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<h2 id="table-of-editors">Table of editors</h2> Properties of <a href="/facts/TeX/HDrl3Yvd">TeX</a> editors 1<table><tbody><tr><th rowspan="2">Name</th><th rowspan="2">Editing style <a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a></th><th rowspan="2">Native operating systems</th><th colspan="2">Latest release</th><th rowspan="2">Costs</th><th rowspan="2"><a href="/facts/Software_license/7enfIqhL">License</a></th><th rowspan="2">Configurable</th><th rowspan="2">Integrated viewer</th></tr><tr><th>Version</th><th>Date</th></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/AUCTeX/f8IjuHjX">AUCTeX</a></td><td>Source</td><td>Linux, macOS, Windows</td><td>14.0.9<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> </td><td>2025-02-25</td><td>Free</td><td><a href="/facts/GPL/S75KhLSX">GPL</a></td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Authorea/DThkXMw5">Authorea</a></td><td>Source / partial-<a href="/facts/WYSIWYG/aGmcHWpX">WYSIWYG</a></td><td>Online</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td>Free</td><td><a href="/facts/Proprietary_software/9zcskxYL">Proprietary</a></td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/CoCalc/c9fcD3lw">CoCalc</a></td><td>Source</td><td>Online</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td>Free</td><td><a href="/facts/GNU_Affero_General_Public_License/n1h9A893">AGPL</a> + <a href="/facts/Source-available_software/axtrf73j">Commons Clause</a></td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/GNOME_LaTeX/X51rJsSe">GNOME LaTeX</a></td><td>Source</td><td>Linux</td><td>3.47.0<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> </td><td>2024-09-14</td><td>Free</td><td><a href="/facts/GPL/S75KhLSX">GPL</a></td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Gummi_(software)/IWFh8a6D">Gummi</a></td><td>Source</td><td>Linux</td><td>0.8.3<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> </td><td>2022-04-29</td><td>Free</td><td><a href="/facts/MIT_license/8llAQtlk">MIT</a></td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes (Live update)</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Kile/xbyxDSFW">Kile</a></td><td>Source</td><td>Linux (macOS, Windows)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a></td><td>2.1.3<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a> </td><td>2012-09-23</td><td>Free</td><td><a href="/facts/GPL/S75KhLSX">GPL</a></td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes (Quick preview)</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/LyX/dSrv830u">LyX</a></td><td><a href="/facts/WYSIWYM/zp81p8V5">WYSIWYM</a></td><td>Linux, macOS, Windows</td><td>2.4.3<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a> </td><td>2025-01-16</td><td>Free</td><td><a href="/facts/GPL/S75KhLSX">GPL</a></td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Notepad%252B%252B/dVSHsYxQ">Notepad++</a></td><td>Source</td><td>Windows</td><td>8.7.9<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a> </td><td>2025-04-02</td><td>Free</td><td><a href="/facts/GPL/S75KhLSX">GPL</a></td><td>Yes</td><td>No, but can be integrated <a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Overleaf/0PSTSdjW">Overleaf</a></td><td>Source</td><td>Online</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td>Free</td><td><a href="/facts/AGPLv3/n1h9A893">AGPLv3</a></td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Scientific_WorkPlace/qwbWgrhe">Scientific WorkPlace</a></td><td><a href="/facts/WYSIWYM/zp81p8V5">WYSIWYM</a></td><td>Windows</td><td>6.1.2<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11"><sup>11</sup></a> </td><td>2021-07-01</td><td>Non-free</td><td><a href="/facts/Proprietary_software/9zcskxYL">Proprietary</a></td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/TeX_Live/AuNS5c2V">TeX Live</a></td><td>Source</td><td><a href="/facts/FreeBSD/RKsFTm7F">FreeBSD</a>, <a href="/facts/Linux/9FvCKSTq">Linux</a>, <a href="/facts/MacOS/Y93vVpTm">macOS</a>, <a href="/facts/NetBSD/PTm5HWls">NetBSD</a>, <a href="/facts/Solaris_(operating_system)/KPfT98EJ">Solaris</a>, <a href="/facts/Microsoft_Windows/bwhAhuSL">Windows</a></td><td>—</td><td>2025-3-8</td><td>Free</td><td><a href="/facts/LaTeX_Project_Public_License/vxP3hkBm">LaTeX Project Public License</a></td><td>Yes</td><td>No (used by other editors/tools)</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/GNU_TeXmacs/IlxVnuww">TeXmacs</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12"><sup>12</sup></a></td><td><a href="/facts/WYSIWYG/aGmcHWpX">WYSIWYG</a></td><td>Linux, macOS, Windows</td><td>2.1.4<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:13" href="#fn:13"><sup>13</sup></a> </td><td>2024-03-11</td><td>Free</td><td><a