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Complex, but very powerful. +<p/> Many who consider the versions of <i>emacs</i> spawn of the devil, prefer + <a href="http://vim.sourceforge.net"><i>vim</a></i>, a highly configurable + editor (also available for Windows and Macintosh systems). Many + plugins are available to support the needs of the (La)TeX user, + including syntax highlighting, calling TeX programs, + auto-insertion and -completion of common (La)TeX structures, and + browsing LaTeX help. The scripts <i>auctex.vim</i> and + <i>bibtex.vim</i> seem to be the most common recommendations. +<p/> The editor <a href="http://nedit.org/"><i>NEdit</a></i> is also free + and programmable, and is available for Unix systems. An + AUC-TeX-alike set of extensions for <i>NEdit</i> is available + from CTAN. +<p/> <i>LaTeX4Jed</i> provides much enhanced LaTeX support for the + <a href="http://www.jedsoft.org/jed/"><i>jed</a></i> editor. + <i>LaTeX4Jed</i> is similar to AUC-TeX: menus, + shortcuts, templates, syntax highlighting, document outline, + integrated debugging, symbol completion, full integration with + external programs, and more. It was designed with both the beginner + and the advanced LaTeX user in mind. +<p/> The <i>Kile</i> editor that is provided with the KDE + window manager provides GUI “shell-like” facilities, in a + similar way to the widely-praised <i>Winedt</i> (see below); + details (and downloads) are available from the project’s + <a href="http://kile.sourceforge.net/">home on SourceForge</a>. A newer + system (by <i>Kile</i>’s original author), + <a href="http://www.xm1math.net/texmaker/"><i>texmaker</a></i> doesn’t + rely on KDE’s facilities, and so may be more easily portable. +<dt>MSDOS<dd> TeXshell is a simple, + easily-customisable environment, which can be used with the editor + of your choice. +<p/> You can also use GNU <i>emacs</i> and AUC-TeX + under MSDOS. +<dt>Windows ’9x, NT, etc.<dd><i>TeXnicCenter</i> is a (free) + TeX-oriented development system, uniting a powerful platform for + executing (La)TeX and friends with a configurable editor. +<p/> <i>Winedt</i>, a shareware package, is also highly spoken of. + It too provides a shell for the use of TeX and related programs, + as well as a powerful and well-configured editor. The editor can + generate its output in UTF-8 (to some extent), which is + useful when working with <a href="FAQ-xetex.html">XeTeX</a> (and other + “next-generation” (La)TeX applications). +<p/> Both <i>emacs</i> and <i>vim</i> are available in versions + for Windows systems. +<dt>OS/2<dd> <i>epmtex</i> offers an OS/2-specific shell. +<dt>Macintosh<dd> The commercial Textures provides an excellent integrated + Macintosh environment with its own editor. More powerful still (as an + editor) is the shareware <i>Alpha</i> which is + extensible enough to let you perform almost any TeX-related job. It + works well with OzTeX. From release 2.2.0 (at least), Textures + works with MacOS X. +<p/> For MacOS X users, the free tool of choice appears to be + <a href="http://www.uoregon.edu/~koch/texshop/texshop.html">TeXShop</a>, which + combines an editor and a shell with a coherent philosophy of dealing + with (La)TeX in the OS X environment. TeXShop is distributed as + part of the MacTeX system, and will therefore be available out of + the box on machines on which MacTeX has been installed. +<p/> <i>Vim</i> is also available for use on Macintosh systems. +</dl> +Atari, Amiga and NeXT users also have nice +environments. LaTeX users looking for <i>make</i>-like +facilities should review the answer on +<a href="FAQ-make.html">Makefiles for LaTeX documents</a>. +<p/>While many (La)TeX-oriented editors can support work on BibTeX +files, there are many systems that provide specific “database-like” +access to your BibTeX files — + see “<a href="FAQ-buildbib.html">creating a bibliography file</a>”. + +<dl> +<dt><tt><i>alpha</i></tt><dd><a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/nonfree/systems/mac/support/alpha.zip">nonfree/systems/mac/support/alpha</a> (<a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/nonfree/systems/mac/support/alpha.tar.gz">gzipped tar</a>, <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/nonfree/systems/mac/support/alpha/">browse</a>) +<dt><tt><i>auctex</i></tt><dd><a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/support/auctex.zip">support/auctex</a> (<a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/support/auctex.tar.gz">gzipped tar</a>, <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/support/auctex/">browse</a>) +<dt><tt><i>epmtex</i></tt><dd><a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/os2/epmtex.zip">systems/os2/epmtex</a> (<a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/os2/epmtex.tar.gz">gzipped tar</a>, <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/systems/os2/epmtex/">browse</a>) +<dt><tt><i>LaTeX4Jed</i></tt><dd><a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/support/jed.zip">support/jed</a> (<a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/support/jed.tar.gz">gzipped tar</a>, <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/support/jed/">browse</a>) +<dt><tt><i>Nedit LaTeX support</i></tt><dd><a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/support/NEdit-LaTeX-Extensions.zip">support/NEdit-LaTeX-Extensions</a> (<a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/support/NEdit-LaTeX-Extensions.tar.gz">gzipped tar</a>, <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/support/NEdit-LaTeX-Extensions/">browse</a>) +<dt><tt><i>TeXnicCenter</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/systems/win32/TeXnicCenter/">systems/win32/TeXnicCenter/</a> +<dt><tt><i>TeXshell</i></tt><dd><a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/msdos/texshell.zip">systems/msdos/texshell</a> (<a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/msdos/texshell.tar.gz">gzipped tar</a>, <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/systems/msdos/texshell/">browse</a>) +<dt><tt><i>TeXtelmExtel</i></tt><dd><a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/msdos/emtex-contrib/TeXtelmExtel.zip">systems/msdos/emtex-contrib/TeXtelmExtel</a> (<a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/msdos/emtex-contrib/TeXtelmExtel.tar.gz">gzipped tar</a>, <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/systems/msdos/emtex-contrib/TeXtelmExtel/">browse</a>) +<dt><tt><i>winedt</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/systems/win32/winedt/">systems/win32/winedt/</a> +</dl> +<p/><p>This question on the Web: <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=editors">http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=editors</a> +</body> |