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What are the best LaTeX editors for Linux?
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Best LaTeX editors for Linux
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License
Cross Platform
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TeXstudio
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GPL v2
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Vim
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Vim License
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Texmaker
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GNOME LaTeX (previously LaTeXila)
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Spacemacs
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GPL3
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TeXstudio
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TeXstudio
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AdaptablePrometheus's Experience
The very best IDE. Simple, powerful, all you need to type.
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License:
GPL v2
Cross Platform:
yes
Operating Systems:
Windows, Unix/Linux, BSD and Mac OS X
ReflectiveTangaroa's Experience
Simple to use. Comes with easy access to compiled doc and also logs.
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Vim
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Vim
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Vim
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Pros
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Cons
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Excellent performance
As it loads the whole file into RAM, replacing all string occurrences in 100 MB+ files is quick and easy. Every other editor has sort of died during that. It is extremely fast even for cold start. Vim is light-weight and very compact. In terminal, it only uses a small amount of memory and anytime you invoke Vim, it's extremely fast. It's immediate, so much so you can't even notice any time lag.
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Difficult learning curve
You'll spend a lot of time learning all the commands and modes supported in Vim. You'll then spend more time tuning settings to your needs. Although once it's tuned to your needs, you can take your .vimrc to any machine you need and have the same experience across all your computers.
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License:
Vim License
Platforms:
Linux, macOS, Windows, Cygwin
Extension language:
Vim
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Works in terminal over SSH
Unlike other editors such as Sublime Text, Vim is a command line editor and hence can be used in remote development environments like Chromebooks via SSH.
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High effort to customize
A lot of time and effort is put in to make it specific to your needs.
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Tons of plugins/add-ons
This makes Vim the definitive resource for every environment (Ruby/Rails, Python, C, etc.), or simply just provides more information in your view.
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Free and open-source software
Vim is open-source, GPL-compatible charityware.
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Lightweight and fast
When compared to modern graphical editors like Atom and Brackets (which have underlying HTML5 engines, browsers, Node, etc.), Vim uses a sliver of the system's memory and it loads instantly, all the while delivering the same features. Vim is also faster than Emacs.
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Texmaker
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Texmaker
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Texmaker
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2
Experiences
1
Pros
1
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Pro
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User-friendly
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ResponsibleGelos's Experience
It works with XeLaTeX and xepersian package very neatly on my UBUNTU based laptop.
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GNOME LaTeX (previously LaTeXila)
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GNOME LaTeX (previously LaTeXila)
My Recommendation for
GNOME LaTeX (previously LaTeXila)
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Pros
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Pro
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A complete IDE for LaTeX document authoring
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PerfectSoteria's Experience
I used texstudio before. GNOME LaTeX is a more lightweight yet full-featured choice.
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A native GNOME application
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Spacemacs
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Spacemacs
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Spacemacs
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5
Pros
3
Cons
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Pro
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Easy setup
Setting up Spacemacs for latex is extremely easy, due to Spacemacs its layer system. The latex layer is well documented online (and also within Emacs after installation of the layer)
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Best used with Vim or Emacs keybindings
Although Emacs allows for windows-style keyboard bindings for editing through the CUA-mode, the recommended way in Spacemacs is to use either Vim-style editing (default) or Emacs style editing. Of course Vim keybindings are a PRO if you got to know them.
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License:
GPL3
Platforms:
GNU/Linux, MacOS, Windows
Extension language:
Emacs Lisp
Multi Language Support:
Yes
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Preconfigured emacs distro
Spacemacs is just a well-configured Emacs distribution with community-sourced best in class plugins and layers selected to take the setup pain out of Emacs. Evil mode gives the Vim bindings and modes for fast editing, while Helm makes everything discoverable to make learning to be more productive simple and unintrusive.
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VIM Keybindings with EMACS ecosystem
EMACS ecosystem and language support is best in show. The EMACS is a great IDE that was in search of a good text editor. Spacemacs makes EMACS have a good text editor.
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LyX
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LyX
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LyX
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2
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1
Cons
1
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Con
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Combines the drawbacks of TeXmacs and plain text editors
Like TeXmacs, relatively heavy and user has to convert from a specific format (.lyx / .tm) to LaTeX to get their document accepted by publishers.
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You don´t need to learn Latex to get a great Documet. So easy to use.
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Kile
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Kile
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Kile
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Specs
License:
GPL2.0+
Cross Platform:
Yes
Operating Systems:
Linux, Windows, Mac, BSD
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Gummi
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Gummi
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Gummi
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Cons
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Pro
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Live preview
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Not helpful for begginers
No tooltips or syntax help.
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MotivatedAlQaum's Experience
Straight to the point, but you gotta know Latex
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Different compiler options
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Very little debugging information
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Simple GUI
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