github lervag/vimtex v2.15
VimTeX 2.15
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14 days ago

It's way overdue to make another release. There are plenty of bug fixes and a lot of feature improvements. And I'm very glad to see that there are a lot of PR contributions from the community - thanks!

I think the main highlights of this release are:

  • The new bib parser in Lua for neovim users. It makes bibtex completion faster - noticably so for those who have large bib files.
  • :VimtexCompile now respects options (see #2836 and #2866).
  • There are a few improvements to the core syntax that should improve performance.

Important: After this release I will bump the version requirements for both Vim and Neovim! That is, starting now, VimTeX will require Vim version 9.1.0 8.2.3995 (see #2934) or Neovim version 0.9.5. This means that anyone who can not or will not update must stay on this version (the v2.15 tag).

Features

  • Compile
    • Allow options for :VimtexCompile (#2836)
    • Respect -jobname option for outfiles in compilers (#2866)
    • Pass file_info argument to out_dir function (#2888)
      • This is a breaking change for anyone who uses a vimscript function for the out_dir key of g:vimtex_compiler_latexmk (or similar), because the function is now passed a single argument.
  • Syntax
    • Add option g:vimtex_syntax_match_unicode (#2732)
      • This allows to disable the feature, as it can be slow on large documents.
    • Match <, >, |, / as operators and don't match . (#2776)
    • Add keywords "ISSUE" and "NOTE" to texCommentTodo (#2839)
    • Simplify and improve some regexes to improve performance (#2877)
    • Add conceal support for more superscripts (#2886)
    • Add match for \item labels (#2885)
    • Add vimtex#syntax#add_to_mathzone_ignore (#2929)
    • Improve tcolorbox support (#2789)
    • Add support for quantikz package (#2843, #2842)
    • Initial support for biblatex-chicago package (#2875)
    • Improve sagetex package support (#2926, #2929)
  • Viewers
    • viewer.xdo_focus_vim will move mouse pointer to activated window (#2759)
    • Add option g:vimtex_view_skim_no_select to prevent Skim from selecting the text (#2766)
    • Use timer_start instead of :sleep before search for xwin_id (#2802, #2805)
    • Improve g:vimtex_view_use_temp_files (#2819)
      • The old implementation was not working properly and the docs were inconsistent with the implementation. The docs should now be properly consistent and the implementation should be better and more robust.
  • UI, commands and mappings
    • Add g:vimtex_ui_method for choosing ui backends
    • Add imap `vp for \varpi (#2797)
  • Other
    • Added new (much faster) bib parser in lua (#2786, #2816)
      • Also improved the vimscript implementation of the bib parser
    • Add warning if latexmain specifier is ignored (#2831)
    • Support subsubsubsubsection in toc (#2850)
    • Better fail method for cache encoding errors (#2849)
    • Completion support for volcites with volume (#2878)
    • Fold and toc support for comment package (#2882)

Bug Fixes

  • Compile
    • Stop compilers when reloading vimtex (#2760)
    • latexmk: Don't do timeout in pvc mode after inactivity (#2804)
      • By default the -pvc mode will stop working after 30 mins of inactivity. To prevent this, we disable inactivity timeout in the pvc mode with -pvctimeout-. This requires latexmk v4.55 (Jan 2018) or higher.
    • Fix issue when VimtexEventCompile* changes the buffer (#2844)
    • Call quickfix function before issuing autocmd (#2847)
    • Fix regression error in arara compiler (#2862, #2861)
    • Don't create the compiler state if it is disabled (#2905)
  • Syntax
    • Minor regression where C was highlighted wrongly (#2761)
    • biblatex package:
      • Add missing \Cite command (#2875)
      • Minor error with concealed volcite (#2875)
    • Minor regression bug in asymptote package (#724)
  • Folding
    • Properly handle \items in unexpected item environments (#2771)
  • Table of contents (toc)
    • Fix regression bug with preamble toc matcher (#2792, #2787)
    • Minor error in width calculation for label entries in toc
    • Return to original window when we close the toc (#2817)
    • Fix problem where format variable was not defined in labels.vim (#2883)
  • Other
    • Ensure globpath_upwards only returns files (#2763)
    • Add health check for zathura_simple viewer (#2796)
    • Fix treesitter detection (#2798)
    • Fix problem when g:vimtex_indent_lists was empty (#2846)
    • Fix lacking symlinked path resolve (#2865)
    • vimtex#bib#files: Ensure data exists before using it
    • Fix problem with how windows directories are handled in vimtex#paths#relative

Documentation

  • Several minor improvements
  • Add docs for cmp-vimtex extension to nvim-cmp (#2818)
  • Improve Zathura docs for MacOS users (#2824, #2889)
  • Add more references to localrc plugins (#2832)
  • Clarify some option values that are taken as regular expressions (#2846)
  • Add some more info on qpdfview (#2870)
  • Add lazy.nvim installer example
  • Improve documentation of user events (#2902)
  • Document API: vimtex#syntax#in (#2929)

Acknowledgements

Again there has been several contributions from the community, and as before I would like to give a special thanks to everyone who contributes with PRs:

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