that reminds me, miko, sri, the tutorial has been modified. i've removed all
> the ascii "screen samples" and have replaced them with equivalent screenshots
> in "png" format.
>

Here's an idea... Why don't you put up a version of the tutorial on the
vim-latex cvs server. Maybe make a module like "tutorial" or something.
I remember giving a sort of cvs introduction to Mikolaj long back to get
him started. Maybe you too can get a sourceforge account so we can all
keep in sync much more easily.

The reason I ask is that I am sort of interested in spending a little
time occassionally and contributing to the tutorial.

Srinath

Re: [Vim-latex-devel] When will the tutorial for VIM-LaTex be available?

[Animesh N N. <an...@gm...>]

Hello Peng Yu,

On Thursday 05 June 2003 20:02, Peng Yu wrote:

> I'm trying to use VIM-LaTeX. But it's tedious to read the manual.

i agree.

> I wonder when will the tutorial be available on the Web?

the english content for the tutorial is mostly, already done at the moment. 
some more content needs to be added before i can present the lot for peer 
review. i'm trying out each and every thing -learning to use the advanced 
features correctly -before writing about that ...and that's a bit time 
consuming

after that, the formating would remain -wont take much time. then it's upto 
mikolaj and srinath to put it up online.

that reminds me, miko, sri, the tutorial has been modified. i've removed all 
the ascii "screen samples" and have replaced them with equivalent screenshots 
in "png" format.

ciao
animesh

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[Vim-latex-devel] latexSuite 20030605

[Mikolaj M. <mi...@wp...>]

Hello,

Looks only I have problems with unescaped chars in compiler.vim
Srinath reversed changes and 20030605 is an official stable version.

Enjoy! :)

m.

[Vim-latex-devel] When will the tutorial for VIM-LaTex be available?

[Peng Y. <yu...@ph...>]

Hi,
    I'm trying to use VIM-LaTeX. But it's tedious to read the manual. I =
wonder when will the tutorial be available on the Web?
Best wishes,
Peng

[Vim-latex-devel] latexSuite 20030604

[Mikolaj M. <mi...@wp...>]

Hello,

I have uploaded new release of latexSuite to http://vim-latex.sf.net .

In fact this is the latest BETA release because I discovered what can be
a bug.

In compiler.vim are two lines:

	"exec 'bot pedit +/(\(\f\|\[\|\]\)*'.errfile.'/ '.a:filename.'.log'
	exec 'bot pedit +/(\\(\\f\\|\\[\\|\\]\\)\*'.errfile.'/ '.a:filename.'.log'

First is an old version which caused errors while walking through error
list with j and k. I had to add slashes to escape special characters but
I remember old version worked properly. Could you test it and write what
works for you?

ChangeLog is under link Release Notes on Download page.

Srinath: Could you change permissions in htdocs directory of site to
make possible rw-rw-r-- for _all_ files?

m.

Re: [Vim-latex-devel] bug report for: latexSuite20030531

[Mikolaj M. <mi...@wp...>]

On Sun, Jun 01, 2003 at 01:50:02AM +0530, Animesh N Nerurkar wrote:
> Hi Mikolaj,
> before all else, the startup problem is fixed :)
> now for the latest bug report...
> On Saturday 31 May 2003 22:30, Mikolaj Machowski wrote:
> > http://skawina.eu.org/mikolaj/latexSuite20030531.tar.gz
> bug report:
> 1]
> i open myfile.tex , change o/p type to .pdf and start a compile with \ll 
> ...and this happens:
> ----- err msg --------
> || I can't find file `myfile.tex.tex'. myfile.tex.tex 
> || Emergency stop.
> ----- err msg --------

Yes. I see.
> solution:
> file: $HOME/.vim/ftplugin/latex-suite/texrc
> line # 92 reads:
> TexLet g:Tex_CompileRule_pdf = 'pdflatex -interaction=nonstopmode $*.tex'
> remove the ".tex" frm the end of the file, like this :)
> TexLet g:Tex_CompileRule_pdf = 'pdflatex -interaction=nonstopmode $*'
> ...and the above problem is solved :)

Thanks.

m.

