Re: gd command doesn't go to definition of identifier

On 08:24 Fri 14 Feb , Jürgen Krämer wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Paul wrote:
> > I a *test* file tmp.tex consisting solely of the following LaTeX code:
> >
> > Start LaTeX code
> > ----------------
> > \DeclareAcronym{myacro}{
> > short = MYACRO,
> > long = some longer expansion of myacro
> > }
> >
> > \section
> > {Big long section name that never ends but keeps going and going and}
> > \subsection{\ac{myacro}}
> > --------------
> > End LaTeX code
> >
> > If I place my cursor on "myacro" on the last line and press "gd"
> > (without quotes), cursor does not jump to the first occurance on the
> > first line. However, if I attach the 4th last line "{Big long
> > section..." to the preceding line "\section" with no adjoining space,
> > then "gd" *does* work.
> >
> > Can anyone explain why? The problem exhibits itself even if the file
> > is named tmp.txt, so it doesn't seem to be a language-specific syntax
> > issue.
>
> the description at ":help gd" seems to indicate that "gd" is intended to
> be used on C-like code, i.e., languages that use curly braces to define
> blocks. In a lot of places Vim assumes that a C function starts with an
> opening curly brace in the first column. Vim does not actually have a
> concept of programming language structures. With "gd" the search for
> "myacro" will start at the curly brace that Vim *thinks* is the start of
> a function. As long as your text "{Big long section name ..." is on a
> line of its own, the search for "myacro" will start there and stop at
> the place where your cursor is already located.
>
> Maybe with LaTeX code "gD" might be a better alternative, although this
> will always stop at the first occurrence of a word and ignore later
> re-definitions.
>
> Regards,
> Jürgen


Hi,

AutomaticLaTeXPlugin has a map for that.

The author (of ATP),
Marcin

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