[TxMt] Re: To LaTeX.tmbundle users…

[Tim Lahey]

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

pdflatex, latex+ps2pdf

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

Skim.app

> 3. 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.

> 4. Do you use any of the snippets?
>

Not really, no.

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

Change Current (Environment), Wrap selection, Insert command based  
upon current
word.

> 6. Anything that you'd miss terribly if it was removed?
>

The three commands listed above.

> Thanks for your time!
>
> —Alex
>
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Tim Lahey
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