href="/facts/GPL/S75KhLSX">GPL</a></td><td>Yes</td><td>Partial (preview using system Pdf viewer)</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Texmaker/TQUphpUt">Texmaker</a></td><td>Source</td><td>Linux, macOS, Windows</td><td>6.0.0<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:14" href="#fn:14"><sup>14</sup></a> </td><td>2024-08-16</td><td>Free</td><td><a href="/facts/GPL2/S75KhLSX">GPL2</a></td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/TeXnicCenter/9TPSuHBv">TeXnicCenter</a></td><td>Source</td><td>Windows</td><td>2.02<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:15" href="#fn:15"><sup>15</sup></a> </td><td>2013-09-29</td><td>Free</td><td><a href="/facts/GPL/S75KhLSX">GPL</a></td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/TeXShop/lcuVM8Xv">TeXShop</a></td><td>Source</td><td>macOS</td><td>5.49<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:16" href="#fn:16"><sup>16</sup></a> </td><td>2025-01-28</td><td>Free</td><td><a href="/facts/GPL/S75KhLSX">GPL</a></td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/TeXstudio/P1fsKlE2">TeXstudio</a></td><td>Source</td><td>Linux, macOS, Windows</td><td>4.8.6<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:17" href="#fn:17"><sup>17</sup></a> </td><td>2025-02-07</td><td>Free</td><td><a href="/facts/GPL2/S75KhLSX">GPL2</a></td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes (pdf, selection with dvi2png)</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/TeXworks/7suf1dAM">TeXworks</a></td><td>Source</td><td>Linux, macOS, Windows</td><td>0.6.10<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:18" href="#fn:18"><sup>18</sup></a> </td><td>2025-02-13</td><td>Free</td><td><a href="/facts/GPL/S75KhLSX">GPL</a></td><td>No</td><td>Yes (pdf)</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Verbosus/cM090pag">Verbosus</a></td><td>Source</td><td>Online, Android, iOS, Windows</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td>Free</td><td><a href="/facts/Proprietary_software/9zcskxYL">Proprietary</a></td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes (pdf)</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Vim_(text_editor)/JXAYMDgt">Vim</a></td><td>Source</td><td>Linux, macOS, Windows</td><td>9.1<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:19" href="#fn:19"><sup>19</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:20" href="#fn:20"><sup>20</sup></a> </td><td>2024-01-02</td><td>Free</td><td>Vim</td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Visual_Studio_Code/YsBDgKlK">Visual Studio Code</a></td><td>Source</td><td>Linux, macOS, Windows</td><td>1.99.3<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:21" href="#fn:21"><sup>21</sup></a> </td><td>2025-04-17</td><td>Free</td><td>Source code: <a href="/facts/MIT_License/8llAQtlk">MIT</a> Microsoft-built binaries: <a href="/facts/Proprietary_software/9zcskxYL">Proprietary</a></td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes (pdf) <a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:22" href="#fn:22"><sup>22</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/WinEdt/9ncUcHfH">WinEdt</a></td><td>Source</td><td>Windows</td><td>11.1<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:23" href="#fn:23"><sup>23</sup></a> </td><td>2023-05-19</td><td>Non-free</td><td><a href="/facts/Proprietary_software/9zcskxYL">Proprietary</a></td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/WinShell/D10QdY3a">WinShell</a></td><td>Source</td><td>Windows</td><td>4.0.0.6<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:24" href="#fn:24"><sup>24</sup></a> </td><td>2023-05-27</td><td>Free</td><td><a href="/facts/Proprietary_software/9zcskxYL">Proprietary</a></td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td></tr><tr><th rowspan="2">Name</th><th rowspan="2">Editing style</th><th rowspan="2">Native operating systems</th><th>Version</th><th>Date</th><th rowspan="2">Costs</th><th rowspan="2"><a href="/facts/Software_license/7enfIqhL">License</a></th><th rowspan="2">Configurable</th><th rowspan="2">Integrated viewer</th></tr><tr><th colspan="2">Latest release</th></tr></tbody></table> Properties of <a href="/facts/TeX/HDrl3Yvd">TeX</a> editors 2<table><tbody><tr><th>Name</th><th>Inverse search<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:25" href="#fn:25"><sup>25</sup></a></th><th><a href="/facts/Dynamic_Data_Exchange/0Ar2hzjA">DDE</a> support<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:26" href="#fn:26"><sup>26</sup></a></th><th>Organises Projects</th><th>Menu for inserting symbols</th><th>Document comparison</th><th>Spell-checking</th><th>Multiple