.tex file not associated with latexsuite by default

[m.pavanakumar]

Binary package hint: vim-latexsuite

For some reason when I install latexsuite, by default .tex files are not recognized but when I open a file with
extension .latex, latexsuite fires up new latex menus and works ....

[Laurie Savage (savage-laurie)]

Yes, this happens on my machine.

[adiaz (andres-diaz-soto)]

This happens to me too, not only with the ubuntu package (I'm using gutsy) but also installing latex-suite manually (using .tar.gz downloaded from vim-latex.sf.net) in my ~/.vim directory.

[Albrecht Mühlenschulte (a7p)]

Apart from #225411 it runs perfectly here.

You need to install vim-latexsuite for every user seperatly by
$ vim-addons install latex-suite

It is questionable if this should not be changed by installing vim-latexsuite into a part which is in vims runtimepath by default, so every user has vim-latex at hand automatically (btw. it would solve #225411, but it would tear us apart from the Debian package - but packaging an own vim-latexsuite is pretty easy).

[Albrecht Mühlenschulte (a7p)]

I could redproduce this, but only for newly created files. Loading a saved .tex results in a running vim-latexsuite.

[Albrecht Mühlenschulte (a7p)]

When opening a new Buffer named <somthing>.tex the filetype in vim is set to "plaintex" (viewable via ":set filetype"). This filetype is not connected with the vim-latexsuite, which is totally right, since .tex is also the extension for plain-original-knuth-like TeX-Files (which are not supportet by vimLaTeX-suite).

When opening a file which is named <something>.tex the filetype is set to "plaintex" UNLESS the file begins with "\documentclass..." which is a strong evidence the file is a LaTeX and not a plainTeX-file. In this case vim sets the filetype variable to "tex" (and loads vim-latexplugin).

Files ending to .latex are automatically identified as LaTeX-files.

So it's not a bug, it's a feature ;).

If you want to write a LaTeX file in a newly created buffer, just type ":set filetype=tex" and everything is the way you want it. If you neverever will will write a plaintex-file you may put this into your .vimrc to override the _wise_ defaults:

autocmd BufNewFile,Bufread *.tex set filetype=tex

[Albrecht Mühlenschulte (a7p)]

The more correct way to use .tex as the default ending for latex-files is pointed out here:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=4344905&postcount=6

[Michael Green (hermelinen)]

Thanks, that clears a few things up for me. I was under the impression
that tex was considered a proper extension for latex files in the vim
latex suite. Always nice to discover a bug to be a feature. :)

Ciao,
Michael

Albrecht Mühlenschulte wrote:
> When opening a new Buffer named <somthing>.tex the filetype in vim is
> set to "plaintex" (viewable via ":set filetype"). This filetype is not
> connected with the vim-latexsuite, which is totally right, since .tex is
> also the extension for plain-original-knuth-like TeX-Files (which are
> not supportet by vimLaTeX-suite).
>
> When opening a file which is named <something>.tex the filetype is set
> to "plaintex" UNLESS the file begins with "\documentclass..." which is a
> strong evidence the file is a LaTeX and not a plainTeX-file. In this
> case vim sets the filetype variable to "tex" (and loads vim-
> latexplugin).
>
> Files ending to .latex are automatically identified as LaTeX-files.
>
> So it's not a bug, it's a feature ;).
>
> If you want to write a LaTeX file in a newly created buffer, just type
> ":set filetype=tex" and everything is the way you want it. If you
> neverever will will write a plaintex-file you may put this into your
> .vimrc to override the _wise_ defaults:
>
> autocmd BufNewFile,Bufread *.tex set filetype=tex
>
> ** Changed in: vim-latexsuite (Ubuntu)
> Status: Confirmed => Invalid
>
>

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