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You can use any text editor that can save text files in UTF-8 for creating a source file for ConTeXt, even notepad should do.

== ConTeXt-aware == <table> <tr style="background:#cccccc;"> <td> Editor </td> <td colspan="7"> features Features </td> <td> Linux OSs </td> <td> Win Remarks </td> <td/tr> <tr> <td> MacOS X [https://atom.io Atom]</td> <td> Remarks CSP </td> </trtd> LMW <tr style="background:#eeeeee;"/td> <td> [http://wwwThe new text editor for the kool kids, based on Electron. Good git client.emacswikiLots of plugins covering any editing task.org/cgiInstall plugins "language-context" and "pdf-binview" for C and P.</wiki Emacs] with [httptd> </tr> <tr style="background:#eeeeee;"> <td> [http://www.gnubarebones.orgcom/softwareproducts/auctexbbedit/ AUCTeXBBEdit] </td> <td> CSTP </td> <td> M </td> <td> S <Venerable, powerful text editor for MacOS. Highlighting, section navigation, and code folding available through a [https://td>github.com/pmazaitis/ConTeXtBBLM/releases language module]; typesetting and PDF preview available through an [http://dflect.net/context-typeset-tool/ external script]. </td> T </tdtr> <td> U </tdtr> <td> <[http:/td><td> ? </td> <td> y <www.emacswiki.org/td> <td> y <cgi-bin/wiki Emacs] with [http://www.gnu.org/software/auctex/ AUCTeX] </td> <td> <td> y CT </td> <td> Extremely powerful LMW </td> <td> Extremely powerful & highly configurable text editor for CTRL- and ALT- key lovers.<br> 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. The Further [[AUCTeX]] page on this wiki has further AUCTeX customization for ConTeXt. <br>If you write documents with bibliographies, indexes, or cross-references, you may also be interested in [[Reftex|using Reftex]]. There is also [[Emacs-muse]] which is an extension.</td> </tr> <trstyle="background:#eeeeee;"> <td> [[Vim]] <https://td> <td> wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Gedit gedit] </td> <td> </td> <td> S L(MW) </td> <td> T GNOME editor </td> <td/tr> U </tdtr> <td> 2 <[http://td><td> ? www.jedit.org jEdit]</td> <td> y </td> <td> y LMW </td> <td> y Cross-platform mature programmer’s text editor. Good support for TeX and LilyPond among the rest.</td> <td/tr> Extremely powerful & highly configurable text editor. It operates in different "modes <tr style="background:#eeeeee;"> <td> [http: you type in text in "insert mode" and pass commands to the //kate-editor in "normal mode." Whether you prefer Vim or emacs is a religious question of the highest importance.org Kate] </td> <td> C</td> <td> L(MW) </trtd> <tr style="background:#eeeeee;"> <td>td> Kate is an advanced multi-document text editor for KDE. It has built-in LaTeX syntax highlighting, but you can install a [[Scite]] or Textadept<http://td> <td> C <kde-files.org/td><td> <content/td><td> S <show.php/td>ConTeXt+-+Syntax+Highlighting?content=54006 file that provides ConTeXt syntax highlight]. <td/tr> T </tdtr> <td> U [http://www.nano-editor.org/ nano] </td> <td> </td> <td> L(MW) </td> <td> y <Curses-based text editor for Unix and Unix-like systems, designed to be a free replacement for the Pico text editor. Has basic TeX syntax highlighting. </td> <td> y </tdtr> <tr style="background:#eeeeee;"> <td> y (TA only) [[Notepad++]] </td> <td> ConTeXt since v1.6.x. ConTeXt support files come with the ConTeXt distribution in directory contextCT?2 </datatd> <td> W </context.properties. See also td> <td> Npp is one of the [http://wwwmost powerful and useful text editors on Windows (you can also use it under Wine).pragma-adeModern interface with loads of included features (see especially the TextFX menu).com/generalConTeXt support files come with the ConTeXt distribution in directory <tt>texmf-context/context/data/manualsnpp</mscite-s.pdf manual mcite.pdf]tt>. </td> </tr> <tr> <td> [http://www.uoregon.edu/~koch/texshop/ TeXshop[Scite]] </td> <td> ? CT </td> <td> P L(M)W </td> <td> S ConTeXt support files come with the ConTeXt distribution in directory <tt>texmf-context/context/data/td>scite<td/tt> T <. See also the [http:/td><td> U </td><td> <www.pragma-ade.com/td>general/manuals/mscite-s.pdf manual mscite.pdf]. SciTE for Mac is commercial (AppStore). </td> </tdtr> <tr style="background:#eeeeee;"> <td> - [https://www.peterborgapps.com/smultron/ Smultron]</td> <td> - PTU </td> <td> y (native)M </td> <td> Simple Cocoa IDEShareware. [[ConTeXt_Minimals/Mac_Installation#TeXShop_installation_and_configurationSmultron_installation_and_configuration|Configuration Old configuration instructions]] .