RE: [Vim-latex-devel] Bug (or feature) with ``

[Khorev S. <Kh...@So...>]

> You can disable Smart Quotes in texrc:
> /g:Tex_SmartKeyQuote
> 
> It should help.

The problem was not in disabling SmartQuotes. I discovered the reason - it
is in Vim.


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[Vim-latex-devel] bug report for: latexSuite20030531

[Animesh N N. <an...@gm...>]

Hi Mikolaj,

before all else, the startup problem is fixed :)

now for the latest bug report...

On Saturday 31 May 2003 22:30, Mikolaj Machowski wrote:

> http://skawina.eu.org/mikolaj/latexSuite20030531.tar.gz

bug report:

1]
i open myfile.tex , change o/p type to .pdf and start a compile with \ll 
...and this happens:

----- err msg --------
|| I can't find file `myfile.tex.tex'. myfile.tex.tex 
|| Emergency stop.
----- err msg --------

i open myfile.ltx , change o/p type to .pdf and start a compile with \ll 
...and this happens:

----- err msg --------
|| I can't find file `myfile.ltx.tex'. myfile.ltx.tex 
|| Emergency stop.
----- err msg --------

...and a similar error with myfile.latex.

solution:

file: $HOME/.vim/ftplugin/latex-suite/texrc
line # 92 reads:

TexLet g:Tex_CompileRule_pdf = 'pdflatex -interaction=nonstopmode $*.tex'

remove the ".tex" frm the end of the file, like this :)

TexLet g:Tex_CompileRule_pdf = 'pdflatex -interaction=nonstopmode $*'

...and the above problem is solved :)

ciao
animesh

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Re: clarification Re: [Vim-latex-devel] bug report

[Mikolaj M. <mi...@wp...>]

On Sat, May 31, 2003 at 11:39:49PM +0530, Animesh N Nerurkar wrote:
> Hi Mikolaj,
> On Saturday 31 May 2003 22:35, Mikolaj Machowski wrote:
> > It doesn't compile myfile.tex if you are in it, but work with myfile.ltx
> > and myfile.latex, yes?
> clarifications:
> 1) with  ":r", compile.vim does not see the .ltx and .latex files, when 
> they are open -and it proceeds to compile ,myfile.tex (even if that is not 
> open)

Yes.

> 2) without ":r", compile.vim does not see .tex file when t is open -and 
> proceeds to throw up an error msg.

Couldn't reproduce that. I created myfile.tex, myfile.ltx, myfile.latex
in the same directory and compiled and view all of them without
problems.

m.

Re: [Vim-latex-devel] latexSuite - BETA release

[Mikolaj M. <mi...@wp...>]

On Sun, Jun 01, 2003 at 12:30:12AM +0530, Animesh N Nerurkar wrote:
> miko, may i (if i'm not asking too much) request that, if possible, on future 
> occasions, if you modify/updted just a few of the files in VLS, could you plz 
> put up only the modified file(s) for download ?
> i'm on a very slow (and expensive) dialup line and can't afford to download 
> the entire thing repeatedly... atleast not every 2 days :)

The best solution for you will be CVS.
Full archives are also for testing if fundamental things weren't broken
(eg dir structure).

> > It is removable. I am doing this tarballs from my working directory and
> > I have there some garbage. I tried to make it clean but without success
> > I see....
> hey, *hit happens... don't feel bad about giving away the bleeding edge 
> versions of VLS :)

Ha. In this case it was gargabe from previous make command. It shouldn't
happen again.

m.

clarification Re: [Vim-latex-devel] bug report

[Animesh N N. <an...@gm...>]

Hi Mikolaj,

On Saturday 31 May 2003 22:35, Mikolaj Machowski wrote:

> It doesn't compile myfile.tex if you are in it, but work with myfile.ltx
> and myfile.latex, yes?

clarifications:

1) with  ":r", compile.vim does not see the .ltx and .latex files, when 
they are open -and it proceeds to compile ,myfile.tex (even if that is not 
open)

2) without ":r", compile.vim does not see .tex file when t is open -and 
proceeds to throw up an error msg.

