How to use Xelatex with vim-latexsuite?

Question

I want to compile my tex file with Xelatex ll
My file started with
% !TeX program = xelatex
% !TEX TS-program = xelatex

but xelatex is not used
I am on
$ pacman -Q vim-latexsuite                        
vim-latexsuite 1:1.10.0-3

$ pacman -Q vim           
gvim 8.2.1522-1

sjdh · Answer

To handle XeLaTeX with vim-LatexSuite, you have to create rules for calling XeLaTeX.
Modify these lines to fit your system, and add them to your .vimrc:
"Add XeLaTex rules
let g:Tex_CompileRule_xe = 'xelatex $*'
let g:Tex_ViewRule_xe = 'xdg-open'

"Set default target to XeLatex
let g:Tex_DefaultTargetFormat = 'xe'

How to adapt these rules to your system?
An example: if your current default pdf viewer works fine, use
let g:Tex_ViewRule_xe = g:Tex_ViewRule_pdf

If you do not set the default target to XeLaTeX, you can set the target of your current vim buffer to XeLaTeX with
:TTarget xe

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