undo-redo</th></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/AUCTeX/f8IjuHjX">AUCTeX</a></td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td><td>Partial (master file)</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:27" href="#fn:27"><sup>27</sup></a></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Authorea/DThkXMw5">Authorea</a> </td><td>Yes</td><td>—</td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/CoCalc/c9fcD3lw">CoCalc</a></td><td>Yes</td><td>—</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/GNOME_LaTeX/X51rJsSe">GNOME LaTeX</a></td><td>Yes</td><td>—</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Gummi_(software)/IWFh8a6D">Gummi</a></td><td>Yes</td><td>—</td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Kile/xbyxDSFW">Kile</a></td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/LyX/dSrv830u">LyX</a></td><td>Yes</td><td>?</td><td>No</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Notepad%252B%252B/dVSHsYxQ">Notepad++</a></td><td>Yes, with SumatraPDF</td><td>Yes, with a DDE client</td><td>Yes</td><td>Partial<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:28" href="#fn:28"><sup>28</sup></a></td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Overleaf/0PSTSdjW">Overleaf</a></td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Scientific_WorkPlace/qwbWgrhe">Scientific WorkPlace</a></td><td>—</td><td>?</td><td>?</td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td><td>Yes</td><td>No (one level)</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/GNU_TeXmacs/IlxVnuww">TeXmacs</a></td><td>—</td><td>Yes</td><td>Partial (shows document parts)</td><td>Yes</td><td>Partial (for own format only)</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Texmaker/TQUphpUt">Texmaker</a></td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td><td>Partial (master file)</td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/TeXnicCenter/9TPSuHBv">TeXnicCenter</a></td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/TeXShop/lcuVM8Xv">TeXShop</a></td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>Yes<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:29" href="#fn:29"><sup>29</sup></a></td><td>No</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/TeXstudio/P1fsKlE2">TeXstudio</a></td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Partial (master file)</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/TeXworks/7suf1dAM">TeXworks</a></td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>Yes <a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:30" href="#fn:30"><sup>30</sup></a></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Verbosus/cM090pag">Verbosus</a></td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Vim_(text_editor)/JXAYMDgt">Vim</a></td><td>Yes</td><td>?</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Visual_Studio_Code/YsBDgKlK">Visual Studio Code</a></td><td>Yes</td><td>?</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/WinEdt/9ncUcHfH">WinEdt</a></td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/WinShell/D10QdY3a">WinShell</a></td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><th>Name</th><th>Inverse search</th><th>DDE Support</th><th>Organises Projects</th><th>Menu for inserting symbols</th><th>Document comparison</th><th>Spell-checking</th><th>Multiple undo-redo</th></tr></tbody></table> Properties of <a href="/facts/TeX/HDrl3Yvd">TeX</a> editors 3<table><tbody><tr><th>Name</th><th>Collapsible sections</th><th>Find and replace using RegEx</th><th><i>Intelligent</i> error handling</th><th>Autocompletion of LaTeX commands</th><th>Parenthesis matching</th><th>Starts up to previous state<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:31" href="#fn:31"><sup>31</sup></a></th><th>Unicode support</th><th>RTL Support<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:32" href="#fn:32"><sup>32</sup></a></th></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/AUCTeX/f8IjuHjX">AUCTeX</a></td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:33" href="#fn:33"><sup>33</sup></a></td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/facts/Authorea/DThkXMw5">Authorea</a> </td><td>No</td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>?</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/CoCalc/c9fcD3lw">CoCalc</a></td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>?</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/GNOME_LaTeX/X51rJsSe">GNOME LaTeX</a></td><td>Planned</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>(just same files)</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Gummi_(software)/IWFh8a6D">Gummi</a></td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td><td>Yes</td><td>?