Why do I switch my PDF viewer?
- Ado* Read* is proprietary. (EULA)
- Sumatra PDF is free. (GPLv3)
Actual process
Original settings for Ado* Read*: letg:Tex_ViewRuleComplete_dvi='C:/.../AcroRd32'
in _vimrc
(No extension name)Problem: How to change Vim-$\rm \LaTeX$'s setting of
\lv
?Trial 1: Set
g:Tex_ViewRuleComplete_dvi='C:/.../SumatraPDF'
in _vimrc
(No effect)Trial 2: Set
g:Tex_ViewRule_dvi='C:/.../SumatraPDF'
and disable g:Tex_ViewRuleComplete_dvi
in _vimrc
(No effect)Trial 3: Set
g:Tex_ViewRule_pdf='C:/.../SumatraPDF'
and keep g:Tex_ViewRuleComplete_dvi='C:/.../AcroRd32'
in _vimrc
(Ado* Read* launched instead)...
Trial n: Set
g:Tex_ViewRule_pdf='C:/.../SumatraPDF'
and disable g:Tex_ViewRuleComplete_dvi='C:/.../AcroRd32'
in _vimrc
(No effect)Solution:
- Change
PATH
environment variable. (You can change it for vim runtime and keep the original one in other programs. See my newer post for details.) - Set
g:Tex_ViewRule_pdf='SumatraPDF'
- Disable
g:Tex_ViewRuleComplete_dvi
in_vimrc
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