pure VS vimtex

Compare pure vs vimtex and see what are their differences.

vimtex

VimTeX: A modern Vim and neovim filetype plugin for LaTeX files. (by lervag)
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pure

Posts with mentions or reviews of pure. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-04-22.
  • Carapace: A multi-shell completion library and binary
    8 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 22 Apr 2024
    Beyond zprof (https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/zsh-profiling) not really I'm afraid. I did the majority of my zsh-prompt hacking 10 years ago and haven't thought about it since. That snippet could be from anywhere.

    You could peek at something like zprezto https://github.com/sorin-ionescu/prezto or pure https://github.com/sindresorhus/pure for tips.

    Fetching git/hg/... info is always slow, so try and speed that up where you can (as to how to do that, uhh... I know my prompt has a dirty-state check nicked from pure for speed reasons). You can also cache any `asdf init zsh` or similar to a file and do the same "run in background" trick so the next shell will have any changes.

    The biggest improvement I can remember was dropping zprezto for my own much smaller config, I really did not need much comparatively. Mostly some git info and "good default" options. I use zgenom for a plugin manager but only have 3 plugins, probably I should just dump it and inline the plugins to avoid getting owned one day.

  • Config to make powerlevel10k look like Starship?
    1 project | /r/zsh | 21 Apr 2023
    Run p10k configure and choose Lean style. Pure style is inferior in all respects. It exists to make https://github.com/sindresorhus/pure users feel at home.
  • What is this terminal and how do I get it?
    2 projects | /r/vscode | 6 Apr 2023
  • Pure: Pretty, minimal and fast ZSH prompt
    1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 13 Sep 2022
  • A Web Developer's Ultimate Guide to the Terminal on macOS
    14 projects | dev.to | 21 Jul 2022
    git clone "$HOME/.zsh/pure" downloads Pure from GitHub. Here we tell git where to download from ("https://github.com/sindresorhus/pure.git") and where to put the downloaded files ("$HOME/.zsh/pure")
  • Useful Shell Prompt (2020)
    6 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 1 Apr 2022
    I've been using pure theme for a few years and absolutely love it. It shows me everything I need, but doesn't feel cluttered.

    It uses 2 lines, which is actually really nice. It gives space to show where you are and git status/branch, while still allowing you to write long commands.

    https://github.com/sindresorhus/pure

  • Suggest a fast convenient zsh prompt?
    4 projects | /r/zsh | 29 Jan 2022
    I’ve always been pretty happy with https://github.com/sindresorhus/pure
  • pure prompt
    1 project | /r/ohmyzsh | 6 Jan 2022
    hey I am trying to install the Pure prompt but I am unable to do so using npm I tried to find an alternative made for oh my zsh method so I tried to do this but it results in an error saying that the pure theme can not be found even though I can see the symlink in the themes folder all I did different from this was to clone it into the themes folder so please help thanks in advance
  • Mastering Bash and Terminal
    3 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 10 Dec 2021
    My favorite for this purpose is pure prompt: https://github.com/sindresorhus/pure

    I wasn’t sure about multi line at first, but really digging it now.

  • What are some of the best zsh themes?
    3 projects | /r/zsh | 29 Oct 2021
    https://github.com/sindresorhus/pure has been my go-to for years. Haven't found a reason to change.

vimtex

Posts with mentions or reviews of vimtex. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-06-10.
  • VimTeX 2.14
    1 project | /r/neovim | 18 Jul 2023
    The full changelog is here: https://github.com/lervag/vimtex/releases/tag/v2.14.
  • setting up vimtex in nvchad
    1 project | /r/neovim | 20 Jun 2023
    Feel free to open an issue on GitHub. Please take care to fill in the issue template; it's meant to help you provide useful details that make it easier for me to give a useful answer.
  • My uses for vimwiki have dried up... and it makes me a little sad
    3 projects | /r/vim | 10 Jun 2023
    I use vimwiki almost daily, but it's not professional use, just daily notes and organizing my life. I started using zim but I found I really missed writing/editing with vim. Then I found vimwiki. There are things I'm not super happy about with it. I saw that /u/lervag (love his vimtex plugin) released a wiki plugin and I was/am interested in it, but I have so much in my wiki right now that I don't want to deal with conversion issues.
  • Note Taking Applications, Beyond the Doc
    1 project | /r/berkeley | 31 May 2023
    Definitely get vimtex and set it up so you can view the compiled document in one window, and your notes in the other. Get used to vim a bit with some vim tutorial (there are a bunch out there), and have latex shortcuts you use in all your documents.
  • I like Tabasco.
    5 projects | /r/linuxmasterrace | 6 May 2023
    I do think VSCode is a great tool and I recommend it frequently to people, but I still want to set the record straight here. Yes, vim is obviously limited in the sense that as a CLI app it doesn't draw it's own PDF or HTML windows, that's fair. But it can remote control your favorite PDF viewer or browser for roughly the same functionality. I'm currently writing my thesis using vimtex and it's quite smooth. And all the other stuff you mention is implemented quite competently by various plugins like vim-fugitive, coc.nvim, vimspector and copilot.vim.
  • Is there a way to render advanced latex on Obsidian?
    1 project | /r/ObsidianMD | 4 May 2023
    Obsidian is limited by its use of markdown files. You can use Overleaf, Vimtex, or LaTeX workshop on VS Code to render your tex documents.
  • [Latex] NVIM, VIM-TEX - Latexrun n'est pas exécutable!
    1 project | /r/enfrancais | 19 Apr 2023
  • What are all the accepted "inner" motion arguments?
    6 projects | /r/vim | 25 Mar 2023
    Some language-specific plugins like vimtex also include their own text objects.
  • [VimTeX] vim on mac lags when trying to use includegraphics[]{} for attaching image to a .tex file
    2 projects | /r/vim | 26 Feb 2023
    I would post an issue on the VimTeX Github page: https://github.com/lervag/vimtex/issues. That way you might also get help to disable the possible indexing. I have also needed to disable project file scanning to stop Vim from hanging, when pressing Ctrl + N to perform simple auto-complete.
  • Which vim plugins do not have a lua equivalent yet?
    23 projects | /r/neovim | 18 Feb 2023
    Absolutely VimTeX

What are some alternatives?

When comparing pure and vimtex you can also consider the following projects:

starship - ☄🌌️ The minimal, blazing-fast, and infinitely customizable prompt for any shell!

coc-texlab - TexLab extension for coc.nvim

iterm2-snazzy - Elegant iTerm2 theme with bright colors

texlab - An implementation of the Language Server Protocol for LaTeX

fancy-git - That's a terminal prompt changer that shows a few cool git informations about your repository state. You can choose among different styles and enjoy all the aliases it provides you. Feel free for contributing, pull requests and issues are always welcome! ;)

tex-conceal.vim

powerlevel10k - A Zsh theme

xournalpp - Xournal++ is a handwriting notetaking software with PDF annotation support. Written in C++ with GTK3, supporting Linux (e.g. Ubuntu, Debian, Arch, SUSE), macOS and Windows 10. Supports pen input from devices such as Wacom Tablets.

tide - 🌊 The ultimate Fish prompt.

zathura - a document viewer

clink-flex-prompt - Flex prompt for Clink

mermaid - Generation of diagrams like flowcharts or sequence diagrams from text in a similar manner as markdown