
How to use TeX
In order to use TeX you need:
- A text editor like TeXworks, TeXstudio, TextEdit, Alpha X, TextWrangler, TeXShop, emacs, vi, TextMate, iTeXMac2...
- A text processor, named a TeX engine, and all its associate resources,
- A viewer to display on screen your document, like Preview, Acrobat, TeXShop, iTeXMac2, PDFView...
A TeX distribution is a collection of TeX related processors, macros libraries and fonts.
With these three components, one is able to typeset quite any kind of document, with a very high quality.