[texhax] Trying to set up VIM-Latex... Troubles with .vimrc

[John R. Culleton]

On Thursday 27 July 2006 20:01, Diego Acosta wrote:
>    Dear friends of TUG,
>
> I am trying to install and use VIM-Latex on a Win XP laptop per these
> instructions:
>
> http://vim-latex.sourceforge.net/index.php?subject=download&title=Download
>
> Step 1 of 4 was completed very well and the files were extracted correctly.
>  The second step is what's causing me grief   I can't find a file named
> .vimrc anywhere but I do find a file called _vimrc which has:
>
> set nocompatible
> source $VIMRUNTIME/vimrc_example.vim
> source $VIMRUNTIME/mswin.vim
> behave mswin
>
> set diffexpr=MyDiff()
> function MyDiff()
>   let opt = '-a --binary '
>   if &diffopt =~ 'icase' | let opt = opt . '-i ' | endif
>   if &diffopt =~ 'iwhite' | let opt = opt . '-b ' | endif
>   let arg1 = v:fname_in
>   if arg1 =~ ' ' | let arg1 = '"' . arg1 . '"' | endif
>   let arg2 = v:fname_new
>   if arg2 =~ ' ' | let  arg2 = '"' . arg2 . '"' | endif
>   let arg3 = v:fname_out
>   if arg3 =~ ' ' | let arg3 = '"' . arg3 . '"' | endif
>   let eq = ''
>   if $VIMRUNTIME =~ ' '
>     if &sh =~ '\<cmd'
>       let cmd = '""' . $VIMRUNTIME . '\diff"'
>       let eq = '"'
>     else
>       let cmd = substitute($VIMRUNTIME, ' ', '" ', '') . '\diff"'
>     endif
>   else
>     let cmd = $VIMRUNTIME . '\diff'
>   endif
>   silent execute '!' . cmd . ' ' . opt . arg1 . ' ' . arg2 . ' > ' . arg3 .
> eq endfunction
>
> Is that the file that you are referring to or should I write a .vimrc file
> with the following?
>
>
> filetype plugin on
> set shellslash
> set grepprg=grep\ -nH\ $*
> filetype indent on
>
> Please help me
>
> Regards,
>
>
> Diego Acosta
>
>
> P.S. I have looked at forums, and many other sources...
>

Not familiar with Vim-latex. For questions like this go to
vim at vim.org. BTW from my limited knowledge the files that
configure Vim start with a period on Linux etc. but start with
an underline on MSWin. In other words:
 .vimrc = _vimrc

I use Vim all the time on TeX files, including occasionally
Latex. My suggestions would be:

1, Download and install Vim 7, the very latest release,
from http://www.vim.org

2. Join the vim at vim.org mailing list and pose your
question there. 

HTH
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