Problems installing vim latex-suite

Question

I'm working on mac.

I donwloaded the archive 1.8.23 from the SourceForge page
I extracted its contained files in my ~/.vim/ directory
I made the necessary changes (described in de vim latex manual) in my ~/.vimrc file (which I had to create because it did not exist yet)
I opened vim and typed :helptags ~/.vim/doc
I reopened vim and started editing an existing .tex file, but it seems vim latex-suite is not being loaded properly...

What am I doing wrong? I tried several things, including going into the ~/.vim/ directory, and used make, but I got the following errors :

rm -rf -- ./vim-latex-1.8.23-20100914-r
svn export -r HEAD . vim-latex-1.8.23-20100914-r
svn: '.' is not a working copy
make: *** [snapshot] Error 1

EDIT : My .vimrc file here.

I think we need more information. What exactly is in your .vimrc? What is the content of the .tex file you are trying to edit?
What does :set ft? say on the LaTeX file. Vim uses some heuristics to determine if the file is a tex, latex, or context file, and if the file is short then vim may misidentify it as a plain tex file. :set ft? should say tex (and not plain_tex or context)
@Aditya : it says tex, which is understandable (see my attached .vimrc file) --- @Jal Hlavacek : In a few seconds, I'm attaching my .vimrc file, which is very simple the fact being it has been created for the purpose to use vim latex-suite.
@Jan Hlavacek : The content of my .tex file is a usual file which we can compile using several conventional editors such as texshop on my mac and other windows based ones for my colleagues.
@Nigu I created a git repository containing vim configuration for simplifying plugin management, and made it public in case someone else finds it useful: bitbucket.org/drozdyuk/vimfiles

Roar Stovner · Accepted Answer · 2010-09-15 08:08:47Z

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If I understand you correctly, you have tried make and not make install.

The Makefile is written such that make downloads the newest snapshot with SVN, and make install installs it. Try make install instead!

I would have written suggestion as a comment, but I do not have enough reputation.

answered Sep 15 '10 at 8:08

Roar Stovner
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	Thanks, this worked! I had to do it in `sudo` mode to avoid all the permission clashes. – Nigu Sep 15 '10 at 8:43
	That's interesting! The installation instructions on the vim-latex's website do not mention running `make` at all. I don't remember if I used `make` when installing vim-latex manually, since the last time I did that was before Debian started packaging it, which was quite a while ago. Also, since you got permission clashes when running `make install` as a regular user, it seems that you actually installed vim-latex globally, rather than in your own .vim directory. I still think that just unpacking into ~/.vim should be sufficient, I am not sure what is going on here. – Jan Hlavacek Sep 16 '10 at 2:26
	@Jan: You are right, the `make install` installs globally (to `$(DESTDIR)` which is set to `/usr/local/` on most systems). I also do not understand why unpacking into `~/.vim/` does not work. @Nigu: Can you post the output of `:set runtimepath?` ? It might help in debugging the problem. – Roar Stovner Sep 16 '10 at 14:22

Martin Scharrer · Answer 2 · 2011-04-01 12:35:32Z

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You can also try vim-addons install latex-suite in a shell.

edited Apr 1 '11 at 12:35

Martin Scharrer♦
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answered Sep 15 '10 at 8:27

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