Inline math environment not detected as text object about vimtex

[lervag]

With this minimal vimrc file, VimTeX is not loaded. Please update the minimal config or clarify how you've setup things so that VimTeX gets loaded.

[loximann]

Ah, sorry. I have VimTex in my ~/.vim/pack/mypacks/start folder. As you can see I can execute :VimtexInfo.

[lervag]

Ah, sorry. I have VimTex in my ~/.vim/pack/mypacks/start folder. As you can see I can execute :VimtexInfo.

Ok. Do you have other plugins installed in this manner?

To exclude the possibility of a plugin conflict, can you use this adjusted minimal vimrc:

set nocompatible
set runtimepath^=~/.vim/pack/mypacks/start/vimtex
set runtimepath+=~/.vim/pack/mypacks/start/vimtex/after
filetype plugin on
syntax enable

And then vim --clean -u minimal.vim minimal.tex to start. The --clean should ensure that other packs are not loaded; see :help --clean.

[loximann]

That works, so it has to be a plugin conflict. (My apologies: for testing I used a pack directory which contained only VimTex).
With the additional paths, vim -u minimal.vim minimal.tex also works.

How can I troubleshoot this? I have no idea how to start looking for the culprit.

[lervag]

Given your original minimal config from the first post:

1. Open a tex file.
2. What is the result of :omap $?
3. What is the result of :scriptnames?

[loximann]

2. "No mapping found"
3. THIS!

[...]
>> 93: ~/.vim/after/ftplugin/tex.vim
>> 94: ~/.vim/syntax/tex.vim
[...]

Apparently, I have had these laying around since... Forever. Removing those fixes the issue.

Thank you so much for your patience! Was there a troubleshooting guide anywhere? I could not find the :scriptnames command, which I know I will use again in the future.

(And thanks for vimtex. It's a godsend <3)

[lervag]

3. THIS!

[...]
>> 93: ~/.vim/after/ftplugin/tex.vim
>> 94: ~/.vim/syntax/tex.vim
[...]

Apparently, I have had these laying around since... Forever. Removing those fixes the issue.

Great, glad to hear you figured it out!

Thank you so much for your patience! Was there a troubleshooting guide anywhere? I could not find the :scriptnames command, which I know I will use again in the future.

Sorry, I don't really know any good guides that teach you how to troubleshoot like this. I've learned it through experience.

You do find information about it in the docs, of course, but it is not mentioned in the user manual (:help usr_01).

(And thanks for vimtex. It's a godsend <3)

Thanks! <3