On Sat, Aug 26, 2006 at 01:38:11AM +0200, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote:
> [ Forwarded to vim-dev, as requested by Bram. Consider both the patch
> and the suggested default change as RFCs ]
>
> Hi Bram,
> could you please consider the attached patch for filetype.vim? It
> provides better recognition of 'tex' filetypes against 'plaintex' ones.
> It looks for sectioning commands that are specific to latex (\part,
> \section, \paragraph, ...).
>
> Also, according to a comment in filetype.vim, the code distinguishing
> between 'tex' and 'plaintex' should default to 'tex', whereas, according
> to these lines:
>
> " Default value, may be changed later:
> let format = exists("g:tex_flavor") ? g:tex_flavor : 'plain'
>
> I assume it defaults to 'plaintex'. Is there a reason for that or it is
> just a typo? I found the default to 'tex' much more reasonable, as most
> of people write latex these days ...
>
> What about changing it so that it matches the comment?
>
> Many thanks in advance,
> Cheers.
I believe that Bram does not use any version of TeX himself. I
maintain the plaintex and latex ftplugins, and I suggested the current
detection scheme (after a RFC before vim 7.0 was released). If the
comments, documentation, and code do not agree, it is probably my fault.
I do not think there is any reliable way to distinguish between
plain TeX and LaTeX. After my RFC, I decided to treat plain TeX as the
default, since it is the more basic, even though I agree that LaTeX is
probably far more common now. I suggest adding
let tex_flavor = "latex"
to your vimrc file.
HTH --Benji Fisher