</td> </tr> <tr style="background:#eeeeee;"> <td>[httphttps://wwwprojects.tugeclipse.org/texworksprojects/science.texlipse/ TeXWorksTeXlipse]</td> <td> PS?T </td> <td> P LMW </td> <td> S LaTeX-Extension for Eclipse (part of Eclipse Science)</td> <td/tr> T </tdtr style="background:#eeeeee;"> <td> U <[http:/td><td> </td><td> www.uoregon.edu/~koch/texshop/ TeXshop] </td> <td> y PT </td> <td> y M </td> <td> y </Simple TeX IDE for OSX. [[ConTeXt_Minimals/Mac_Installation#TeXShop_installation_and_configuration|Old Configuration instructions]] </td> <td/tr> Probably the most widespread TeX IDE, similar to TeXshop, supported by TUG <tr> <td> [https://www.texstudio. org/ TeXstudio] </td> </trtd>PST <tr/td> <td> [[TextMate]] LMW </td> <td> C Extensive, memory-hungry LaTeX IDE. Too LaTeX-centered to be really helpful for ConTeXt.</td> <td/tr> - </tdtr style="background:#eeeeee;"> <td> S [[Textadept]]</td> <td> T CT </td> <td> U LMW </td> <td> ? ConTeXt support files come with the ConTeXt distribution in directory <tt>texmf-context/context/data/textadept</tdtt>.</td> </tdtr> <tr> <td> - [[TextMate]] </td> <td> - C </td> <td> y (native)M </td> <td> The ConTeXt bundle is not yet in the distribution, but you can download a copy from [https://github.com/pgundlach/context.tmbundle/ GitHub]. </td> </tr> <tr style="background:#eeeeee;"> <td> [[Notepad++]http://www.textpad.com/ TextPad] </td> <td> CT </td> <td> W </td> <td>S <Commercial; TeX/ConTeXt/td>LaTeX command library; configurable to run a whatever-TeX command as a tool</td>T </tdtr> <tdtr>U </td><td>2 [http://www.tug.org/texworks/ TeXWorks]</td> <td>+ PST </td> <td> (Wine)LMW </td> <td>y </td> <td> – </td> <td> Npp is one of Probably the most powerful and useful text editors aroundwidespread TeX IDE, similar to TeXshop, supported by TUG. For Windows users (you can also use it under Wine) wanting a more modern interface ConTeXt support files come with loads of included features (see especially the TextFX menu), it deserves a close look. the ConTeXt distribution in directory </tdtt> <texmf-context/tr>context/data/texworks<tr/tt> <td> [http://kate-editor.org Kate] </td> <td/tr> - </tdtr style="background:#eeeeee;"> <td> - [[Vim]] </td> <td> S CT2 </td> <td> ? </td><td> U </td><td> - (KDE3) / 2 (KDE4) <td> + LMW </td> <td> y </td> <td> y </td> <td> y </td> <td> Kate is an advanced multi-document Extremely powerful & highly configurable text editor. It operates in different "modes": you type in text editor for KDE (KWrite is in the same package, but handles only single documents)"insert mode" and pass commands to the editor in "normal mode. It has already built-in LaTeX syntax highlighting, but you can install " Whether you prefer Vim or emacs is a [http:religious question of the highest importance.</td> </tr> <tr> <td> [http:/kde-files.org/content/showwww.phpwinedt.com/ WinEdt]</td> <td> T </td> <td> W </ConTeXt+-+Syntax+Highlighting?content=54006 file that provides ConTeXt syntax highlight]. It is planned to be included in the Kate package itself in the (near) future though. td> <td>Shareware. A nice, configurable Windows editor for LaTeX. A large collection of buttons with Greek letters and other (math) symbols is very helpfulp when typesetting math. It also has spell checker. LaTeX users can also find many templates (tables, enumerations, ...) and compiling/previewing the documents by clicking a button. This is supported for ConTeXt also. You can configure it easily.</td> </tr> <tr style="background:#eeeeee;"><td colspan="4"></td></tr> </table>