</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Kile/xbyxDSFW">Kile</a></td><td>Yes <a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:34" href="#fn:34"><sup>34</sup></a></td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/LyX/dSrv830u">LyX</a></td><td>No</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Notepad%252B%252B/dVSHsYxQ">Notepad++</a></td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td><td>Partial <a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:35" href="#fn:35"><sup>35</sup></a></td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Overleaf/0PSTSdjW">Overleaf</a></td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>?</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Scientific_WorkPlace/qwbWgrhe">Scientific WorkPlace</a></td><td>No</td><td>?</td><td>?</td><td>—</td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td><td>Yes</td><td>?</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/GNU_TeXmacs/IlxVnuww">TeXmacs</a></td><td>No</td><td>Yes</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td>Yes</td><td>?</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Texmaker/TQUphpUt">Texmaker</a></td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/TeXnicCenter/9TPSuHBv">TeXnicCenter</a></td><td>since v2.0</td><td>since v2.0</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>since v2.0</td><td>?</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/TeXShop/lcuVM8Xv">TeXShop</a></td><td>No</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>?</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/TeXstudio/P1fsKlE2">TeXstudio</a></td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/TeXworks/7suf1dAM">TeXworks</a></td><td>No</td><td>Yes<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:36" href="#fn:36"><sup>36</sup></a></td><td>No</td><td>Yes<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:37" href="#fn:37"><sup>37</sup></a></td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Verbosus/cM090pag">Verbosus</a></td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td><td>Yes</td><td>?</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Vim_(text_editor)/JXAYMDgt">Vim</a></td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>?</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Visual_Studio_Code/YsBDgKlK">Visual Studio Code</a></td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/WinEdt/9ncUcHfH">WinEdt</a></td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes (modified)</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/WinShell/D10QdY3a">WinShell</a></td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>No (just same files)</td><td>Yes</td><td>?</td></tr><tr><th>Name</th><th>Collapsible sections</th><th>Find and replace using RegEx</th><th><i>Intelligent</i> error handling</th><th>Autocompletion of LaTeX commands</th><th>Parenthesis matching</th><th>Starts up to previous state<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:38" href="#fn:38"><sup>38</sup></a></th><th>Unicode support</th><th>RTL Support<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:39" href="#fn:39"><sup>39</sup></a></th></tr></tbody></table> Screenshots and Video Tutorials of <a href="/facts/TeX/HDrl3Yvd">TeX</a> editors<table><tbody><tr><th>Editor</th><th>Screenshot</th></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/LyX/dSrv830u">LyX</a></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Texmaker/TQUphpUt">Texmaker</a></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/GNU_TeXmacs/IlxVnuww">TeXmacs</a></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/TeXstudio/P1fsKlE2">TeXstudio</a></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Visual_Studio_Code/YsBDgKlK">Visual Studio Code</a></td><td></td></tr><tr><th>Editor</th><th>Screenshot</th></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Formula_editor/14nEhIrV">Formula editor</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Comparison_of_word_processors/S70687h0">Comparison of word processors</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Comparison_of_text_editors/tf3MyC1C">Comparison of text editors</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Comparison_of_desktop_publishing_software/91KfYCLS">Comparison of desktop publishing software</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/List_of_TeX_extensions/u2026hQL">List of TeX extensions</a></li></ul> <h2 id="notes">Notes</h2> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"Source" means you see and edit the TeX source files. "WYSIWYM" = What You See Is What You Mean, i.e. you see and edit formatted text. WYSIWYG means that see the output file automatically updated during the edit. Note that some PDF viewers (e.g. evince) automatically reload the PDF document when it is updated on the disk. So, any "source" TeX editor can be turned into partial WYSIWYG editor by opening such a reader in an adjacent window. <a href="/wiki/WYSIWYM" target="_blank">/wiki/WYSIWYM</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"[GNU ELPA] Auctex version 14.0.9". 