[TxMt] Re: To LaTeX.tmbundle users…

[Guido Governatori]

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!
>
> 1. What typesetting engine do you typically use?  (ie. pdflatex,
> xelatex, pdflualatex, etc …)
>
pdflatex, (sparringly xelatex, and latex+dvips)

> 2. PDF Viewer?  (Skim.app, Preview.app, …)
>

Skim

> 3. 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),

> 4. 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)

> 5. What commands (besides ⌘R) do you use the most often?
>

C-{ for citations
A-{ for environments


> 6. 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

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Guido Governatori
http://www.governatori.net/Textmate