On 2012-01-04, Daryl Lee wrote: > I'm having trouble getting Vim-Latex going on my Windows 7, Vim 7.2 > installation. I've been through the instructions at > http://vim-latex.sourceforge.net/documentation/latex-suite/recommended-settings.html > three times, and as nearly as I can tell I've done it correctly. > ":help latex-suite.txt" gives me the help file. But when I do ":e > newfile.tex" I think I'm supposed to see a Latex-Suite menu item show > up and it doesn't. Syntax highlighting seems to work, based on the > few sample files I've tried.
I don't use gvim very often, and I never use it to edit LaTeX files, so I was unaware of the menus. I did some experimentation, though, and I think I have the answer. Put this line in your ~/.vimrc: let g:tex_flavor = "latex" " Set LaTeX as the default TeX type. > I note with interest that there is no ftplugins/tex.vim, as I > expected to find, based on the installation instructions. There is > such a file in the "compiler" folder, but I'm not sure whether I > should a) make the recommended changes there; b) copy it into the > ftplugins folder and use it there; c) be using a different file > altogether; ftplugins/tex.vim is a file you create yourself, and it is the one you should be putting your customizations in. Take a look at the comment block at the top of ftplugin/latex-suite/texrc, paragraph #2. > or d) run screaming from the room. I know the feeling. With any luck, we can avoid that for this problem. Regards, Gary -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php
