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
| Editing style [Note 1] | Native operating systems [Note 2] | Latest stable version | Free (i.e. free of charge) | Open source (license) | Configurable | Integrated viewer | Reverse lookup [Note 3] | DDE Support [Note 4] | Organizes projects | Menu to insert characters | Document comparison | Spellchecking | Multiple undo-redo | Collapsible sections | Search and replace using regular expressions | Intelligent error handling | LaTeX command autocompletion | Parent matching matching | Runs from previous state [Note 5] | Unicode support | ||
| AUCTeX Home | Source | L, M, W | 11.89 (2015-11-13) | Yes | Yes ( GPL ) | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes [Note 6] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes [Note 7] | Yes | AUCTeX |
| BaKoMa TeX Home | WYSIWYG / Source | W, M, L | 11.80 (2018-08-10) | No ( price ) | Not | Yes (scripted) | Yes (Live update) | Yes | Yes | Partially [Note 8] | Yes | Not | Yes | Yes | Not | Not | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partially [Note 8] | Yes | BaKoMa TeX |
| Eclipse (By plugin TeXlipse ) | Source | L, M, W | 1.5.0 (2011-11-26) | Yes | Yes ( EPL ) | Yes | Yes [Note 9] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Eclipse (Using the TeXlipse plugin) |
| EmilTex Home | Source | W | 1.2 (2013-07-12) | Yes | Not | Yes | Yes | Yes | N / A | Yes | Not | Not | Yes | Yes | Not | Not | Yes | Not | Yes | Not | Yes | EmilTex Home |
| Feedus writer home | WYSIWYM | HTML5 | 1.0-rc1 (2013-07-26) | Yes | Yes ( AGPL ) [1] | ? | Yes | ? | ? | Not | Yes | Not | Yes | Yes | Not | Not | Not | Not | Not | Not | Yes | Feedus writer home |
| Geany LaTeX Plugin Home | Source | L, W | 0.50 (2010-06-12) | Yes | Yes ( GPL ) | Yes | Yes | Not | N / A | Yes | Yes | Not | Yes | Yes | Not | Yes | Not | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Geany LaTeX Plugin |
| Gedit LaTeX Plugin Home | Source | L | 3.4.1 (2012-06-11) | Yes | Yes ( GPL ) | Yes | Yes | Yes | N / A | Yes | Yes | Not | Yes | Yes | Yes [2] | Yes [Note 10] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Not | Yes | Gedit LaTeX Plugin |
| Gummi | Source | L | 0.6.5 (2012-10-20) | Yes | Yes ( MIT ) | Yes | Yes (Live update) | Yes | N / A | Yes | Not | Not | Yes | Yes | Not | Not | Not | Not | Yes | Not | Yes | Gummi |
| Inlage | Source | W | 5 (2013-06-27) | Not | Not | Yes | Not | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Not | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Inlage |
| Jaxedit | Source | B | 0.20 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | N / A | Not | Not | Not | Not | Yes | Not | Not | Not | Not | Yes | Yes | Yes | Jaxedit |
| JLatexEditor | Source | L (M, W) | 0.1.56 (2011-04-06) | Yes | Yes ( GPL ) | Yes | Not | Yes | Not | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Not | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partially [Note 11] | JLatexEditor |
| SCaViS | Source | L (M, W) | 1.0 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Not | Yes | Not | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Not | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | SCaViS |
| Kile | Source | L (M, W) [Note 12] | 2.1.1 (2012-01-26) | Yes | Yes ( GPL ) | Yes | Yes (Quick preview) | Yes | Not | Yes | Yes | Not | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Kile |
| Editing style | Native operating systems | Latest stable version | Free (i.e. free of charge) | Open source (license) | Configurable | Integrated viewer | Reverse lookup | DDE support | Organizes projects | Menu to insert characters | Document comparison | Spellchecking | Multiple undo-redo | Collapsible sections | Search and replace using regular expressions | Intelligent error handling | LaTeX command autocompletion | Parent matching matching | Runs from previous state [Note 13] | Unicode support | ||
