Questions tagged [filetype-tex]
Questions about editing Tex documents, either with or without a frontend such a LaTeX.
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What are the differences between LaTeX plugins?
There are a number of Tex plugins for vim (vim-latex, AutomaticLatexPlugin to say a couple).
What are the differences in the provided functionalities between these (the ones I named and possibly ...
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How can I treat LaTeX quotes as a text object?
Quotation marks in LaTeX are different than in normal text, in that they're formatted ``like this'' (or `like this' for single quotes). This makes it difficult to navigate through them in Vim.
I ...
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Inline English grammar checker for vim-latex?
I am looking for English grammar checker for vim-latex suite that checks the grammar as I type but does not highlight what's inside $$ or \begin{equation} & \end{equation} commands. Is there any ...
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How do I get Vim to compile my .tex file when executing :w?
My writing routine is like this:
I edit a .tex file using vim
I go to the command line and I compile it using pdflatex. I find myself always saving the file with :w and immediately having to switch ...
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How can I lookup LaTeX symbols in Vim?
Can I integrate some form of symbol completion to Vim? Dedicated TeX editors like TeXMaker provide a list of symbols for completion (for example, \al shows a list with \alpha, \la shows \lambda and \...
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Context sensitive insert mode mapping or abbreviation
I'm planning to implement some utility mappings for my LaTeX plugin to simplify typing of mathematics. For instance, I want to create abbreviations similar to
`a : \alpha
`b : \beta
-> : \to
=> ...
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How can I fix the auto indentation in LaTeX?
Vim has some fancy pants indentation stuff. When it works right it's a pleasure to have, but sometimes it just drives me nuts. One that I've never been able to solve has to do with LaTeX syntax.
Lets ...
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change meaning of “paragraph” for TeX input?
I'm writing LaTeX code which has a lot of sections like this
\begin{definition}
blah blah blah ...
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\end{definition}
In normal text, I'm very fond of gq] to rewrap everything nicely. Inside a ...
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Make % jump between identical delimiters
I use Vim to edit LaTeX files frequently. I want to use % to jump between matching $ which can be used to delimit where mathematical expressions are written.
I have tried using matchit and, ...
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How can I make quick environment or command changes in LaTeX
I have a large body of LaTeX text (a whole book) which has \textit{} and \textbf{} commands interchanged in some places. In other places they are completely missing. How do I create quick shortcuts in ...
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Matching interval brackets
I'm using vim to edit LaTeX code, and I'm often writing intervals like (a,b] but this messes with other vim features. For instance,
Jumping with %: if I have something like \phi((a,b]), the final ) ...
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Count only words for which Spell is enabled?
I want to count the words in my buffers, but for TeX files, for instance, a lot of words (e.g., commands) shouldn't be counted. I'm aware that there are scripts that do this specifically for LaTeX, ...
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How do I spellcheck TeX files using vim-lexical, skipping some command arguments but not others?
I use the vimtex plugin for TeX editing and vim-lexical for spell-checking.
This works generally fine, but there are several commands vim-lexical tries to spellcheck. For example, in \includepdf{...
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Fix syntax highlighting after unmatched parentheses
I have a parenthesis in my LaTeX document that is intentionally unmatched. This breaks syntax highlighting for all of the following text.
Is there some way to reset syntax highlighting after this ...
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Mathematical expressions in TeX files are displayed in a human-readable way
When I type some mathematical expressions in Tex files using Vim, e.g. a_{2} = a_{1} + a_{0}, it is displayed in a human readable way like a2 = a1 + a0. (Actually the numbers are of a smaller font, ...
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iskeyword for latex
Context
Currently, when I set ft=tex, my set isk? reads
iskeyword=@,48-57,_,192-255
that is, the default for vim.
My "issue"
Currently, in a LaTeX string such as
$\abcde_\fgh$
the w jump would ...