ciao
animesh

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Re: [Vim-latex-devel] latexSuite - BETA release

[Animesh N N. <an...@gm...>]

Hi Miko,

On Saturday 31 May 2003 22:30, Mikolaj Machowski wrote:

> ...Try this:
>
> http://skawina.eu.org/mikolaj/latexSuite20030531.tar.gz

<G>

miko, may i (if i'm not asking too much) request that, if possible, on future 
occasions, if you modify/updted just a few of the files in VLS, could you plz 
put up only the modified file(s) for download ?

i'm on a very slow (and expensive) dialup line and can't afford to download 
the entire thing repeatedly... atleast not every 2 days :)

> It is removable. I am doing this tarballs from my working directory and
> I have there some garbage. I tried to make it clean but without success
> I see....

hey, *hit happens... don't feel bad about giving away the bleeding edge 
versions of VLS :)

TIA and warm regards
animesh

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Re: [Vim-latex-devel] latexSuite - BETA release

[Mikolaj M. <mi...@wp...>]

On Fri, May 30, 2003 at 09:36:05PM +0530, Animesh N Nerurkar wrote:
> Hi Miko,
> On Thursday 29 May 2003 13:40, Mikolaj Machowski wrote:
> > Here it is:
> > http://skawina.eu.org/mikolaj/latexSuite20030529.tar.gz
> downloaded and installed.
> 1) gives foll. error on startup -while those TeX-* menuitems are being fired 
> up
> ------------- error -------------
> ``dummy.tex'' [New File]
> Error detected while processing 
> /home/bandu/.vim/ftplugin/latex-suite/wizardfunc
> s.vim:
> line  337:
> E121: Undefined variable: mapleader

Sorry. Try this:

http://skawina.eu.org/mikolaj/latexSuite20030531.tar.gz


> ...but, within seconds,  -these disappear when the new "Buffers" menuitem 
> appears...
> 2) <slightly off-topic> there is a 
> $HOME/.vim/ftplugin/latex-suite/packages/pack.zip sitting there doing 
> nothing. is it required on debian or is it extra/removable ? 

It is removable. I am doing this tarballs from my working directory and
I have there some garbage. I tried to make it clean but without success
I see. Sorry.

m.

Re: [Vim-latex-devel] Bug (or feature) with ``

[Mikolaj M. <mi...@wp...>]

On Fri, May 30, 2003 at 05:12:40PM +0400, Khorev Sergey wrote:
> I am casual user of vim-latex, so I can be wrong.
> I use russian keymap (have in vimrc :set keymap=russian-jcukenwin). In that
> layout " key is mapped to russian letter 'E'. And using this keymap with
> vim-latex has very strange effect:
> If Vim (6.2f-BETA) was started like "gvim blah.tex", I'm not able to insert
> capital 'E' - it will always get replaced with ``. But if I start gvim and
> open file from it (:e blah.tex), capital 'E' is not replaced with ``. I
> skipped through vim-latex code but didn't find the reason.

You can disable Smart Quotes in texrc:
/g:Tex_SmartKeyQuote

It should help.

m.

Re: [Vim-latex-devel] bug report

[Mikolaj M. <mi...@wp...>]

On Wed, May 28, 2003 at 07:01:23PM +0530, Animesh N Nerurkar wrote:
> Hi Mikolaj,
> On Wednesday 28 May 2003 15:57, Mikolaj Machowski wrote:
> > > > And remove :r.
> > >
> > > <sigh>
> > > now, after removing the ":r" it won't look at myfile.tex :(
> > > how do i get this script to look at all of these files without my having
> > > to add/remove that ":r" every time. -we need a permanent fix for this.
> >
> > Look when?
> conditions: myfile.tex, myfile.ltx, myfile.latex all exist in same folder at 
> same time;
> 1) with  ":r", compile.vim does not see the .ltx and .latex files
> 2) without ":r", compile.vim does not see .tex file.

It doesn't compile myfile.tex if you are in it, but work with myfile.ltx
and myfile.latex, yes?

m.