'''featuresFeatures/OSs:''' * C = TeX/ConTeXt syntax highlighting (and perhaps command completion )

* S = [[SyncTeX]] support (synchronising between text in PDF and TeX/ConTeXt syntax highlighting source)

* U = Unicode (UTF-8) handling* 2 = bidirectional edit editing (right-to-left)* + = more…

== Other editors == The following (Probably more 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> <td> [http://www.winedt.com/ WinEdt]</td> <td> - </td><td> - </td><td> S </td><td> T </td><td> U </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. LaTeX users can also find many templates (tables, enumerations, ...) and compiling/previewing the documents by clicking a button. This is supported for ConTeXt also. You can configure it easily. ''(WinEdt is not free software, but shareware with 31+ days trial. Discount for DANTE members.)''</td> </tr><tr style="background:#eeeeee;"> <td> [http://www.nano-editor.org/ GNU nano] </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> S </td> <td> </td> <td> U </td> <td> ? </td> <td> </td> <td> y </td> <td> y </td> <td> y </td> <td> Curses-based text editor for Unix C and Unix-like systems, designed to be a free replacement for the Pico text editor. Has basic TeX syntax highlighting. </td> </tr><tr> <td> [http://gedit.sourceforge.net/ gedit] </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> S </td> <td> </td> <td> U </td> <td> ? </td> <td> </td> <td> y </td> <td> y </td> <td> y (X11) </td> <td> GNOME editor </td> </tr><tr style="background:#eeeeee;"> <td> [http://www.textpad.com/ TextPad]</td> <td> - </td> <td> - </td> <td> S </td> <td> T </td> <td> U </td> <td> ? </td> <td> + </td> <td> - </td> <td> y </td> <td> - </td> <td> Commercial; TeX/ConTeXt/LaTeX command library; configurable to run a whatever-TeX command as a tool</td> </tr><tr> <td> [https://www.peterborgapps.com/smultron/ Smultron]</td> <td> - </td><td> P </td><td> S </td><td> T </td><td> U </td><td> - </td><td> - </td> <td> - </td> <td> - </td> <td> y </td> <td> [[ConTeXt_Minimals/Mac_Installation#Smultron_installation_and_configuration|Old configuration instructions]]. Nowadays commercial. Old Open Source version was better. </td> </tr><tr style="background:#eeeeee;"> <td> [https://sourceforge.net/projects/nedit/ NEdit]</td> <td> - </td><td> - </td><td> S </td><td> - </td><td> - </td><td> - </td><td> - </td> <td> y </td> <td> y </td> <td> ? </td> <td>X server (Cygwin/Xorg) is needed to run Nedit on Windows. Outdated.</td> </tr> <tr style="background:#eeeeee;"> <td> [http://www.jedit.org jEdit]</td> <td> - </td><td> - </td><td> - </td><td> - </td><td> - </td><td> - </td><td> - </td> <td> y </td> <td> y </td> <td> y </td> <td>Cross-platform mature programmer's text editor. Good support for TeX and LilyPond among the rest.</td> </tr> </table> == SyncTeX == For synchronising between text in PDF and TeX source see [[SyncTeX]].