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I'm new to Ubuntu and uses LaTeX a lot. I heard people recommend Vim-latex for me but also heard that TeXLive works well too. What are some pros and cons for both? (Assume that I have some experience with terminal, visual editing and vim)

Also, Vim-LaTeX suite installation is still opaque to me. Can someone give me some instructions more?

Thanks!

Zarko
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nekodesu
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  • First decide if you like writing and editing files using vim, which is a text editor. If you do, then the Vim-LaTeX plugin may well appeal to you as the best way to write and edit .tex files. But on Ubuntu, you could try other editors as well: gedit (which also has a plugin), GNU Emacs, and dozens of others. Consult this question to get a bettter sense. But, regardless, you will need to install TeX Live. – jon Dec 08 '16 at 20:02
  • Perhaps, you are asking for a comparison between vim-latex and other possible `ide-like' interfaces like texstudio. In that case, it is better to edit the question. For installation of vim-latex suite, see https://tex.stackexchange.com/q/112698/157031 (though this question is about Mac OS, the solution with pathogen should work in linux too) – Cyriac Antony Dec 31 '19 at 04:31

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TeXLive is the distribution that contains the Tex, latex and many other programs and all the packages.

Vim-LaTeX is a Vim plugin for writing Latex documents. You need a Tex distribution, such as TeXLive for it to work.

There's nothing to compare between the two.

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    Vim-TeX is a Vim plugin for writing LaTeX-ready documents. You need a Tex distribution, such as TeXLive to render them (e.g. as Pdf documents). – marsupilam Dec 08 '16 at 18:58
  • @marsupilam Thanks for the explanation! What is a LaTeX-ready document? Is it files in .tex format? What does Vim-LaTex allow me to do actually (editing tex file in vim? Or does it just give me vim key-binding)? – nekodesu Dec 08 '16 at 19:16
  • LaTex-ready = LaTeX source file (".tex file"). Vim-LaTeX has several functions to it : helpful vim keybindings for LaTeX, and latex-mk compilation functions helping you to dynamically visualize your produced Pdf file (but I don't know exactly about vim-LaTeX).First you should learn to produce simple LaTeX documents (Wikipedia is helpful here) before you bother with vim-LaTeX, imho) – marsupilam Dec 08 '16 at 19:28
  • Not that it's the source of the OP's confusion, but vim-LaTeX and vimtex are two different vim plugins (for writing tex files), neither go by vim-TeX to my knowledge. – Dai Bowen Dec 08 '16 at 19:38