vim-latex-devel

[Vim-latex-devel] newbie question

[Alexandre R. <fre...@gm...>]

Hi,
I've just got into the vim-latex world and I'm having some problems.
* The first one is that my .tex files are not detected as latex files (only
.latex files are). How can I make vim understand
that the .tex files are in fact latex files?

* Often I need to type =E3 and my keyboard is configured so that whenever I
type ~a I get =E3. However, vim-latex seems to bind
~a to \cite{}. I've created the file .vim/after/ftplugin/tex.vim with
the following line:
call IMAP('~a', '=E3', 'tex')
but it did not work at all.

By the way, I'm using vim 7.0 on linux (ubuntu edgy) and
vim-latex latexSuite20060325.tar.gz<http://vim-latex.sourceforge.net/downlo=
ad/latexSuite20060325.tar.gz>

Any help would be appreciated.
Alexandre

Re: [Vim-latex-devel] newbie question

[Vaidotas Z. <ze...@gm...>]

Hi,

On 3/20/07, Alexandre Rosas <fre...@gm...> wrote:
> Hi,
> I've just got into the vim-latex world and I'm having some problems.
> * The first one is that my .tex files are not detected as latex files (on=
ly
> .latex files are). How can I make vim understand
> that the .tex files are in fact latex files?
>
Hm, for me it works with vim 7.0, but I have older vim-latex version.
It should be related to filetype selection in vim. Unfortunately I do
not know enough to help you here.

> * Often I need to type =E3 and my keyboard is configured so that whenever=
 I
> type ~a I get =E3. However, vim-latex seems to bind
> ~a to \cite{}. I've created the file .vim/after/ftplugin/tex.vim with
> the following line:
> call IMAP('~a', '=E3', 'tex')
> but it did not work at all.
>
> By the way, I'm using vim 7.0 on linux (ubuntu edgy) and
> vim-latex latexSuite20060325.tar.gz
>
>
It is actualy a problem of vim, not vim-latex. For vim alt-c and =E3 is
the same. When you press alt-c you get =E3, and when you press  =E3 vim
generates alt-c. Since vim-latex uses mapping alt-c, you have the
problem. I searched a bit, but found nothing how to turn of this
behaviour. You can solve this problem in following ways:

1. Turn off vim-latex mapping alt-c. You have to have line
TexLet g:Tex_AdvancedMath=3D0

in your texrc file. There is  an explanation there, what else you will
lose by setting this option

2. Enter  =E3, like diacritic, by pressing ctrl-k, then a, then ?.

3. Manually change alt-c mapping (actualy m-c) in brackets.vim to some
other mapping you like.

4. Find how to turn off this unwanted vim behaviour, and share it with me:)

Vaidotas

Re: [Vim-latex-devel] newbie question

[Alexandre R. <fre...@gm...>]

Thanks, Vaidotas. Your tip about the filetype helped me to
find out a solution. The problem was the default type for
.tex file was plain tex and no latex. I managed to change this
with the following line in my .vimrc
let g:tex_flavor =3D "latex"

I also solved the second problem (using your first method),
however I still have a problem with "=E9". When I type
'e (in the insert mode) the cursor just move back one
character if it is at the end of the line. Do you know how
to get =E9?

Thanks,
Alexandre

On 3/20/07, Vaidotas Zemlys <ze...@gm...> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> On 3/20/07, Alexandre Rosas <fre...@gm...> wrote:
> > Hi,
> > I've just got into the vim-latex world and I'm having some problems.
> > * The first one is that my .tex files are not detected as latex files
> (only
> > .latex files are). How can I make vim understand
> > that the .tex files are in fact latex files?
> >
> Hm, for me it works with vim 7.0, but I have older vim-latex version.
> It should be related to filetype selection in vim. Unfortunately I do
> not know enough to help you here.
>
> > * Often I need to type =E3 and my keyboard is configured so that whenev=
er
> I
> > type ~a I get =E3. However, vim-latex seems to bind
> > ~a to \cite{}. I've created the file .vim/after/ftplugin/tex.vim with
> > the following line:
> > call IMAP('~a', '=E3', 'tex')
> > but it did not work at all.
> >
> > By the way, I'm using vim 7.0 on linux (ubuntu edgy) and
> > vim-latex latexSuite20060325.tar.gz
> >
> >
> It is actualy a problem of vim, not vim-latex. For vim alt-c and =E3 is
> the same. When you press alt-c you get =E3, and when you press  =E3 vim
> generates alt-c. Since vim-latex uses mapping alt-c, you have the
> problem. I searched a bit, but found nothing how to turn of this
> behaviour. You can solve this problem in following ways:
>
> 1. Turn off vim-latex mapping alt-c. You have to have line
> TexLet g:Tex_AdvancedMath=3D0
>
> in your texrc file. There is  an explanation there, what else you will
> lose by setting this option
>
> 2. Enter  =E3, like diacritic, by pressing ctrl-k, then a, then ?.
>
> 3. Manually change alt-c mapping (actualy m-c) in brackets.vim to some
> other mapping you like.
>
> 4. Find how to turn off this unwanted vim behaviour, and share it with
> me:)
>
> Vaidotas
>

Re: [Vim-latex-devel] newbie question

[Vaidotas Z. <ze...@gm...>]

Hi,

On 3/20/07, Alexandre Rosas <fre...@gm...> wrote:
> Thanks, Vaidotas. Your tip about the filetype helped me to
> find out a solution. The problem was the default type for
> .tex file was plain tex and no latex. I managed to change this
> with the following line in my .vimrc
> let g:tex_flavor =3D "latex"
>
> I also solved the second problem (using your first method),
> however I still have a problem with "=E9". When I type
> 'e (in the insert mode) the cursor just move back one
> character if it is at the end of the line. Do you know how
> to get =E9?
>
=E9 in vim is mapped to Alt-i. This is also vim-latex keymap for
inserting \item. I found that besides brackets.vim it is also used in
envmacros.vim. So if you already have
TexLet g:Tex_AdvancedMath=3D0

go to envmacros.vim file search for M-i, and either comment the lines
where this mapping is being used or change it to something else.

I am beginning to see a big problem. You cannot use some of the meta
mappings with vim, if you use certain accented letters a lot. And I
did not find any documentation about this feature. If you have further
problems with accented letters, try opening empty vim window, type all
the letters while holding alt, find which mapping corresponds to
accented letter and then search this mapping in vim-latex code. Highly
annoying!

Vaidotas

Re: [Vim-latex-devel] newbie question

[Vaidotas Z. <ze...@gm...>]

On 3/20/07, Alexandre Rosas <fre...@gm...> wrote:
> Thanks, Vaidotas. Your tip about the filetype helped me to
> find out a solution. The problem was the default type for
> .tex file was plain tex and no latex. I managed to change this
> with the following line in my .vimrc
> let g:tex_flavor =3D "latex"
>
> I also solved the second problem (using your first method),
> however I still have a problem with "=E9". When I type
> 'e (in the insert mode) the cursor just move back one
> character if it is at the end of the line. Do you know how
> to get =E9?
>

Actualy this was discussed in this list in December 2006. Search the archiv=
es.

Vaidotas