created by

Zhengdao Wang

script type

utility

description

The script is a utility that can be used to glean warning/error information from a latex compile. It will format the output into a format that is easy to read by VIM in the quickfix mode. This utility is useful for people who use VIM to edit LaTeX files, and don't use the VIM-Latex suite (the suite has already the quickfix capability). I don't use it because I think it is making things more complicated rather than simplifying it. An alternative to using this script is to setup the errorformat variable for latex (see ":help errorformat-latex"), and use the vimlatex script available on this site too (to avoid the problem of broken numbers, and to help vim recognize filenames). But the messages are not as compact as those produced by this script. Note 1: The filter needs awk to run. Note 2: Even though the script is especially useful for people who don't use vim-latex, it is also useful for those who do -- It makes the messages more meaningful (e.g, 1 or 3, instead of 32 or 54, when there are actually only 3 messages on 54 lines).

install details

1. Save the script and make sure that it is in the executable path, and is executable. 2. Put these lines in your .vim/ftplugin/tex.vim file "------------ set errorformat=%f:%l:%c:%m function Latex()     update     let file=expand('%:t:r')     let errors=system('latex --interaction nonstopmode '.file.' |latex-errorfilter')     if errors==""         echo 'LaTeX ok: No warning/error'     else         cexpr errors     endif endfunction map <F4> :call Latex()<CR> map <F6> :cprev<CR> map <F7> :cnext<CR> map <F8> :clist<CR> "------------ 3. In VIM, hit F4 to compile the latex file and show errors/warnings if any. F6 and F7 will show previous/next message, and F8 will list all messages.

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package	script version	date	Vim version	user	release notes
latex-errorfilter	0.2	2008-08-10	6.0	Zhengdao Wang	column support.

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