Re: [Vim-latex-devel] latexSuite - BETA release

[Animesh N N. <an...@gm...>]

Hi Miko,

On Thursday 29 May 2003 13:40, Mikolaj Machowski wrote:

> Here it is:
> http://skawina.eu.org/mikolaj/latexSuite20030529.tar.gz

downloaded and installed.

1) gives foll. error on startup -while those TeX-* menuitems are being fi=
red=20
up

------------- error -------------
``dummy.tex'' [New File]
Error detected while processing=20
/home/bandu/.vim/ftplugin/latex-suite/wizardfunc
s.vim:
line  337:
E121: Undefined variable: mapleader
E15: Invalid expression:  '.``\n General shortcuts''.``\n <mapleader> is =
a=20
value o
f g:Tex_Leader''.``\n ''.mapleader.'ll=CEcompile whole document'.``\n=20
''.mapleader.'lv
=CEview compiled document'.``\n ''.mapleader.'lp=CEview last compiled par=
t of=20
docume
nt'.``\n ''.mapleader.'ls=CEmake forward searching if possible'.``\n=20
''.mapleader.'rf
------------- error -------------

...but, within seconds,  -these disappear when the new "Buffers" menuitem=
=20
appears...

2) <slightly off-topic> there is a=20
$HOME/.vim/ftplugin/latex-suite/packages/pack.zip sitting there doing=20
nothing. is it required on debian or is it extra/removable ?=20

ciao
animesh

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RE: [Vim-latex-devel] Bug (or feature) with ``

[Khorev S. <Kh...@So...>]

> KS> I am casual user of vim-latex, so I can be wrong.
> KS> I use russian keymap (have in vimrc :set 
> keymap=russian-jcukenwin).
> 
> Short answer: do not do this, use native OS mechanism, if possible.

[Wow, author of russian-jcukenwin.vim :))]

When I started to use vim, i was not able to use standard Windows way (got
garbage on screen). It seems that it is possible now ;))
But Vim's keymap is better in one point (at least) - I don't need to switch
keyboard when I need to go in normal or command mode, and it is serious
advantage.


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Re: [Vim-latex-devel] Bug (or feature) with ``

[Artem C. <ra...@ra...>]

KS> I am casual user of vim-latex, so I can be wrong.
KS> I use russian keymap (have in vimrc :set keymap=russian-jcukenwin).

Short answer: do not do this, use native OS mechanism, if possible.

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[Vim-latex-devel] Bug (or feature) with ``

[Khorev S. <Kh...@So...>]

I am casual user of vim-latex, so I can be wrong.
I use russian keymap (have in vimrc :set keymap=russian-jcukenwin). In that
layout " key is mapped to russian letter 'E'. And using this keymap with
vim-latex has very strange effect:
If Vim (6.2f-BETA) was started like "gvim blah.tex", I'm not able to insert
capital 'E' - it will always get replaced with ``. But if I start gvim and
open file from it (:e blah.tex), capital 'E' is not replaced with ``. I
skipped through vim-latex code but didn't find the reason.

Also on russian keyboard " is placed on key '2' (like @ on english kbd). Is
it possible to write universal map to map " of any language to ``.


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Re: [Vim-latex-devel] update: rough draft, tutorial

[Animesh N N. <an...@gm...>]

Hi Miko,

On Thursday 29 May 2003 23:14, Mikolaj Machowski wrote:

> There was "handiwork" - mispell.

ok.

> Let's try:
>
> Now we have to write something more difficult. We need for it package.
...
...
> functions specific for package and so on).
>
> Things to remember/know:
> <F5> shortcut
> In texrc you can move Packages menu to menu bar.

righto... i'll add this to the text ...keep it comming :)

ciao
animesh

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Re: [Vim-latex-devel] update: rough draft, tutorial

[Mikolaj M. <mi...@wp...>]

On Wed, May 28, 2003 at 11:34:29PM +0530, Animesh N Nerurkar wrote:
> Hi Miko,

Hmm ^_^. Mikolaj or eventually Nick.

> ------- vls.txt --------
>  Now, your first exercise is complete.
> >>>
> handwork
> >>>
> Congratulations.
> ------- vls.txt --------
> Errr... awfully sorry mikko, but i don't understand what you're attempting to 
> convey here... could you explain plz. ?
> ------- vls.txt --------
There was "handiwork" - mispell.

