On Oct 7, 2009, at 9:23 PM, Alex Ross wrote:
As some of you know I've been working off and on on a new LaTeX bundle. It started as an extension bundle “LaTeXtra” but lately I've been focusing on merging that code into a fork of the LaTeX bundle (http://github.com/alexross/latex.tmbundle).
I tried a LaTeX extra bundle and deleted it because it started doing things I didn't want when I was just typing. I guess it was snippets "to make things easier". However, people have different workflows.
One of my biggest gripes with the current bundle is that there are MANY ways to do things. For instance there are 3-4 ways to insert a new environment, each with different key combinations that I cannot remember. There is a lot of room for simplification.
The advantage is that different people will want to do things different ways.
Simplification will require the removal of some commands, but I'm sure there is at least one person using each command. What I'd like is to get an idea of how people generally use the bundle. So, if you use the LaTeX bundle, please reply!
- What typesetting engine do you typically use? (ie. pdflatex,
xelatex, pdflualatex, etc …)
pdflatex, latex+ps2pdf
- PDF Viewer? (Skim.app, Preview.app, …)
Skim.app
- Do you use any of the completion commands? Which ones? What sort
of LaTeX macros do you commonly complete?
I normally use the Insert Command based upon current word.
- Do you use any of the snippets?
Not really, no.
- What commands (besides ⌘R) do you use the most often?
Change Current (Environment), Wrap selection, Insert command based upon current word.
- Anything that you'd miss terribly if it was removed?
The three commands listed above.
Thanks for your time!
—Alex
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