Dear list, vim and LaTeX are genius inventions not only because of their great functionality, but also because of their splendid documentation. It is like a great forest where it is *not* possible to hide any non-documented eggs. What about the latex-vim suite? :-|
It is said that the suite runs with vim6+. Obviously it is meant vim6.x, not version 7.x. I did *exactly* what is said in the installation instructions on different machines -- with vim7.0. Exactly with no exception. Nothing happens. I know and I appreciate it very much that the suite is work done by free will. Indeed! And that the members of this list help by their free will. That is great, but it does not solve IMHO the general problem. It is clear that a software has its development stage. But if something is called stable, it *must* have a good installation instruction (more important than a user manual). Otherwise it IS in development. Especially in this case if the software is aimed to *help* users. Which users? Those who are lucky to have requirement no. 6.1.1-2 (and not 6.1.1-2.1 where the usage *sometimes* fails)? Sureley not those who celebrate Easter again, searching for the non documented eggs hidden *between* the lines of the instructions, meaning perhaps that 7.0 is not 6.+ but obviously 6.++. And -- if you really think, think right -- we *did* say 6.+ ONLY, nothing more ;-). And: *See those lucky people. Can't you imagine, that you DID a mistake? They can run it, so everyone *could* run it, if one only uses its brain -- Yes, you have to think, but think right. Find out WHAT is meant, not what is NOT meant or what we mean that it should be clear that it IS not meant.* And if you do not succeed read the FAQ (Feigned Annoying Questions -- which have never been asked) ;-) Please apologize for coming a bit too steep out of the hedge. But OpenSource is by a too great amount of people still regarded as *software for specialists* -- and that shows IMHO that there is something wrong; but not about OpenSource! Nobody cares about the free willing work done by the user (and it *is* sureley not important). Software *cannot* be free of bugs. That is clear.But a suite which sometimes works and sometimes with not hints what could be wrong is use-less (in the exact meaning). Best regards Heiko Schroeder -- Heiko Schroeder Praha, Ceska Republica http://home.foni.net/~heikos http://www.od.shuttle.de/evb-1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Vim-latex-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/vim-latex-devel