25 February 2025. Retrieved 1 April 2025. <a href="https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/gnu-emacs-sources/2025-02/msg00090.html" target="_blank">https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/gnu-emacs-sources/2025-02/msg00090.html</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"Tags". Retrieved 20 March 2025. <a href="https://gitlab.gnome.org/World/gedit/enter-tex/-/tags" target="_blank">https://gitlab.gnome.org/World/gedit/enter-tex/-/tags</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"Release 0.8.3". 29 April 2022. Retrieved 5 October 2022. <a href="https://github.com/alexandervdm/gummi/releases/tag/0.8.3" target="_blank">https://github.com/alexandervdm/gummi/releases/tag/0.8.3</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Support for non-Linux systems considered experimental. <a href="/wiki/Linux" target="_blank">/wiki/Linux</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>"Latest news". Archived from the original on 6 May 2016. Retrieved 6 May 2016. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160506155907/http://kile.sourceforge.net/news.php" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20160506155907/http://kile.sourceforge.net/news.php</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>"Release 2.1.3". 23 September 2012. Retrieved 3 August 2019. <a href="https://github.com/KDE/kile/releases/tag/v2.1.3" target="_blank">https://github.com/KDE/kile/releases/tag/v2.1.3</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>"[lyx-announce] LyX 2.4.3 Released". 16 January 2025. Retrieved 16 January 2025. <a href="https://lists.lyx.org/pipermail/lyx-announce/2025/000022.html" target="_blank">https://lists.lyx.org/pipermail/lyx-announce/2025/000022.html</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:9"><p>"Download Notepad++ v8.7.9: We are with Ukraine". 2 April 2025. Retrieved 3 April 2025. <a href="https://notepad-plus-plus.org/downloads/v8.7.9/" target="_blank">https://notepad-plus-plus.org/downloads/v8.7.9/</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:10"><p>Notepad++ can execute Tex viewers <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:11"><p>"Version 6.1.2 (07/01/2021)". 1 July 2021. Retrieved 20 February 2025. <a href="https://www.mackichan.com/techtalk/v60/1002updatesv6.htm" target="_blank">https://www.mackichan.com/techtalk/v60/1002updatesv6.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:11" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:12"><p>TeXmacs is an original document preparation system, with own syntax and own algorithms, but can be used to obtain TeX files through its LaTeX export capability. <a href="#fnref:12" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:13"><p>Joris van der Hoeven (2 April 2024). "TeXmacs 2.1.4". Retrieved 2 April 2024. <a href="https://lists.texmacs.org/wws/arc/texmacs-users/2024-04/msg00001.html" target="_blank">https://lists.texmacs.org/wws/arc/texmacs-users/2024-04/msg00001.html</a> <a href="#fnref:13" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:14"><p>"A new version (6.0.0) of Texmaker". 17 August 2024. Retrieved 20 March 2025. <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/texmaker.bsky.social/post/3kzvsiusljv2m" target="_blank">https://bsky.app/profile/texmaker.bsky.social/post/3kzvsiusljv2m</a> <a href="#fnref:14" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:15"><p>"TeXnicCenter - Small Fixes-". 29 September 2013. Retrieved 20 March 2025. <a href="https://www.texniccenter.org/2013/09/29/small-fixes/" target="_blank">https://www.texniccenter.org/2013/09/29/small-fixes/</a> <a href="#fnref:15" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:16"><p>"TeXShop (v 5.49) Release 1/28/2025(for Intel and Arm, High Sierra through Sequoia)". 28 January 2025. Retrieved 20 March 2025. <a href="https://pages.uoregon.edu/koch/texshop/index.html" target="_blank">https://pages.uoregon.edu/koch/texshop/index.html</a> <a href="#fnref:16" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:17"><p>"Release 4.8.6". 7 February 2025. Retrieved 1 March 2025. <a href="https://github.com/texstudio-org/texstudio/releases/tag/4.8.6" target="_blank">https://github.com/texstudio-org/texstudio/releases/tag/4.8.6</a> <a href="#fnref:17" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:18"><p>"Release 0.6.10". 