multifile project files not recognised as Latex

[Nuno Nunes]

Binary package hint: vim-latexsuite

Latex-suite isn't loaded when opening a typical multifile project file, say something that starts with \chapter{}. It is loaded if I add a first line with \documentclass{}, which of course is bad Latex. The workaround is simple but inconvenient: keep that first line so Latex-suite loads when file is open, and comment it out before compiling. Then the *.latexmain magic works.

Not sure if this is a real bug or a config issue, but it doesn't do what it should...

[Helge Reikeras (helge-reikeras)]

yes, this is a config issue. have a look at

http://vim-latex.sourceforge.net/documentation/latex-suite.html

under "9 Multiple file LaTeX projects" for how to do this.

[William Grant (wgrant)]

Rejecting. It's a config issue, and is not easy/possible to automate.

[Nuno Nunes (n-nunes)]

I had another go at trying to understand what was causing the problem.
As it turned out, it is nothing to do with latex-suite itself, but with
file type detection in vim. Using default settings (AFAIK), a file
beginning with a \documentclass command is detected as LaTeX, while one
beginning with a \chapter command is detected as plain TeX. This can be
fixed by adding this line to ~/.vimrc:

let g:tex_flavor = "latex"

It works as expected now. Apologies for originally reporting this as a
possible bug in latex-suite.