| LaTeXila | source | L | 2.2.2 (Oct 08, 2011) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Not | Planned | Not | Yes | Yes | Not | Yes (in beta) | Yes | Planned | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partially (just same files) | Yes | LaTeXila |
| Latexlab | Source | B | ? | Yes | Yes ( Apache License ) | ? | Yes | Yes | N / A | ? | Yes | Not | Yes | Yes | Not | Not | Not | Not | Yes | Not | Yes | Latexlab |
| Latexian | Source | M | 1.0.6 | No ( price ) | Not | Yes | Yes (Live Preview) | Yes | Not | Yes | Yes | Not | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Not | Yes | Latexian |
| Sublime Text (With the LaTeXing plugin) | Source | L, M, W | 0.5 | Yes | Not | Yes | Not | Yes | Yes | Partially (master file) | Yes | Not | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Sublime Text (With the LaTeXing plugin) |
| LEd | Source | W | 0.53 (2009-10-09) | Yes | Not | ? | Yes (dvi) | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Not | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | No (just same files) | Not | LEd |
| Lyx | WYSIWYM | L, M, W | 2.0.3 (2012-3-1) | Yes | Yes ( GPL ) | Yes | Yes ( InstantPreview ) | Yes | ? | Not | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Not | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Lyx |
| Mewa | Source | W | 1.4.0 (2007-06-06) | Yes | Yes ( GPL ) | Yes | Not | Not | Not | Not | Yes | Not | Yes | Yes | Not | Yes | Not | Not | Not | Not | Yes | Mewa |
| Notepad ++ | Source | W | 6.3.3 (2013-05-05) | Yes | Yes ( GPL ) | Yes | No, but can be integrated [Note 14] | Not | Not | Not | Partially [Note 15] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Not | Partially [Note 16] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Notepad ++ |
| Papeeria home | Source | B | N / A | Yes | Not | Yes | Yes | Not | Not | Yes | Not | Not | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partially | Yes | Yes | Yes | Papeeria |
| Scientific WorkPlace | WYSIWYM | W | 5.5 | No ( price ) | Not | Yes | Yes ( TrueTex ® ) | N / A | ? | ? | Yes | Not | Yes | No (one step) | Not | ? | ? | N / A | Yes | Not | Yes | Scientific WorkPlace |
| ShareLaTeX Home | Source | B | N / A | Yes | Not | Yes | Yes | Yes | Not | Yes | Not | Not | Yes | Yes | Yes | Not | Yes | Yes | Yes | Not | Yes | ShareLaTeX |
| TeXCoding Home (inaccessible link) | Source | W | 2010.3 | No ( price ) | Not | Yes | Yes (pdf, dvi) | Yes | Not | Yes | Yes | Not | Not | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Not | Yes | TeXCoding |
| Editing style | Native operating systems | Latest stable version | Free (i.e. free of charge) | Open source (license) | Configurable | Integrated viewer | Reverse lookup | DDE support | Organizes projects | Menu to insert characters | Document comparison | Spellchecking | Multiple undo-redo | Collapsible sections | Search and replace using regular expressions | Intelligent error handling | LaTeX command autocompletion | Parent matching matching | Runs from previous state [Note 17] | Unicode support | ||
| Texmaker | Source | L, M, W | 3.5.2 (2012-11-02) | Yes | Yes ( GPL2 ) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Not | Partially (master file) | Yes | Not | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Texmaker home |
| TeXnicCenter | Source | W | 2.02 (2013-9-23) | Yes | Yes ( GPL ) | Yes | Not | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Not | Yes | Yes (strange behavior [3] ) | from version 2.0 | from version 2.0 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | from version 2.0 | TeXnicCenter |
| Texpad | Source | M, iOS | 1.4.7 / 1.4.7 (2013-2-19) | Not | Not | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Texpad |
| TeXShop | Source | M | 3.11 (2012-06-06) | Yes | Yes ( GPL ) | Yes | Yes (InstantPreview with Flashmode ) | Yes | Not | Not | Yes [Note 18] | Not | Yes | Yes | Not | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | TeXShop |
