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Comparing TeX editors

On this page, the table shows the capabilities of text editors that provide an interface for TeX (or LaTeX or for any other implementations of them).

Editors Table

Properties of TeX editors
Editing style [Note 1]Native operating systems [Note 2]Latest stable versionFree (i.e. free of charge)Open source (license)ConfigurableIntegrated viewerReverse lookup [Note 3]DDE Support [Note 4]Organizes projectsMenu to insert charactersDocument comparisonSpellcheckingMultiple undo-redoCollapsible sectionsSearch and replace using regular expressionsIntelligent error handlingLaTeX command autocompletionParent matching matchingRuns from previous state [Note 5]Unicode support
AUCTeX HomeSourceL, M, W11.89 (2015-11-13)YesYes ( GPL )YesYesYes??YesYesYes [Note 6]YesYesYesYesYesYesYes [Note 7]YesAUCTeX
BaKoMa TeX HomeWYSIWYG / SourceW, M, L11.80 (2018-08-10)No ( price )NotYes (scripted)Yes
(Live update)
YesYesPartially [Note 8]YesNotYesYesNotNotYesYesYesPartially [Note 8]YesBaKoMa TeX
Eclipse (By plugin TeXlipse )SourceL, M, W1.5.0 (2011-11-26)YesYes ( EPL )YesYes [Note 9]YesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesEclipse (Using the TeXlipse plugin)
EmilTex HomeSourceW1.2 (2013-07-12)YesNotYesYesYesN / AYesNotNotYesYesNotNotYesNotYesNotYesEmilTex Home
Feedus writer homeWYSIWYMHTML51.0-rc1 (2013-07-26)YesYes ( AGPL ) [1]?Yes??NotYesNotYesYesNotNotNotNotNotNotYesFeedus writer home
Geany LaTeX Plugin HomeSourceL, W0.50 (2010-06-12)YesYes ( GPL )YesYesNotN / AYesYesNotYesYesNotYesNotYesYesYesYesGeany LaTeX Plugin
Gedit LaTeX Plugin HomeSourceL3.4.1 (2012-06-11)YesYes ( GPL )YesYesYesN / AYesYesNotYesYesYes [2]Yes [Note 10]YesYesYesNotYesGedit LaTeX Plugin
GummiSourceL0.6.5 (2012-10-20)YesYes ( MIT )YesYes (Live update)YesN / AYesNotNotYesYesNotNotNotNotYesNotYesGummi
InlageSourceW5 (2013-06-27)NotNotYesNotYesYesYesYesNotYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesInlage
JaxeditSourceB0.20YesYesYesYesYesN / ANotNotNotNotYesNotNotNotNotYesYesYesJaxedit
JLatexEditorSourceL (M, W)0.1.56 (2011-04-06)YesYes ( GPL )YesNotYesNotYesYesYesYesYesNotYesYesYesYesYesPartially [Note 11]JLatexEditor
SCaViSSourceL (M, W)1.0YesYesYesNotYesNotYesYesYesYesYesNotYesYesYesYesYesYesSCaViS
KileSourceL (M, W) [Note 12]2.1.1 (2012-01-26)YesYes ( GPL )YesYes (Quick preview)YesNotYesYesNotYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesKile
Editing styleNative operating systemsLatest stable versionFree (i.e. free of charge)Open source (license)ConfigurableIntegrated viewerReverse lookupDDE supportOrganizes projectsMenu to insert charactersDocument comparisonSpellcheckingMultiple undo-redoCollapsible sectionsSearch and replace using regular expressionsIntelligent error handlingLaTeX command autocompletionParent matching matchingRuns from previous state [Note 13]Unicode support
