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In order to view the output files created by compiling the source
files, you need to specify which external program Latex-Suite should call. You
can specify the external program using one of two settings
<a class="link" href="customizing-viewing.html#Tex_ViewRule_format" title="11.7.1 g:Tex_ViewRule_<format>">Tex_ViewRule_format</a> or <a class="link" href="customizing-viewing.html#Tex_ViewRuleComplete_format" title="11.7.2 Tex_ViewRuleComplete_<format>">Tex_ViewRuleComplete_format</a>.
By default, Latex-Suite has default settings for viewing various common output
formats via the <code class="literal">Tex_ViewRule_format</code> settings, so
that if you are using commonly used programs, you should be all set to
view compiled files from within Vim by simply pressing
<code class="literal">\lv</code>.
</p><div class="note" title="Note" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;"><h3 class="title">Note</h3><p>
The viewing function also takes the <a class="link" href="latex-master-file.html" title="9.2 Specifying which file to compile"><code class="literal">*.latexmain</code></a> file
into account to decide which file to show.
</p></div><p>
If pressing <code class="literal">\lv</code> does not work, then it most probably
has to do with incorrect settings of the <a class="link" href="customizing-viewing.html#Tex_ViewRule_format" title="11.7.1 g:Tex_ViewRule_<format>"><code class="literal">g:Tex_ViewRule_<format></code></a>
where <code class="literal"><format></code> is the format you are
attempting to view. See the link above for how to set this according to
your system.
</p><div class="note" title="Note" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;"><h3 class="title">Note</h3><p>
On Windows and OS/X, you can leave the view rule empty to open the document
with the default viewer on your system. On Linux/UNIX systems, you can use
the <code class="literal">xdg-open</code> command to open the document with the default
viewer.
</p></div><p>
In addition to viewing the files, Latex-Suite also supports forward and inverse
searching for certain common tools for viewing documents.
See the next few sections for details on forward and inverse searching,
including an overview of viewers.
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