Autocompletion with cite does not work

[jarrndewitt]

I use the following two files and try to get autocompletion of the \cite command to work:
test.tex

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{natbib}
\bibliographystyle{dinat}
\begin{document}
\cite{s}
\bibliography{test}
\end{document}

test.bib

@Article{six,
title = "The Six -- a Boring Number",
author = "Name, Alice and Other, Bob",
journal = "Journal for Testing Affairs",
year = 2066,
volume = 66,
number = 6,
pages = "66--666",
}
@Article{seven,
title = "The Seven -- an Interesting Number",
author = "Name, Alice and Other, Bob",
journal = "Journal for Testing Affairs",
year = 2077,
volume = 77,
number = 7,
pages = "77--777",
}

When I put the cursor behind the s and press F9 I get two new editor panes.

The first titled test.tex [+] containing

test.bib|1 col 1| @Article{six,
test.bib|10 col 1| @Article{seven,
what appears to be some sort of grep results.

The second editor panes is titled [QuickFix-Liste] :grep.exe -nH ____HIGHLY_IMPROBABLE____ test.tex and contains the contents of the file test.bib.
Within these editor panes no filtering or navigation as described in the manual is possible.

I enabled debug mode an the log file reads

view : Tex_Complete: s:type = cite, typeoption =
view : :Tex_Complete: using s:prefix = s
view : +Tex_ScanFileForCite: searching for bibkeys in test.tex (buffer #1)
view : Tex_ScanFileForCite: found bibliography command in test.tex
view : trying to search through [test]
view : finding .bib file [test.tex]
main : SetTeXOptions: sourcing maps
comp : +Tex_SetTeXCompilerTarget: setting target to [pdf] for Compiler
comp : +Tex_SetTeXCompilerTarget: setting target to [pdf] for Viewr
comp : compiler/tex.vim: sourcing this file
view : +Tex_SetupCWindow
view : +Tex_SyncPreviewWindow
view : :Tex_CompleteRefCiteCustom: completing with
view : :Tex_SwitchToInsertMode:

I use a current vim-latex (downloaded from git) with vim 8.0 (32 bit) on windows 10 (64 bit) and the grep program recommended in the FAQ. Vim-latex loads correctly and everything beside \cite completion seems to work.

[I also asked for help on this issue on https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/404030/vim-latexsuite-bibliography-completion-does-not-work but got no repsonses by now.]

[gerw]

The manual http://vim-latex.sourceforge.net/documentation/latex-suite/latex-completion-cite.html describes the cite-completion using python.

Let us check, why your cite completion does not use the python version. What does

:echo Tex_HasPython
:echo Tex_UsePython()
:echo Tex_GetVarValue('Tex_UsePython')
:echo Tex_GetVarValue('Tex_UseCiteCompletionVer2')

yield?

Do I get it correctly that pressing enter does not complete the \cite command? This should be fixed if you use the latest version from this git repository (from your log it is apparent that you use an old version).

[jarrndewitt]

I get

:echo Tex_HasPython
0
:echo Tex_UsePython()
0
:echo Tex_GetVarValue('Tex_UsePython')
1
:echo Tex_GetVarValue('Tex_UseCiteCompletionVer2')
1

Concerning the log: You are right, I pasted the log of an older version. With the current version from git I get

view : Tex_Complete: s:type = cite, typeoption =
view : :Tex_Complete: using s:prefix = s
view : +Tex_ScanFileForCite: searching for bibkeys.
view : :Tex_FindBibFiles:
view : Tex_FindBibFiles: found bibliography command in test.tex
view : :Tex_FindBibFiles: bib command from line 10 to line 10
view : :Tex_FindBibFiles: concatenated bib command: "test}"
view : :Tex_FindBibFiles: trying to search through [test]
view : :Tex_FindBibFiles: returning [C:/Users/User/Documents/Temp/test.bib
]
view : finding .bib file [test.tex]
view : +Tex_SetupCWindow
view : +Tex_SyncPreviewWindow
view : :Tex_CompleteRefCiteCustom: completing with six
view : :Tex_SwitchToInsertMode:

If I press [F9] and then immediately [Enter] the \cite{s} becomes \cite{six}.

[gerw]

Nice that the completion works.

Now about your python support: Does your vim has python?

:echo has('python')
:echo has('python3')

[jarrndewitt]

:echo has('python')
0
:echo has('python3')
0

Although when I do :version I see +python/dyn as well as +python3/dyn. I have Python 2.7.14 for windows installed and working (e.g. at the command line when calling with python).

[gerw]

The python support in your vim does not work, see https://superuser.com/questions/242938/vim-dyn-support. If it works, completion should be fine.

[jarrndewitt]

Thank you for your help. I actually had a 64bit Python 2.7 and a 32bit vim. When entering e.g. :python print("A") I got an error with E370: Could not load library python27.dll (as in https://superuser.com/questions/322138/vim-could-not-load-library-python27-dll#747043).

I now installed a 64bit vim and it works.