.. editors:
   
Installing editor
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Editors for LaTeX
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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 <http://kile.sourceforge.net>`_
   * `how to install on Windows  <http://kile.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php?title=KileOnWindows>`_
   * `how to install on Mac OS X <http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20071024061901344>`_
   * `how to install on Linux
     <http://kile.sourceforge.net/download.php>`_
     
 * TeXworks (Windows, Mac OS X, Linux -- good)
   
   * `about it and how to install <https://www.tug.org/texworks/>`_
     
 * Texmaker  (Windows, Mac OS X, Linux -- good)
   
   * `about it and how to install <http://www.xm1math.net/texmaker/>`_
     
 * WinEdt (Windows)
   
   * `about it and how to install <http://www.winedt.com>`_
     
 * TexShop (Mac OS X -- best)
   
   * `about it and how to install <http://pages.uoregon.edu/koch/texshop/>`_

Editors for general usages
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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 <https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/>`_
   * `XEmacs <http://www.xemacs.org>`_
   * `vi <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vi>`_
   * `vim <http://www.vim.org>`_
   * `KWrite <https://www.kde.org/applications/utilities/kwrite/>`_ 
   * `gedit <https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Gedit>`_
   * `Atom <https://atom.io>`_

 * Mac OS X:
   
   * `Aquamacs <http://aquamacs.org>`_
   * `Sublime <http://www.sublimetext.com>`_
   * `TextMake <https://macromates.com>`_
   * `GNU emacs <https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/>`_
   * `KWrite <https://www.kde.org/applications/utilities/kwrite/>`_ 
   * `gedit <https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Gedit>`_
   * `Atom <https://atom.io>`_
     
 * Windows:
   
   * `Notepad++ <https://notepad-plus-plus.org>`_
   * `GNU emacs <https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/>`_
   * `vim <http://www.vim.org>`_
   * `KWrite <https://www.kde.org/applications/utilities/kwrite/>`_ 
   * `gedit <https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Gedit>`_
   * `Atom <https://atom.io>`_


 .. note::
    For those who are interested: like every sports game, there is a
    rivarly in the free software community called the famous
    `Editor war <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Editor_war>`_.
    What is your choice in this long-standing rivarly competition?

     
Alternate options for editors, plus extra
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 * 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 <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCo8-Fbx1xU>`_
     
 * 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

 * There are many more general
   `online-based platforms <http://www.tutorialspoint.com/codingground.htm>`_
   where you can do,
   not only LaTeX but also various different tasks in scientific computing.