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operating systems; some are described below, but this is only a
personal selection:
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-<dt>Unix<dd> Try
- <a href="http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/emacs.html">GNU <i>emacs</a></i>
- or <a href="http://www.xemacs.org/"><i>XEmacs</a></i>, and
- the AUC-TeX
+<dt>Unix<dd> The commonest choices are <i>[X]Emacs</i> or
+ <i>vim</i>, though several others are available.
+<p/> <a href="http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/emacs.html">GNU <i>emacs</a></i>
+ and <a href="http://www.xemacs.org/"><i>XEmacs</a></i> are supported
+ by the AUC-TeX
bundle (available from CTAN). AUC-TeX provides menu
items and control sequences for common constructs, checks syntax,
lays out markup nicely, lets you call TeX and drivers from
within the editor, and everything else like this that you can think
of. 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,
+<p/> <a href="http://vim.sourceforge.net"><i>Vim</a></i> is also highly
+ configurable (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
@@ -66,12 +66,19 @@ personal selection:
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
+ <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.
+<dt>Wildcard<dd> TUG is sponsoring the development of a
+ cross-platform editor and shell, modelled on the excellent
+ TeXshop for the Macintosh. While this program,
+ <a href="http://www.tug.org/texworks/">TeXworks</a>, is still under
+ development, it is already quite usable: if you&rsquo;re looking for a
+ (La)TeX development environment, and are willing to step beyond
+ the boundaries, it may be for you.
</dl>
Atari, Amiga and NeXT users also have nice
environments. LaTeX users looking for <i>make</i>-like
@@ -83,15 +90,15 @@ access to your BibTeX files &mdash;
see &ldquo;<a href="FAQ-buildbib.html">creating a bibliography file</a>&rdquo;.
<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>
+<dt><tt><i>alpha</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/www.tex.ac.uk tex-archivenonfree/systems/mac/support/alpha/">nonfree/systems/mac/support/alpha/</a>
+<dt><tt><i>auctex</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/www.tex.ac.uk tex-archivesupport/auctex/">support/auctex/</a>
+<dt><tt><i>epmtex</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/www.tex.ac.uk tex-archive/systems/os2/epmtex.zip">systems/os2/epmtex</a> (or <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/www.tex.ac.uk tex-archive/systems/os2/epmtex/">browse the directory</a>)
+<dt><tt><i>LaTeX4Jed</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/www.tex.ac.uk tex-archive/support/jed.zip">support/jed</a> (or <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/www.tex.ac.uk tex-archive/support/jed/">browse the directory</a>)
+<dt><tt><i>Nedit LaTeX support</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/www.tex.ac.uk tex-archive/support/NEdit-LaTeX-Extensions.zip">support/NEdit-LaTeX-Extensions</a> (or <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/www.tex.ac.uk tex-archive/support/NEdit-LaTeX-Extensions/">browse the directory</a>)
+<dt><tt><i>TeXnicCenter</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/www.tex.ac.uk tex-archivesystems/win32/TeXnicCenter/">systems/win32/TeXnicCenter/</a>
+<dt><tt><i>TeXshell</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/www.tex.ac.uk tex-archive/systems/msdos/texshell.zip">systems/msdos/texshell</a> (or <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/www.tex.ac.uk tex-archive/systems/msdos/texshell/">browse the directory</a>)
+<dt><tt><i>TeXtelmExtel</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/www.tex.ac.uk tex-archivesystems/msdos/emtex-contrib/TeXtelmExtel/">systems/msdos/emtex-contrib/TeXtelmExtel/</a>
+<dt><tt><i>winedt</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/www.tex.ac.uk tex-archivesystems/win32/winedt/">systems/win32/winedt/</a>
</dl>
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