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You can use any text editor for creating a source file for ConTeXt (in case of desperation, even notepad should do :). A lot of editors provide generic TeX syntax highlighting (not based on a word list). But some have a bit more support for ConTeXt: | You can use any text editor for creating a source file for ConTeXt (in case of desperation, even notepad should do :). A lot of editors provide generic TeX syntax highlighting (not based on a word list). But some have a bit more support for ConTeXt: | ||
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| + | == ConTeXt-aware == | ||
<table> <tr style="background:#cccccc;"> | <table> <tr style="background:#cccccc;"> | ||
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<td colspan="7"> features </td> | <td colspan="7"> features </td> | ||
<td> Linux </td> | <td> Linux </td> | ||
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<td> MacOS X </td> | <td> MacOS X </td> | ||
<td> Remarks </td> | <td> Remarks </td> | ||
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<td> [http://www.uoregon.edu/~koch/texshop/ TeXshop] </td> | <td> [http://www.uoregon.edu/~koch/texshop/ TeXshop] </td> | ||
<td> ? </td><td> P </td><td> S </td><td> T </td><td> ? </td><td> </td><td> </td> | <td> ? </td><td> P </td><td> S </td><td> T </td><td> ? </td><td> </td><td> </td> | ||
| − | <td> | + | <td> - </td> |
| − | <td> | + | <td> - </td> |
<td> y (native)</td> | <td> y (native)</td> | ||
<td> Simple Cocoa IDE </td> | <td> Simple Cocoa IDE </td> | ||
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<td> </td><td> </td><td> S </td><td> </td><td> U </td><td> ? </td><td> </td> | <td> </td><td> </td><td> S </td><td> </td><td> U </td><td> ? </td><td> </td> | ||
<td> y </td> | <td> y </td> | ||
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<td> y (X11) </td> | <td> y (X11) </td> | ||
<td> GNOME editor </td> | <td> GNOME editor </td> | ||
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<td> </td><td> </td><td> S </td><td> T </td><td> U </td><td> ? </td><td> </td> | <td> </td><td> </td><td> S </td><td> T </td><td> U </td><td> ? </td><td> </td> | ||
<td> y </td> | <td> y </td> | ||
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<td> y (X11) </td> | <td> y (X11) </td> | ||
<td> KDE editor, based on kate </td> | <td> KDE editor, based on kate </td> | ||
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<td> [[iTeXMac]] </td> | <td> [[iTeXMac]] </td> | ||
<td> ? </td><td> P </td><td> S </td><td> T </td><td> U </td><td> </td><td> + </td> | <td> ? </td><td> P </td><td> S </td><td> T </td><td> U </td><td> </td><td> + </td> | ||
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| − | <td> | + | <td> - </td> |
<td> y (native) </td> | <td> y (native) </td> | ||
<td> More advanced Cocoa IDE (one of its modes doesn't like tabulated source)</td> | <td> More advanced Cocoa IDE (one of its modes doesn't like tabulated source)</td> | ||
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* + = more… | * + = more… | ||
* ? = previous feature probable but unsure | * ? = previous feature probable but unsure | ||
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| + | == Other editors == | ||
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| + | The following editors have no specific ConTeXt support, but do a good job for generic (La)TeX typesetting, so you may use them for ConTeXt as well: | ||
| + | <table> | ||
| + | <tr style="background:#cccccc;"> | ||
| + | <td> Editor </td> | ||
| + | <td colspan="7"> features </td> | ||
| + | <td> Linux </td> | ||
| + | <td> Win </td> | ||
| + | <td> MacOS X </td> | ||
| + | <td> Remarks </td> | ||
| + | </tr><tr style="background:#eeeeee;"> | ||
| + | <td> [http://www.winedt.com/ WinEdt]</td> | ||
| + | <td> - </td><td> - </td><td> S </td><td> - </td><td> - </td><td> - </td><td> - </td> | ||
| + | <td> - </td> | ||
| + | <td> y </td> | ||
| + | <td> - </td> | ||
| + | <td> A nice, configurable Windows editor, very suitable for newbies to (La)TeX. A large collection of buttons with Greek letters and other (math) symbols is very helpfulp when typesetting math. It also has spell checker, but no support for UTF yet.<br> LaTeX users can also find many templates (tables, enumerations, ...) and compiling/previewing the documents by clicking a button (sadly this is not yet supported for ConTeXt).</td> | ||
| + | </tr> | ||
| + | </table> | ||
Revision as of 17:13, 3 December 2005
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You can use any text editor for creating a source file for ConTeXt (in case of desperation, even notepad should do :). A lot of editors provide generic TeX syntax highlighting (not based on a word list). But some have a bit more support for ConTeXt:
ConTeXt-aware
| Editor | features | Linux | Win | MacOS X | Remarks | ||||||
| Emacs with AUCTeX | S | U | ? | y | y | y | Extremely powerful & highly configurable text editor for CTRL- and ALT- key lovers. The official AUCTeX distribution beginning with 11.50 has ConTeXt support. Berend de Boers ConTeXt mode for Emacs has been merged with the former ConTeXt support in AUCTeX by Patrick Gundlach. |
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| Vim | S | T | U | 2 | ? | y | y | y | Extremely powerful & highly configurable text editor for those who prefer command-line to GUI. (Preliminary) context support may be downloaded from Vim 7 CVS Repository. Compiling can be done via a Makefile and the :make command (which you can map to e.g. the F9 key). latex-suite currently doesn't support ConTeXt :( |
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| SciTE | C | S | T | U | y | y | y (X11) | ConTeXt support not before v1.6.x. ConTeXt support files come with the ConTeXt distribution in directory context/data/context.properties. See also the manual mcite.pdf SciTE on MacOSX 10.3 is Adam's quick-and-dirty port of SciTE to Panther/X11. | |||
| TeXshop | ? | P | S | T | ? | - | - | y (native) | Simple Cocoa IDE | ||
| gedit | S | U | ? | y | - | y (X11) | GNOME editor | ||||
| klat | S | T | U | ? | y | - | y (X11) | KDE editor, based on kate | |||
| iTeXMac | ? | P | S | T | U | + | - | - | y (native) | More advanced Cocoa IDE (one of its modes doesn't like tabulated source) | |
features:
- C = TeX/ConTeXt command completion
- P = PDF preview
- S = TeX/ConTeXt syntax highlighting
- T = ConTeXt typesetting
- U = Unicode (UTF-8) handling
- 2 = bidirectional edit (right-to-left)
- + = more…
- ? = previous feature probable but unsure
Other editors
The following editors have no specific ConTeXt support, but do a good job for generic (La)TeX typesetting, so you may use them for ConTeXt as well:
| Editor | features | Linux | Win | MacOS X | Remarks | ||||||
| WinEdt | - | - | S | - | - | - | - | - | y | - | A nice, configurable Windows editor, very suitable for newbies to (La)TeX. A large collection of buttons with Greek letters and other (math) symbols is very helpfulp when typesetting math. It also has spell checker, but no support for UTF yet. LaTeX users can also find many templates (tables, enumerations, ...) and compiling/previewing the documents by clicking a button (sadly this is not yet supported for ConTeXt). |