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Autoformatting LaTeX: how to add characters in front of a wrapped line
When writing LaTeX, I like a newline between every sentence as it helps me jump around more easily. Additionally, I put two spaces at the start of lines where sentences don't start. For example:
This ...
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Filetype that LaTeX should be
From :help filetype:
If the first line of a *.tex file has the form %&<format> then this
determined the file type: plaintex (for plain TeX), context (for
ConTeXt), or tex (for ...
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Indentation in Latex within a list after an equation
Here is a minimal .tex file:
\begin{document}
\begin{itemize}
\item Here is an equation:
\begin{align*}
x = y
\end{align*}
\item Here is another item
...
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Turn off Vim spellcheck in custom region
I have the following definitions in a .tex file preamble:
\newcommand{\beq}{\begin{eqnarray}}
\newcommand{\eeq}{\end{eqnarray}}
If I then use \beq and \eeq to define an equation array region, spell ...
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Remove eqnarray from Vim LaTeX
The Vim LaTeX-suite includes a number of predefined LaTeX environments, including the obsolete¹ eqnarray and eqnarray* environments. I want to get rid of every last shadow of these environments in the ...
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Insert a newline after punctuations
I'm writing a report in LaTeX that I keep in a Git repository. In order to make the most out of Git, I would like to keep each sentence on its own line. I.e. for each dot, exclamation mark and ...
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Make autoformating insert a line break instead of two spaces after full stop
I noticed that vi's auto format adds two spaces after a full stop. I wonder how this can be changed, i.e., insert just one space after a full stop, or even a line break.
The application is in using a ...
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Text formatting CVS-friendly
I have seen this very interesting article: http://dustycloud.org/blog/vcs-friendly-patchable-document-line-wrapping/ --- basically it is a suggestion for hard-breaking lines of text (for example, in ...
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Use search matches as parameters in external command
I want to define a Vim command that will install all LaTeX packages used in a .tex file.
To install packages I can do sudo tlmgr install package1 package2 package3 etc. in the command line.
So now I ...
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How to force vimtex to display \textbf and \textit in insert/normal mode? [duplicate]
When I add \textbf{} or \textit{} before a word in vimtex the terminal shows the word but strangely hides the commands. I can only see them in the visual mode (see pictures below). Is there a way to ...
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Folding slow with vimtex
Automatic folding with the vimtex plugin is unbearably slow.
Is there anything I can do to speed this up? I tried installing the fastfold plugin but that did nothing I could notice.
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Delete text between two $ symbols in gvim
I understand that we can use da{ to delete a whole {} block in vim. I am wondering if there is a corresponding version with { replaced by $ (similarly for di{) as this would be very useful for people ...
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Apply formating with a script, or have ftplugin format particular text based on syntax
When I am writting a Latex document I generally like to keep an 80 column
line width to keep things easy to read. However I don't like to use text
wrapping because it can get in the way of typing ...
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Syntax highlighting for custom LaTeX commands
I have a few custom LaTeX commands like this one, for instance:
\newcommand{\oeuvre}[1]{\textit{#1}}
I use this for titles of books and other works. Sometimes I want them to be italicized, sometimes ...
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Check if current line ends in a comment
I added something like this to my tex.vim ftplugin (I tried to simplify it because there are other plugins involved, but hopefully it makes sense):
set comments+=b:\\item
inoremap <expr> <...
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How to align a Latex table that uses \multicolumn?
I want to align a Latex table the way it appears in the final document.
There are various Vim plugins for aligning tables (2, 3, 4), but none of them handle the spanning cell correctly. The code ...
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Latex plugin for Vim that supports files organized in multiple directories
I have a multiple file/folder project that looks like the following.
├── 0_Preamble
│ ├── 01_TitlePage.tex
│ ├── 02_TitleBack.tex
│ ├── 03_Dedication.tex
│ ├── 0_Preamble.tex
├── 1_Theory
│ ...
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Call PDF viewer on the compiled tex file
Suppose I am editing a file.tex. How would I open file.pdf in zathura (or any pdf viewer) from vim?