LaTeXilasourceL2.2.2 (Oct 08, 2011)YesYesYesNotPlannedNotYesYesNotYes (in beta)YesPlannedYesYesYesYesPartially (just same files)YesLaTeXila
LatexlabSourceB?YesYes ( Apache License )?YesYesN / A?YesNotYesYesNotNotNotNotYesNotYesLatexlab
LatexianSourceM1.0.6No ( price )NotYesYes (Live Preview)YesNotYesYesNotYesYesYesYesYesYesYesNotYesLatexian
Sublime Text (With the LaTeXing plugin)SourceL, M, W0.5YesNotYesNotYesYesPartially (master file)YesNotYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesSublime Text (With the LaTeXing plugin)
LEdSourceW0.53 (2009-10-09)YesNot?Yes (dvi)Yes?YesYesNotYesYesYesYes?YesYesNo (just same files)NotLEd
LyxWYSIWYML, M, W2.0.3 (2012-3-1)YesYes ( GPL )YesYes ( InstantPreview )Yes?NotYesYesYesYesNotYesYesYesYesYesYesLyx
MewaSourceW1.4.0 (2007-06-06)YesYes ( GPL )YesNotNotNotNotYesNotYesYesNotYesNotNotNotNotYesMewa
Notepad ++SourceW6.3.3 (2013-05-05)YesYes ( GPL )YesNo, but can be integrated [Note 14]NotNotNotPartially [Note 15]YesYesYesYesYesNotPartially [Note 16]YesYesYesNotepad ++
Papeeria homeSourceBN / AYesNotYesYesNotNotYesNotNotYesYesYesYesYesPartiallyYesYesYesPapeeria
Scientific WorkPlaceWYSIWYMW5.5No ( price )NotYesYes ( TrueTex ® )N / A??YesNotYesNo (one step)Not??N / AYesNotYesScientific WorkPlace
ShareLaTeX HomeSourceBN / AYesNotYesYesYesNotYesNotNotYesYesYesNotYesYesYesNotYesShareLaTeX
TeXCoding Home (inaccessible link)SourceW2010.3No ( price )NotYesYes (pdf, dvi)YesNotYesYesNotNotYesYesYes?YesYesNotYesTeXCoding
Editing styleNative operating systemsLatest stable versionFree (i.e. free of charge)Open source (license)ConfigurableIntegrated viewerReverse lookupDDE supportOrganizes projectsMenu to insert charactersDocument comparisonSpellcheckingMultiple undo-redoCollapsible sectionsSearch and replace using regular expressionsIntelligent error handlingLaTeX command autocompletionParent matching matchingRuns from previous state [Note 17]Unicode support
TexmakerSourceL, M, W3.5.2 (2012-11-02)YesYes ( GPL2 )YesYesYesNotPartially (master file)YesNotYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesTexmaker home
TeXnicCenterSourceW2.02 (2013-9-23)YesYes ( GPL )YesNotYesYesYesYesNotYesYes (strange behavior [3] )from version 2.0from version 2.0YesYesYesYesfrom version 2.0TeXnicCenter
TexpadSourceM, iOS1.4.7 / 1.4.7 (2013-2-19)NotNotYesYesYesYesYes?YesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesTexpad
TeXShopSourceM3.11 (2012-06-06)YesYes ( GPL )YesYes (InstantPreview with Flashmode )YesNotNotYes [Note 18]NotYesYesNotYesYesYesYesYesYesTeXShop
TexstudioSourceL, W, M2.5.2 (2013-01-08)YesYes ( GPL2 )YesYes (pdf, highlighting with dvi2png)YesYesPartially (master file)YesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesTexstudio home
TexworksSourceL, M, W0.4 [4]YesYes ( GPL )NotYes (pdf)YesNotNotNotNotYes [Note 19]YesNotYes [Note 20]NotYes [Note 21]YesNotYesTexworks
VerbosusSourceB, A [5]