> thanks miko for those inputs, plz keep them coming, it really helps improve 
> the quality of the tutorial.

Let's try:

Now we have to write something more difficult. We need for it package.
Packages vastly improve possibilities of LaTeX and LaTeX-Suite has great
system of supporting packages. Add eg. amsmath (it extends math editing)
in our document. Go to the \documentclass line and press 'o'. It opens
new line. Now go to the packages menu: TeX-Suite>Packages>Supported and
check if amsmath is supported. It is. Choose. Now you have:

%        File: 
%     Created: czw maj 29 07:00  2003 C
% Last Change: czw maj 29 07:00  2003 C
%
\documentclass[a4paper]{article}
\usepackage[|]{amsmath}<++>
\begin{document}

\end{document}

<< cursor at | >>

Now you can add some options. Look again in TeX-Suite>Packages menu. At
the end are two new items: amsmath Options and amsmath Commands. Look
into Options and choose one: tbtags. It will be inserted with comma,
delete comma and press <C-J>. Press <CR>, you want to add new package.
Oops, it is not supported. But you don't have write whole command
(\usepackage{asdf}) just asdf<F5>, LaTeX-Suite complete it. Of course
you don't have always use menu to insert declaration amsmath package.
After <F5> LaTeX-Suite will check if this package is supported, and if
so it will make all magic (add menus, highlighting for new environments,
functions specific for package and so on).

Things to remember/know:
<F5> shortcut
In texrc you can move Packages menu to menu bar.

m.

Re: [Vim-latex-devel] :TLook bug report

[Mikolaj M. <mi...@wp...>]

On Wed, May 28, 2003 at 07:10:43PM +0530, Animesh N Nerurkar wrote:
> Hi Mikolaj,
> On Wednesday 28 May 2003 16:05, Mikolaj Machowski wrote:
> > ...Fixed in CVS. I am planning release at 3 June.
> > If you want to try go to 265 line of tex/texviewer.vim and
> >
> > Replace
> > 	if s:type =~ 'cite'
> > with
> > 	if exists('s:type') && s:type =~ 'cite'
> did the above correction, this was the result:
> -------- error msg --------
> Error detected while processing function 
> <SNR>40_Tex_look..Tex_completion..<SNR>
> 40_Tex_c_window_setup..<SNR>40_UpdateViewerWindow:
> line   48:
> No range allowed: %^Iif s:type =~ 'cite'
> Hit ENTER or type command to continue
> -------- error msg --------

For me works. Try BETA
- http://skawina.eu.org/mikolaj/latexSuite20030529.tar.gz

m.

Re: [Vim-latex-devel] [Wishlist] Shortcut to produce postscript files

[Mikolaj M. <mi...@wp...>]

On Wed, May 28, 2003 at 02:55:24PM +0100, A. S. Budden wrote:
> I also think this would be great, as would a latex->dvips->ps2pdf option
> -- this is the way I normally view the output of latex as I can see the
> pictures and colour nicely and kghostview showing pdf is much faster
> than anything showing ps when you've got bitmapped images in the
> document.

As I wrote previously you can make with :map with existing "bricks".
Just change  g:Tex_CompileRule_pdf in texrc with ps2pdf (default is
pdflatex).

You can also create your own CompileRule. Example:
I replaced in first section of texrc DefaultTargetFormat with 'mik'
(default is dvi).
Then in section of Compilers added:
TexLet g:Tex_CompileRule_mik = 'platex ' . s:CompileFlags .
            \ ' -interaction=nonstopmode $* ; dvips -Ppdf -o $*.ps $*.dvi'

And in Viewers:
TexLet g:Tex_ViewRule_mik = 'ghostview'

And I can create .ps with one <Leader>ll.

IMO there is too many possible combinations to include them in lS.
But lS provides simple API to make various things possible. Maybe such
things could be put in TIPS&TRICKS section of latex-suite.txt (by OTHER
PLUGINGS - any propositions?).

m. Drone, Offensive, Special Circumstances, Contact. :)

ps. Ah, I understand now problems with ps target. It produces .ps from .dvi
not directly from .tex file.

