created by

Srinath Avadhanula

script type

utility

description

This file type plugin intended provides some insert mode macros for the LaTeX typesetting language. The nice thing about these mappings is that they emulate the operator pending mode in the insert mode.  i.e, the user does NOT have to type the LHS in a hurry or without making mistakes. This facilitates using the macros greatly. See below for the detailed list of macros provided or just browe the file after downloading it. In brief, this file provides stubs for the most commonly used typsetting commands such as figures, matrices etc. As an example, the commonly used matrix element is provided. Typing mat<tab> in the insert mode will expand to the following familiar matrix element: \left[ \begin{array}{_} \end{array} \right] with the cursor placed where the underscore is shown (note the underscore is not part of the macro, it just shows the cursor placement) NOTE: <tab> is part of the LHS of the mapping. however, the characters need       NOT be typed in quick succession as in most insert mode commands. See the section "ADDING" in the file in order to modify/add new mappings. A quick way to enter greek symbols is also provided. For example, typing '\q<tab>' will expand to \theta. (NOTE: quotes are not part of the LHS). See the section "SYMBOLS" in the file for adding/modifying the way the greek alphabet is mapped into the english alphabet. Again <tab> can be conviniently pressed after a long time or after moving around and coming back. a few other shortcuts: == expands to &=& (useful while writing eqnarrays) $$ expands to $$ but the cursor is repositioned before the last $ (so you dont have to go back) _ expands to _{} ^ expands to ^{} ============================================================================ LIST OF AVAILABLE MACROS ============================================================================ 1. TABLE: tab<tab> \begin{table} \centering \begin{tabular}{-} \end{tabular} \label{tab:} \caption{} \end{table} 2. ARRAY: bar<tab> \left \begin{array}{-} \end{array} \right 3. ENUMERATE: ben<tab> \begin{enumerate} \item - \end{enumerate} 4. ITEMIZE: bit<tab> \begin{itemize} \item - \end{itemize} 5. EQUATION: beq<tab> \begin{equation} - \end{equation} 6. EQUATION ARRAY: bqn<tab> \begin{eqnarray} - \end{eqnarray} 6. EPS FIGURE: bfg<tab> \begin{figure}[h] \centerline{\psfig{figure=-.eps}} \caption{} \label{fig:} \end{figure} 7. EMPTY FIGURE: bfe<tab> \begin{figure} \vspace{-} \caption{} \end{figure} 8. TABULAR: btb<tab> \begin{tabular}{-} \end{tabular} 9. TABLE: bta<tab> \begin{table} \centering \begin{tabular}{-} \end{tabular} \label{tab:} \caption{} \end{table} 10. PICTURE: pic<tab> \begin{picture}(4,4) \put(0.5,0){\framebox(4,4){-}} \end{picture} 11. MATRIX: mat<tab> \left[ \begin{array}{-} \end{array} \right] 12. FRAC: frac<tab> \frac{-}{} 13. DOT: dot<tab> \dot{-} 14. DOUBLE DOT: ddot<tab> \ddot{-}

install details

For Vim-6.0, drop the file in the $VIMRUNTIME\ftplugin directory, where it will be sourced automatically at startup. For previous versions, source it using the .vimrc file.

Click on the package to download.

package	script version	date	Vim version	user	release notes
tex.vim	1.2	2001-12-10	6.0	Srinath Avadhanula	removed a bug which was causing nested environments to be entered incorrectly. added a few more commands. removed some debugging statements. added a function RunLaTeX() which runs latex on the current file or a master file if one exists. see the file for additional details.
tex.vim	1.1	2001-12-07	6.0	Srinath Avadhanula	added a wrapper function which makes the insert mode mappings emulate the operator pending mode. i.e, the user does not have to type the LHS fast. Even making mistakes and moving around in the file is allowed before coming back and typing the last character (in this case its chosen to be the tab) expands nicely to the RHS.
tex.vim		2001-09-24	6.0	Srinath Avadhanula	Initial upload

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