13 February 2025. Retrieved 1 March 2025. <a href="https://github.com/TeXworks/texworks/releases/tag/release-0.6.10" target="_blank">https://github.com/TeXworks/texworks/releases/tag/release-0.6.10</a> <a href="#fnref:18" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:19"><p>"Vim 9.1 is available". 2 January 2024. Retrieved 3 January 2024. <a href="https://www.vim.org/vim-9.1-released.php" target="_blank">https://www.vim.org/vim-9.1-released.php</a> <a href="#fnref:19" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:20"><p>"Release v9.1.0". 2 January 2024. Retrieved 3 January 2024. <a href="https://github.com/vim/vim/releases/tag/v9.1.0" target="_blank">https://github.com/vim/vim/releases/tag/v9.1.0</a> <a href="#fnref:20" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:21"><p>"Release 1.99.3". 17 April 2025. <a href="https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/releases/tag/1.99.3" target="_blank">https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/releases/tag/1.99.3</a> <a href="#fnref:21" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:22"><p>Requires installation of LaTeX Workshop extension. <a href="#fnref:22" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:23"><p>"WinEdt Downloads". <a href="https://www.winedt.com/download.html" target="_blank">https://www.winedt.com/download.html</a> <a href="#fnref:23" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:24"><p>"WinShell 4.0 File Version: 4.0.0.6, 2023-05-27; Contains: Scintilla 5.3.4, Hunspell 1.7.2". 27 May 2023. Retrieved 5 July 2023. <a href="https://www.winshell.org/" target="_blank">https://www.winshell.org/</a> <a href="#fnref:24" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:25"><p>Inverse search means that one can locate the relevant part of the source code from the viewer (e.g., double-clicking in dvi or pdf file brings up the appropriate line/paragraph in the latex code) <a href="/wiki/Inverse_search" target="_blank">/wiki/Inverse_search</a> <a href="#fnref:25" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:26"><p>On Windows some pdf viewers like Sumatra PDF or Adobe Reader don't use command line arguments for forward search, but the editor sends the document position to them using Dynamic Data Exchange <a href="/wiki/Sumatra_PDF" target="_blank">/wiki/Sumatra_PDF</a> <a href="#fnref:26" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:27"><p>Requires installation of extra package. <a href="#fnref:27" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:28"><p>A plug-in is required. <a href="#fnref:28" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:29"><p>LaTeX panel & Matrix panel <a href="#fnref:29" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:30"><p>Requires installation of extra package <a href="#fnref:30" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:31"><p>Starts up to previous state including the current editing point. <a href="#fnref:31" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:32"><p>RTL support means Right to Left language support. <a href="#fnref:32" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:33"><p>configurable as an option of the Emacs editor <a href="/wiki/Emacs" target="_blank">/wiki/Emacs</a> <a href="#fnref:33" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:34"><p>With usual \section{} notation, Kile collapses equations and figures, but not sections. Collapsing of sections is possible with non-standard notation \begin{section}{}...\end{section}{}, but it eliminates sections from Structure View. An alternative possibility is bracketing sections with comments %BEGIN and %END. <a href="#fnref:34" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:35"><p>This will have to be set up manually. <a href="#fnref:35" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:36"><p>Provides a subset of the regular expression syntax implemented in the Perl scripting language, but fully supports Unicode <a href="/wiki/Perl" target="_blank">/wiki/Perl</a> <a href="#fnref:36" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:37"><p>Template file in resource directory ( Documentation of the code completion feature ) <a href="https://code.google.com/p/texworks/wiki/CodeCompletion" target="_blank">https://code.google.com/p/texworks/wiki/CodeCompletion</a> <a href="#fnref:37" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:38"><p>Starts up to previous state including the current editing point. <a href="#fnref:38" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:39"><p>RTL support means Right to Left language support. <a href="#fnref:39" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>