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latexmk not working from latex-box

Asked by Rene Vergara

Hello,

I just installed latex-box in my Kubuntu Maverick and I have a problem. When i do \ll I get an error saying "cannot run latexmk in background without a VIM server".
I have no idea how to fix this. Latexmk does work when called from the console. I think I just haven't set up the plugin correctly, any ideas?

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Jakob (hellwoofa) said : 		#1

Heyho,

I have just encountered the same problem. However, I was able to circumvent it by installing the gvim package. (I’m using Archlinux. We have a vim package with gui (obviously gvim) and one without.) I have the same issue when using the non-gui version of vim.

Thats the output of vim --version which DOESN’T work:

VIM - Vi IMproved 7.3 (2010 Aug 15, compiled Sep 5 2011 21:07:56)
Included patches: 1-294
Compiled by ArchLinux
Big version without GUI. Features included (+) or not (-):
+arabic +autocmd -balloon_eval -browse ++builtin_terms +byte_offset +cindent
-clientserver -clipboard +cmdline_compl +cmdline_hist +cmdline_info +comments
+conceal +cryptv +cscope +cursorbind +cursorshape +dialog_con +diff +digraphs
-dnd -ebcdic +emacs_tags +eval +ex_extra +extra_search +farsi +file_in_path
+find_in_path +float +folding -footer +fork() +gettext -hangul_input +iconv
+insert_expand +jumplist +keymap +langmap +libcall +linebreak +lispindent
+listcmds +localmap -lua +menu +mksession +modify_fname +mouse -mouseshape
+mouse_dec +mouse_gpm -mouse_jsbterm +mouse_netterm -mouse_sysmouse
+mouse_xterm +multi_byte +multi_lang -mzscheme -netbeans_intg +path_extra +perl
 +persistent_undo +postscript +printer -profile -python -python3 +quickfix
+reltime +rightleft -ruby +scrollbind +signs +smartindent -sniff +startuptime
+statusline -sun_workshop +syntax +tag_binary +tag_old_static -tag_any_white
-tcl +terminfo +termresponse +textobjects +title -toolbar +user_commands
+vertsplit +virtualedit +visual +visualextra +viminfo +vreplace +wildignore
+wildmenu +windows +writebackup -X11 -xfontset -xim -xsmp -xterm_clipboard
-xterm_save
   system vimrc file: "/etc/vimrc"
     user vimrc file: "$HOME/.vimrc"
      user exrc file: "$HOME/.exrc"
  fall-back for $VIM: "/usr/share/vim"
Compilation: gcc -c -I. -Iproto -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I/usr/local/include -march=x86-64 -mtune=generic -O2 -pipe -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=1
Linking: gcc -Wl,-E -Wl,-rpath,/usr/lib/perl5/core_perl/CORE -Wl,-O1,--sort-common,--as-needed,-z,relro,--hash-style=gnu -L/usr/local/lib -Wl,--as-needed -o vim -lm -lncurses -lelf -lacl -lattr -lgpm -ldl -Wl,-E -Wl,-rpath,/usr/lib/perl5/core_perl/CORE -Wl,--hash-style=gnu -Wl,--as-needed -fstack-protector -L/usr/local/lib -L/usr/lib/perl5/core_perl/CORE -lperl -lnsl -ldl -lm -lcrypt -lutil -lpthread -lc

Maybe yours is similar?

I guess now that this should be considered a latexmk bug, not a latex-box specific one?

Best,

Jakob

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Jakob (hellwoofa) said : 		#2

Addendum:

As I just read at the vim wiki regarding the --servername feature: In Ubuntu, you seem to have to install the package "vim-gnome" in order to have a vim with gui and thus -clientserver compiled into it.

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