Installing editor

Editors for LaTeX

There are a couple of options to choose for editor. A list of most popular LaTeX editors include:

• Kile (Windows, Mac OS X, Linux – best)
  • about Kile
  • how to install on Windows
  • how to install on Mac OS X
  • how to install on Linux
• TeXworks (Windows, Mac OS X, Linux – good)
  • about it and how to install
• Texmaker (Windows, Mac OS X, Linux – good)
  • about it and how to install
• WinEdt (Windows)
  • about it and how to install
• TexShop (Mac OS X – best)
  • about it and how to install

Editors for general usages

There are various text editors which provide general text editing for various purposes, including LaTeX, scientific language programming, or simple text editing. Some of the most popular ones include:

• Linux/Unix:
  • GNU emacs
  • XEmacs
  • vi
  • vim
  • KWrite
  • gedit
  • Atom
• Mac OS X:
  • Aquamacs
  • Sublime
  • TextMake
  • GNU emacs
  • KWrite
  • gedit
  • Atom
• Windows:
  • Notepad++
  • GNU emacs
  • vim
  • KWrite
  • gedit
  • Atom

Alternate options for editors, plus extra

• ShareLaTeX (Cross platform)
  • Online collaborative LaTeX editor (free for a single person use)
  • https://www.sharelatex.com
• LyX (Cross platform)
  • A good LaTeX interface that runs LaTeX for you and generates LaTeX documents
  • This requires LaTeX installation (see the next section)
  • http://www.lyx.org
  • youtube-lyx
• LaTeXiT (Mac OS X)
  • This is a good handy LaTeX tool to include math in your presentations
  • http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/17889/latexit