title: StringIO and String Import error on installing VIM-Latex via Pathogen
body: <p>I tried to install VIM-Latex using the Pathogen plugin on my machine which is running OSX Lion 10.7.5. I copied the downloaded VIM-Latex plugin files into my ~/.vim/bundle directory.</p>
  
  <p>I also edited the .vimrc according to the instructions specified <a href="http://vim-latex.sourceforge.net/documentation/latex-suite/recommended-settings.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>.</p>
  
  <p>However, I'm getting the following errors on trying to open a tex document in MAC Vim:</p>
  
  <pre><code> File "/Users/username/.vim/bundle/vim-latex-1.8.23-20130116.788-git2ef9956/ftplugin/latex-  suite/outline.py", line 12, in &lt;module&gt;
  import StringIO
  ImportError: No module named StringIO   
  Error detected while processing /Users/username/.vim/bundle/vim-latex-1.8.23-20130116.788-git2ef9956/ftplugin/latex-suite/main.vim:
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>and</p>
  
  <pre><code>File "/Users/username/.vim/bundle/vim-latex-1.8.23-20130116.788-git2ef9956/ftplugin/latex-suite/pytools.py", line 1, in &lt;module&gt;
  import string, vim, re, os, glob
  ImportError: No module named string
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Also, I ran a basic python script from the terminal that imported StringIO and string, and both seem to be getting imported just fine.</p>
  
  <p>I'm not sure where the problem is here. Since I'm really new both with VIM and Installing Plugins, I'm not sure how I should go about debugging this issue, and so, any help will be precious!</p>
  
  <p>Thanks!</p>