On 08/10/2009, at 11:23 AM, 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).
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.
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, (sparringly xelatex, and latex+dvips)
- PDF Viewer? (Skim.app, Preview.app, …)
Skim
- Do you use any of the completion commands? Which ones? What sort
of LaTeX macros do you commonly complete?
Command completion:
latex bibliographic commands
dc C-]
A-i (emph), A-b (bold),
- Do you use any of the snippets?
item, enum, doc, table, figure, tab sec, ssec (and other sectioning snippets).
table, fig A-{
Personal snippets, plus a LaTeX bundle I have written for the (smart) insertion of symbols.
http://www.governatori.net/Textmate
It also include a fix to a tab snippet bug (and partial implementation of the requested features)
- What commands (besides ⌘R) do you use the most often?
C-{ for citations A-{ for environments
- Anything that you'd miss terribly if it was removed?
What I use above.
7. Features request:
- subscript and superscript scopes, clever insertion of subscripts/ supescripts (a la emacs mode). - clever way to exit environments and math mode (a la emacs mode) - method to handle and display ref/labels as emacs does. - rub BibTex from TextMate (I do not use Latexmk) - good bibtext mode
Thanks for your time!
Thanks for your effort!
Guido
-- Guido Governatori http://www.governatori.net/Textmate