If empty( glob( '~/.config/nvim/autoload/plug.vim ')) Set mouse = a ' use mouse for scroll or window size Set nomodeline ' disable modeline vulnerability On Mac OSX you can look in the System Preferences > Keyboard > Modifier Keys (bottom of screen) Documentation zshrc file on Ubuntu setxkbmap -option 'caps:escape' I remap the CapsLock key to Escape, since no one ever uses CapsLockĪdd the following to your. So it's best to stick it someplace easily to access. You use the escape key all the time in vim.Note, there is some setup required to enable forward/backward search using synctex. On a Mac, the vimtex plugin seems to work best with Skim in my view. In fact, vimtex is basically doing this from within vim.

Then whenever you save your tex file, it'll compile. In another terminal window just run latexmk -pdf -pvc article.tex to have it continuosly compile your document. You don't actually need anything extra to handle editing LaTeX documents. Setting up vimtex to work with a PDF viewer is a little complicated but I have some of the details already included. Once you find one you like just put that command into the vimrc You can then start vim and install the plugins using the command :PlugInstallĬhoose a colorscheme you like with :colorscheme to see all the options. After all your customization if you are happy then save your configuration to ~/.vimrc. Here is a small section of some of the things I've figured out to have vim working for editing LaTeX files easily.Ĭopy the file below to a file vimrc and start vim vim -u vimrc to use the file. While I've included some plugins, the hope is that you can easily get started with LaTeX with a minimal of effort and/or Googling. My suggestion is to start small and stick to the basics before going crazy with plugins. You can spend lots of time getting vim setup to your liking, and probably never finish customizing.

Mac vim config file