| Texstudio | Source | L, W, M | 2.5.2 (2013-01-08) | Yes | Yes ( GPL2 ) | Yes | Yes (pdf, highlighting with dvi2png) | Yes | Yes | Partially (master file) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Texstudio home |
| Texworks | Source | L, M, W | 0.4 [4] | Yes | Yes ( GPL ) | Not | Yes (pdf) | Yes | Not | Not | Not | Not | Yes [Note 19] | Yes | Not | Yes [Note 20] | Not | Yes [Note 21] | Yes | Not | Yes | Texworks |
| Verbosus | Source | B, A [5] , iOS [6] | 3.7 | Yes [7] | Not | Yes | Yes (pdf) | Not | Not | Yes | Yes | Not | Not | Yes | Not | Not | Yes | Yes | Yes | Not | Yes | Verbosus |
| Vim with vim-latexsuite plugin | Source | L, M, W | 7.3.555 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Not | Yes | ? | Not | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Vim |
| WinEdt Home | Source | W | 8.0 (2013-05-13) | No ( price ) | Not | Yes | Not | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (modified) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Winedt |
| Winefish | Source | L | 1.3.3 | Yes | Yes ( GPL ) | Yes | Not | Not | N / A | Yes | Not | Not | Yes | Yes | Not | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Not | Yes | Winefish |
| WinShell | Source | W | 3.3.1.12 | Yes | Not | Yes | Not | Yes | Not | Yes | Yes | Not | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No (just same files) | Yes | WinShell |
| writeLaTeX Home | Source | B | N / A | Yes | Not | Yes | Yes | Not | N / A | Not | Not | Not | Not | Yes | Not | Yes | Yes | Not | Yes | Not | Yes | writeLaTeX Home |
| Editing style | Native operating systems | Latest stable version | Free (i.e. free of charge) | Open source (license) | Configurable | Integrated viewer | Reverse lookup | DDE support | Organizes projects | Menu to insert characters | Document comparison | Spellchecking | Multiple undo-redo | Collapsible sections | Search and replace using regular expressions | Intelligent error handling | LaTeX command autocompletion | Parent matching matching | Runs from previous state [Note 22] | Unicode support |
- W " WYSIWYM " = You see what you mean; "Source" means you see and edit the TeX source files.
- , 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)
- Eg line eg eg eg eg eg eg
- DE p p p DE DE DE DE DE DE DE DE DE DE DE DE DE DE
- ↑ Starts up to previous state including the current editing point.
- ↑ Requires installation of extra package.
- ↑ configurable as an option of the emacs editor
- ↑ 1 2 Source editor only.
- ↑ Additional plugin Pdf4Eclipse for preview of pdf files with SyncTeX support
- ↑ requires an additional plugin
- ↑ Can open / save files with UTF-8 encoding
- ↑ Support for non-linux systems considered experimental.
- ↑ Starts up to previous state including the current editing point.
- ↑ Notepad ++ can execute Tex viewers; See GNU Octave, LaTex and Notepad ++ for more details.
- ↑ A plug-in is required. See this list of plugins for Notepad ++ Archived August 14, 2009. for details.
- Will This will have to be set up manually.
- ↑ Starts up to previous state including the current editing point.
- ↑ LaTeX panel & Matrix panel
- ↑ Requires installation of extra package (→ How to install spelling dictionaries for the TeXworks editor )
- → ides set of regular → → → → ( Add Add Add ↑ ↑ ↑ )
- ↑ Template file in resource directory (→ Documentation of the code completion feature )
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Fidus GitHub Repo .
- ↑ User: rgbpe; Ubuntu Forums; http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=7841972#post7841972
- ↑ TeXnicCenter Development Forum: Problems with Undo
- X TeXworks 0.4 released on March 21, 2011 for Windows and Linux
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Terms and Conditions (February 23, 2010). - “The service is free to use. Additional costs arise if explicitly purchase purchase removal. " The appeal date is March 6, 2010.