vim-latex

Mirror of vim-latex from Sourceforge (http://sourceforge.net/projects/vim-latex/files/snapshots/)

Homepage: http://vim-latex.sourceforge.net/index.php?subject=manual&title=Manual#user-manual

Current Version: vim-latex-1.8.23-20130116.788-git2ef9956.tar.gz (287.7 kB)

Installation Instructions (The old school way)

Step 1 of 4: Download and extract the archives (Modern way)

• Pathogen
• git clone https://github.com/Maxlufs/vim-latex ~/.vim/bundle/vim-latex
• NeoBundle
• NeoBundle 'Maxlufs/vim-latex'
• Vundle
• Bundle 'Maxlufs/vim-latex'
• VAM
• call vam#ActivateAddons([ 'vim-latex' ])
• manual
• See the old school way

(The old school way)

Extract one of the archives into your ~/vimfiles directory (if you are using windows) or ~/.vim directory (if you are using *nix).

If you are updating after a long time, it might be a good idea to remove the ~/vimfiles/ftplugin/latex-suite directory from previous installations before reinstalling.

NOTE: If you already have some latex ftplugin files, read the Advanced Installation Instructions (http://vim-latex.sourceforge.net/index.php?subject=download&title=Download#advanced) to make sure you do not over-write any of your files.

Step 2 of 4: Set a few things in .vimrc

" REQUIRED. This makes vim invoke Latex-Suite when you open a tex file.
filetype plugin on

" IMPORTANT: win32 users will need to have 'shellslash' set so that latex
" can be called correctly.
set shellslash

" IMPORTANT: grep will sometimes skip displaying the file name if you
" search in a singe file. This will confuse Latex-Suite. Set your grep
" program to always generate a file-name.
set grepprg=grep\ -nH\ $*

" OPTIONAL: This enables automatic indentation as you type.
filetype indent on

" OPTIONAL: Starting with Vim 7, the filetype of empty .tex files defaults to
" 'plaintex' instead of 'tex', which results in vim-latex not being loaded.
" The following changes the default filetype back to 'tex':
let g:tex_flavor='latex'

In addition, the following settings could go in your ~/.vim/ftplugin/tex.vim file:

" this is mostly a matter of taste. but LaTeX looks good with just a bit
" of indentation.
set sw=2
" 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+=:

Step 3 of 4: Install the help files

To install the included latex-suite.txt and latexhelp.txt files as vim help files, start vim and do the following:

• Pathogen

  • :Helptags

• manual

  • :helptags ~/.vim/doc (for *nix users)
  • "helptags ~/vimfiles/doc (for windows users)

Step 4 of 4: Done!

Thats it! You are done! Now start editing a latex file in vim. Latex-Suite should start up automatically. You can do

:help latex-suite.txt

from within vim to get the online Latex-Suite reference.