Learning the vi Editor/Vim/External Scripts/LaTeX

One powerfull external script is the latex-suite. It supports
 * Editing: Latex-Suite ships with a very comprehensive set of insert mode and visual mode mappings and menu items to typeset most of the LaTeX elements.


 * Compiling: You can compile the tex file from within vim.


 * Viewing: By pressing a key from within vim, the .dvi viewer is started up. You can also do forward and inverse searching on your .dvi file from within vim.


 * Folding: Latex-suite ships with the plugin SyntaxFolds.vim which is a plugin for creating "fake" syntax folds on the fly.


 * Packages: This module provides ways of customizing the menus based on which packages are being used in the current LaTeX file.


 * LaTeX help file: Latex-suite ships with the standard texinfo file translated into vim help format so that you can get help for common latex commands from within vim.


 * Dictionary: Latex-suite ships with a dictionary with over 600 LaTeX commands, which speeds up typing using the CTRL-X_d command of vim.


 * Customized Templates: Latex-suite ships with some commonly used latex templates.


 * Customized Macros: Latex-suite makes it easy to add custom macros, again with the possibility of dynamic content and automatic cursor placement.