Re: [Vim-latex-devel] [Wishlist] Shortcut to produce postscript files

[Mikolaj M. <mi...@wp...>]

On Wed, May 28, 2003 at 03:43:27PM +0200, Preben Randhol wrote:
> This is only a wishlist item so if somebody has the time to add it it
> would be great.
> Sorry if this is already present in vim-latex, but I cannot find it.
> I use \lv to run xdvi, but it would be great to also be able to easily
> make postscript versions of the document using dvips. I mean that one
> can just hit \lo (\lp is taken) to generate a postscript file from the
> dvi file. The reason it would be nice is when I want to manipulate the
> size etc of postscript (eps) pictures and need to use gv to view the
> document to see that it becomes correct.
> I know there is the comile target and view target, but I cannot get it
> to work, besides it is a bit akward.

Yes I agree that using every time :TCTarget is a bit awkward but why not
make map yourself?
For me works:

Direct compilation of .ps:
:map <Leader>lo <Leader>ll:TCTarget ps<cr><Leader>ll:TCTarget dvi<cr>

<Leader>lo        - \ is not hardcoded in latexSuite it is in fact <Leader>
<Leader>ll        - compile with default target - here dvi
:TCTarget ps<cr>  - change target to ps
<Leader>ll        - compile with new target - ps
:TCTarget dvi<cr> - return to old target

Compilation fo .ps from existing .dvi (it will compile existing .dvi
file with %:r equal to %:r of your file):
:map <Leader>lo <Leader>ll:TCTarget ps<cr><Leader>ll:TCTarget dvi<cr>

<Leader>lo        - \ is not hardcoded in latexSuite it is in fact <Leader>
:TCTarget ps<cr>  - change target to ps
<Leader>ll        - compile with new target - ps
:TCTarget dvi<cr> - return to old target

IMO latexSuite is already complicated enough to build things from its
"API". Building from bricks is Vim philosophy :)

m.

[Vim-latex-devel] latexSuite - BETA release

[Mikolaj M. <mi...@wp...>]

Hello,

I have prepared "BETA" release of latexSuite. Here is ChangeLog (new
feature in lS ;) :

After 8 May 2003

	Features
	* texviewer.vim:
		Look for bibfiles in $BIBINPUTS env variable (Soren Debois)
	* envmacros.vim:
		Check in package variables for templates for environments inserted
		from line with <F5> (MM)
	* packages/amsmath:
		Templates for alignat and alignat* envs in amsmath package file (MM)
	* compiler.vim:
		Added support for regular viewing and forward searching for kdvi (KDE
		viewer of .dvi files) (MM)
	* mathmacros.vim, main.vim, texrc, latex-suite.txt:
		Added utf-8 menus for math (MM)
	* ChangeLog:
		Add ChangeLog file in ftplugin/latex-suite directory (MM)
	* wizardfuncs.vim, latex-suite.txt:
		Tshortcuts - new command show various shortcuts (MM)
	* latex-suite.txt:
		More cross-references with main Vim help, corrected mispells (MM)
	* texmenuconf.vim:
		Show value of <mapleader> in General menu instead of hardcoded \ (it
		caused confusion) (MM)

	Bugfixes
	* compiler.vim:
		Compile file with current file expansion, not always .tex file (MM)
	* texviewer.vim:
		Check if s:type exists in UpdateViewerWindow (MM)

Few comments:

1.
Tshortcuts produces annoying bug: Trailing characters - I don't know what
causes this message (Vim6.2f). But command itself works properly.
2.
Please check how utf-8 menus work for you: especially various systems.
For me it works nice (gtk2 there is some bugs in font - I checked codes
of chars against tables from unicode.org). If you find more automated
way to load them it would be great
3.
Forward searching in kdvi not always works properly - it is kdvi bug and
was communicated to maintainer of kdvi

Here it is:
http://skawina.eu.org/mikolaj/latexSuite20030529.tar.gz

(ca. 190kB, only tar.gz - under MS-Windows you can unpack this archive)

Enjoy :)

m.