, iOS [6]

3.7Yes [7]NotYesYes (pdf)NotNotYesYesNotNotYesNotNotYesYesYesNotYesVerbosus
Vim with vim-latexsuite pluginSourceL, M, W7.3.555YesYesYesNotYes?NotYesYesYesYesYesYes?YesYes?YesVim
WinEdt HomeSourceW8.0 (2013-05-13)No ( price )NotYesNotYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes (modified)YesYesYesYesYesWinedt
WinefishSourceL1.3.3YesYes ( GPL )YesNotNotN / AYesNotNotYesYesNotYesYesYesYesNotYesWinefish
WinShellSourceW3.3.1.12YesNotYesNotYesNotYesYesNotYesYesYesYesYesYesYesNo (just same files)YesWinShell
writeLaTeX HomeSourceBN / AYesNotYesYesNotN / ANotNotNotNotYesNotYesYesNotYesNotYeswriteLaTeX Home
Editing styleNative operating systemsLatest stable versionFree (i.e. free of charge)Open source (license)ConfigurableIntegrated viewerReverse lookupDDE supportOrganizes projectsMenu to insert charactersDocument comparisonSpellcheckingMultiple undo-redoCollapsible sectionsSearch and replace using regular expressionsIntelligent error handlingLaTeX command autocompletionParent matching matchingRuns from previous state [Note 22]Unicode support
  1. W " WYSIWYM " = You see what you mean; "Source" means you see and edit the TeX source files.
  2. , L, M, W, B, A refer to Linux , Mac OS , Windows , Browser-based and Android respectively (combinations of options are possible, using emulators or other software)
  3. Eg line eg eg eg eg eg eg
  4. DE p p p DE DE DE DE DE DE DE DE DE DE DE DE DE DE
  5. ↑ Starts up to previous state including the current editing point.
  6. ↑ Requires installation of extra package.
  7. ↑ configurable as an option of the emacs editor
  8. ↑ 1 2 Source editor only.
  9. ↑ Additional plugin Pdf4Eclipse for preview of pdf files with SyncTeX support
  10. ↑ requires an additional plugin
  11. ↑ Can open / save files with UTF-8 encoding
  12. ↑ Support for non-linux systems considered experimental.
  13. ↑ Starts up to previous state including the current editing point.
  14. ↑ Notepad ++ can execute Tex viewers; See GNU Octave, LaTex and Notepad ++ for more details.
  15. ↑ A plug-in is required. See this list of plugins for Notepad ++ Archived August 14, 2009. for details.
  16. Will This will have to be set up manually.
  17. ↑ Starts up to previous state including the current editing point.
  18. ↑ LaTeX panel & Matrix panel
  19. ↑ Requires installation of extra package (→ How to install spelling dictionaries for the TeXworks editor )
  20. → ides set of regular → → → → ( Add Add Add ↑ ↑ ↑ )
  21. ↑ Template file in resource directory (→ Documentation of the code completion feature )
  22. ↑ Starts up to previous state including the current editing point.

See also

  • Comparison of word processors
  • Comparison of text editors
  • Desktop Publishing Software Comparison

Notes

  1. ↑ Fidus GitHub Repo (Neopr.) .
  2. ↑ User: rgbpe; Ubuntu Forums; http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=7841972#post7841972
  3. ↑ TeXnicCenter Development Forum: Problems with Undo
  4. X TeXworks 0.4 released on March 21, 2011 for Windows and Linux
  5. ↑ VerbTeX ( Undefined ) (July 28, 2010). - “VerbTeX is a LaTeX Editor for Android devices. It uses the LaTeX service available at verbosus.com to generate PDFs. ” The appeal date is July 28, 2010.
  6. ↑ iVerbTeX ( Neopr .) (July 28, 2010). - “iVerbTeX is a LaTeX Editor for iOS devices. It uses the LaTeX service available at verbosus.com to generate PDFs. ” The appeal date is July 28, 2010.
  7. ↑ Terms and Conditions (Neopr.) (February 23, 2010). - “The service is free to use. Additional costs arise if explicitly purchase purchase removal. " The appeal date is March 6, 2010.
Source - https://ru.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Comparison_edactors_TeX&oldid=100419218


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