Zathura requires (!!) xdotool not only recommended

[petRUShka]

There is a line in docs which says following:

Note: Forward search requires xdotool to work properly...

If xdotool isn't installed I see the warning:

vimtex warning: Zathura requires xdotool!

And when I do \lv VIM cause E716: Key not present in Dictionary: view. After \ll there isn't also any clue of zathura running.

But If I install xdotool everything is working as expected. So basically xdotool is necessary not only for forward searching but for combination vimtex+zathura to be working!

That ambiguousness is confusing. I spent a lot of time figuring out why it zathura isn't showing up at all. There should be a big notice somewhere that installed xdotool is vital component of vimtex+zathura combination!

vimrc:

set nocompatible
filetype plugin indent on
syntax enable

set completeopt=menu,preview

let &rtp = '~/.vim/plugged/vimtex,' . &rtp
let &rtp = '~/.vim/plugged/vimtex/after,' . &rtp

let g:vimtex_view_method = 'zathura'
let g:vimtex_quickfix_open_on_warning = 0

minimal tex file:

\documentclass{minimal}
\begin{document}

text

\end{document}

[lervag]

I'm sorry about the inconsistency. I've updated the code and warning and think it should be more consistent now. For some reason, I disabled the viewer when xdotool was missing, instead of defining it with reduced features.