Environment

• Mac OS X with command line tools and Homebrew. Thus my $VIM is at ~/.vim.
• Macvim (version 7.4.1202) installed by Homebrew
• LaTeX-Suite-aka-Vim-LaTeX (version 1.5)

Something about vim version: Please refer to the docs of Vim-LaTeX to see if the vim version meets the requirements. Vim-LaTeX also recommends using Macvim and I agree.

Installation with Vundle

git clone https://github.com/VundleVim/Vundle.vim.git ~/.vim/bundle/Vundle.vim

Edit ~/.vimrc as the docs.

"Plugins managed by Vundle
set nocompatible
filetype off
set rtp+=~/.vim/bundle/Vundle.vim
call vundle#begin()
Plugin 'VundleVim/Vundle.vim'

"LaTeX Plugins
"Uncomment the following after installation of latex-suite
"Plugin 'LaTeX-Suite-aka-Vim-LaTeX'

call vundle#end()
filetype plugin indent on

"LaTeX-Suite-aka-Vim-LaTeX Configuration
let g:tex_flavor='latex' "Use vim-latex even when *.tex file is newcreated)
autocmd BufEnter *.tex set sw=2

Open Macvim, enter :InstallBundle LaTeX-Suite-aka-Vim-LaTeX and wait for downloading. Uncomment Plugin 'LaTeX-Suite-aka-Vim-LaTeX' in ~/.vimrc. The installation is completed now.

A simple test. Open an arbitary .tex file and auto-completion works now.

Configuration

Compilation

The primary configuration file is texrc. Follow the instructions in texrc, first we copy it preventing it from being overwritten.

mkdir ~/.vim/ftplugin/tex
cp ~/.vim/bundle/LaTeX-Suite-aka-Vim-LaTeX/ftplugin/latex-suite/texrc ~/.vim/ftplugin/tex/
vim ~/.vim/ftplugin/tex/texrc

• Line 87 & 89 TexLet g:Tex_DefaultTargetFormat = 'pdf'.
• Line 115 TexLet g:Tex_CompileRule_pdf = 'xelatex -interaction=nonstopmode'
• Line 147 TexLet g:Tex_ViewRule_pdf = 'open -a Preview'

Tex_ViewRule_pdf can also be something like 'open -a /Application/Skim.app'. Note that at least in my mac, there is something strange arround line 147. Sometimes if has('macunix') takes effect and sometimes else takes effect. For convenience, I just set all Tex_ViewRule_pdf to be 'open -a Preview'.

A simple test. Enter \ll and \lv in the command mode.

Map and Macros

Configuration here is just for convenience. Configuration file about map can be put in tex.vim.

vim ~/.vim/ftplugin/tex.vim

" F2 save and compile
map <F2> <ESC>:w<CR>\ll

" F3 to preview
map <F3> <ESC>:w<CR>\lv

" F4 to save and close the window
map <F4> <ESC>:wq<CR>

" IMAP
augroup MyIMAPs
    au!
    au VimEnter * call IMAP('`j', '\lim_{<++> \to <++>}<++>', '')
    au VimEnter * call IMAP('`i', '\int_{<++>}^{<++>}<++>', '')
    au VimEnter * call IMAP('`o', '\sum_{<++>}^{<++>}<++>', '')
augroup END

When editing the file i can call the plugin of integration. j and o are similar. After you edit the file, <F2> can save and compile the file and <F3> can preview the pdf-file. <F4> is similar.

Folding

Perhaps you can configure the global variable in tex.vim. However, it also does not work in my mac. I use this way.

vim ~/.vim/bundle/LaTeX-Suite-aka-Vim-LaTeX/ftplugin/latex-suite/folding.vim

Add this after AddSyntaxFoldItem.

" { { { exercise
call AddSyntaxFoldItem (
    \ '^\s*\\begin{exercise}',
    \ '^\s*\\end{exercise}',
    \ 0,
    \ 0
    \ )
" }}}

Here everything should be editted carefully like exercise.