Latex-suite: disable smart key mappings (e.g. ... - \ldots)

Question

I've recently started using LaTeX. Since vim/Gvim is my absolutely favorite text editor, it's plugin latex-suite comes in handy with features such as text folding. Latex-suite also has some auto-completion/conversion features; unfortunately I don't like them. The most annoying are conversions such as ... -> \ldots. While this may be useful when using ... inside a text, it definitely isn't when trying to format the LaTeX document with ............. lines because they are automatically converted to \ldots\ldots\ldots!!!
I've already found out that this feature is called "Smart Dots" (see http://vim-latex.sourceforge.net/docume … suite.html --> "3.9. Smart Key Mappings"). Here http://vim-latex.sourceforge.net/docume … -keys.html it is described how to disable some of the smart key mappings; unfortunately, not the Smart Dots.
Any idea how to disable Smart Dots or even all auto-completion/conversion features in general? I generally don't like auto-completion/conversion!

Answer 1

It turns out this isn't QUITE as simple as I thought.  Since some latex elements are closed (eg \begin{something} ... \end{same something}) while others are not (eg \chapter \section) the folding function needs to check for each.
First here is my generic folder
function ToggleFold(marker)
if foldlevel('.') == 0
normal 0
call search(a:marker,'c')
let x = line('.')
normal %
let y = line('.')
execute x . "," . y . " fold"
else
if a:marker == '<'
normal k
let x = line('.')
normal j
normal zd
execute x
normal j
else
normal zd
normal %
endif
endif
endfunction
"some example bindings
nmap <space> ;call ToggleFold("{")<CR>
" } This is just here to match/close the previous line
au BufNewFile,BufRead *.svg set filetype=xml
au FileType html,xml nmap <space> ;call ToggleFold("<")<CR>
au FileType html,xml let b:match_words = '<\([^ >]*\)[^>]*>:</\1>'
And the whitespace or python-like code folder
function ToggleIndentFold()
if foldlevel('.') == 0
let x = line('.')
let i = indent('.')
normal j
while indent('.') > i
normal j
endwhile
normal k
let y = line('.')
execute x . "," . y . " fold"
else
normal zd
endif
endfunction
"" The above function may hang in the while loop if
"" the file does not have a trailing empty line.
"" The following function checks for and/or adds one.
function StartOutline()
let x = line('.')
normal G
if indent('.') != 0
normal o
execute x
endif
endfunction
The challenge is parts of each of these would be needed for "complete" latex folding.  The begin/end bounded blocks can use the generic function with these line
au BufNewFile,BufRead *.tex nmap <space> ;call ToggleFold("\begin")<CR>
au BufNewFile,BufRead *.tex let b:match_words = 'begin{\([a-z]*\)}:end{\1}'
but this will not fold "unbounded" blocks like chapter section and item.
Here is my first attempt at a general purpose latex folder.  It works ... most of the time.
function ToggleLatexFold()
if foldlevel('.') == 0
let block_type = matchstr(getline('.'),'\(chapter\|section\|item\)')
if block_type != ""
" I don't like the next four lines - there should be a better way of
" getting the number of lines in the buffer
normal ma
normal G
let last_line = line('.')
normal `a
" end ugliness
let x = line('.')
normal j
while matchstr(getline('.'),block_type) != block_type
if line('.') >= last_line
break
endif
normal j
endwhile
normal k
let y = line('.')
execute x . "," . y . " fold"
else
normal 0
call search("\begin{",'c')
let x = line('.')
normal %
let y = line('.')
execute x . "," . y . " fold"
endif
else
normal zd
normal %
endif
endfunction
au BufNewFile,BufRead *.tex nmap <space> ;call ToggleLatexFold()<CR>
au BufNewFile,BufRead *.tex let b:match_words = 'begin{\([a-z]*\)}:end{\1}'
It fails, however, when a section is followed a new chapter rather than another section.  This part would be easy to fix.  It also fails, though, when a same-flavor block is nested within the current - for example a \item that has a nested enumerate or itemize will not fold properly.
For my use, I'll stick with putting braces in comments around my major elements.  But hopefuly this will give you some ideas.  If you make any big improvements, let me know.
No doubt I have really just reinvented the wheel - but thats the best way to really know how wheels work!