I understand how to reference file.tex using '%' but I'm not sure how to reference file.pdf.
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Unable to set iskeyword for colon ( : ) character
I am using vim to edit LaTeX files.
Throughout the text, there are labels to equations, tables etc. for which an accepted convention among TeX writers is the following
\label{eq:massenergy} , \...
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Syntax highlighting of underscores in LaTeX, even though they only appear in filenames
I'm using nvim and LaTeX together, and for the most part it's been great. However, nvim appears to be incorrectly highlighting underscores that appear in filenames I include as part of the subfiles ...
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Replace text and move cursor to end of replacement in insert mode
How can I perform a search-and-replace and leave the cursor at the end of the replacement? I want to replace $...$ with \(...\) as I type in insert mode.
Notice that I can't use an abbreviation, ...
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TeX/LaTeX vim fold markers options
In complex files, especially when writing packages with basic TeX-LaTeX code, the standard definition of foldmarker, namely {{{,}}}, is unfortunate — in effect is quite common to have pieces of code ...
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Automatic completion in Latex environments
I am trying to implement a way to get automatic completion when typing Latex environments. Consider the following situation:
\begin{|}
\end{}
where | stands for the position of the cursor. Then I ...
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Why does vim still auto-indent LaTeX after I set noai noci nosi?
I want to disable autoindent and smartindent for LaTeX so I did
:set noai noci nosi
When I open a brand new mwe.tex, filetype=plaintex and there is no auto indent magic.
When I then enter some code,...
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Disabling `kana/vim-textobj-entire` by filetype autocommand
kana/vim-textobj-entire creates text-obejcts ae and ie which stand for the entire buffer. But in lervag/vimtex ae and ie stand for an environment in a .tex file. vimtex's ae and ie mappings are much ...
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How can I make $ in LaTeX insert \( and \) automatically? [duplicate]
I'm writing a lot of LaTeX recently, and am used to hitting the $ key for inline math, but have heard that \( and \) is better (apparently it confuses vim less, especially with $$, which I'm also not ...
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LaTeX: Ultisnips
I'm new to Vim and setting up LaTeX with vimtex. Now, I am looking for a Snippet-Manager and decided to give UltiSnips a try. It seems to be very handy.
But it doesn't come with a lot snippets (honza/...
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Switching back and forth between two text layout conventions of input to LaTeX
While using git and other versioning systems, it is very useful that text lines occupy no more than (say) 80 characters. It is also more comfortable to edit text with vi if lines are note excessively ...
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LaTeX-Box does not define :Latexmk
The LaTeX-Box plugin is supposed to define the command :Latexmk, but it doesn't! Am I missing something obvious?
(The reason I'm trying to run latexmk from vim is that I want to use the quickfix ...
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Underscores don't show up in some colorschemes
Sometimes, when I'm using the torte colorscheme and editing latex files, my latex expressions inside of $ signs show up in yellow. When this happens, my underscores disappear, as the following figure ...
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Disabling Automatic Latex Plugin (ATP) mappings
I’m trying to use the Automatic LATEX Plugin for Vim (ATP), and found it has quite neat features. However, I do not like input abbreviations, so I tried to disable them using
let g:atp_no_env_maps=1
...
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UltiSnips, Context and Tex
For best experience, I want to enable some snippets to be expanded only in Tex Math environments. A wonderful person, lacygoill helped me on GitHub to achieve just this with the following setup:
Let ...
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More intelligent automatic formatting
I use vim to edit latex files and the automatic formatting option (formatoptions+=a) works very well, since you can enter text anywhere in the paragraph and vim will reformat the entire paragraph.
The ...
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How does expression folding actually work?
The following is a stripped down version of my folding function for LaTeX documents:
setlocal foldmethod=expr
setlocal foldexpr=LaTeXFoldsExpr(v:lnum)
" Sections to be folded
let g:...
