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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 (in case of desperation, even notepad should do :). A lot of Many editors provide generic TeX syntax highlighting (not based on a word list). But , but some have a bit even more support for ConTeXt:.

== 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> <td> LMW </trtd> <tr style="background:#eeeeee;"> <td> [http://wwwThe new text editor for the kool kids, based on Electron.emacswikiGood git client. Lots of plugins covering any editing task.org/cgiInstall plugins "language-context" and "pdf-binview" for C and P.</wiki Emacs] with td> </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><td> T github.com/pmazaitis/ConTeXtBBLM/releases language module]; typesetting and PDF preview available through an [http://dflect.net/context-typeset-tool/ external script]. </td> <td/tr> U </tdtr> <td> <[http:/td><td> ? </td> <td> y <www.emacswiki.org/td> <td> y <cgi-bin/td> <tdwiki Emacs] with [http://www.gnu.org/software/auctex/ AUCTeX] </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. Further [[More AUCTeX]] has further AUCTeX customization for ConTeXt. <br>If you write documents with bibliographies, indexes, or cross-references, you may also be interested in [[Using reftex with ConTeXtReftex|using Reftex]]. There is also [[Emacs-muse]]which is an extension.</td> </tr> <trstyle="background:#eeeeee;"> <td> [[Vim]https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Gedit gedit] </td> <td> </td> <td> L(MW) </td> <td> S GNOME editor </td> <td/tr> T </tdtr> <td> U [http://www.jedit.org jEdit]</td> <td> 2 </td> <td> ? LMW </td> <td> y Cross-platform mature programmer’s text editor. Good support for TeX and LilyPond among the rest.</td> <td> y </tdtr> <tdtr style="background:#eeeeee;"> y <td> [http://kate-editor.org Kate] </td> <td> C</td> Extremely powerful & highly configurable <td> L(MW) </td> <td> Kate is an advanced multi-document text editorfor KDE. It operates has built-in different "modes"LaTeX syntax highlighting, but you can install a [http: you type in text in "insert mode" and pass commands to the editor in "normal mode//kde-files.org/content/show." Whether you prefer Vim or emacs is a religious question of the highest importancephp/ConTeXt+-+Syntax+Highlighting?content=54006 file that provides ConTeXt syntax highlight]. (See also: [[Vim]]) </tdtr> </tr> <tr style="background:#eeeeee;"> <td>td> [http://scintillawww.sourceforgenano-editor.netorg/SciTE.html SciTEnano]</td> <td> C </td> <td> L(MW) </td> <td> S 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/tr> T </tdtr style="background:#eeeeee;"> <td> U [[Notepad++]] </td> <td> CT?2 </td> <td> W </td> <td> y </td> <td> y </td> <td> y Npp is one of the most powerful and useful text editors on Windows (you can also use it under Wine). Modern interface with loads of included features (X11see especially the TextFX menu) </td> <td> ConTeXt support not before v1.6.x. ConTeXt support files come with the ConTeXt distribution in directory <tt>texmf-context/context/data/context.properties. See also the [http:npp<//wwwtt>.pragma-ade.com</generaltd> </manuals/mscite-s.pdf manual mcite.pdf]tr> <tr> <td>[[http:Scite]]<//homepage.mac.com/atl/tex/#other SciTE on MacOSX 10.3] is Adam's quick-and-dirty port of SciTE to Panther/X11. </tdtd> </trtd>CT <tr/td> <td> [http://www.uoregon.edu/~koch/texshop/ TeXshop] L(M)W </td> <td> ? ConTeXt support files come with the ConTeXt distribution in directory <tt>texmf-context/context/data/td><td> P scite</tdtt><td> S <. See also the [http:/td><td> T </td><td> U <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> - M </td> <td> y (native)Shareware. [[ConTeXt_Minimals/Mac_Installation#Smultron_installation_and_configuration|Old configuration instructions]].</td> <td> Simple Cocoa IDE </tdtr> </tr><tr style="background:#eeeeee;"> <td> [httphttps://geditprojects.eclipse.sourceforgeorg/projects/science.nettexlipse/ geditTeXlipse] </td> <td> PS?T </td> <td> LMW </td> <td> S LaTeX-Extension for Eclipse (part of Eclipse Science)</td><td> </tdtr> <td> U </tdtr style="background:#eeeeee;"> <td> ? [http://www.uoregon.edu/~koch/texshop/ TeXshop] </td> <td> PT </td> <td> y M </td> <td> - Simple TeX IDE for OSX. [[ConTeXt_Minimals/Mac_Installation#TeXShop_installation_and_configuration|Old Configuration instructions]] </td> <td> y (X11) </tdtr> <td> GNOME editor </tdtr> </tr><tr> <td> [httphttps://lumumbawww.luctexstudio.ac.be/jori/klatorg/ klatTeXstudio] </td> <td> PST </td> <td> LMW </td> <td> S Extensive, memory-hungry LaTeX IDE. Too LaTeX-centered to be really helpful for ConTeXt.</td><td> T </tdtr> <td> U </tdtr style="background:#eeeeee;"> <td> ? [[Textadept]]</td> <td> CT </td> <td> y LMW </td> <td> - </tdConTeXt support files come with the ConTeXt distribution in directory <tt> texmf-context/context/data/textadept<td/tt> y (X11) .</td> <td/tr> KDE editor, based on kate <tr> <td> [[TextMate]] </td> <td> C </trtd> <tr style="background:#eeeeee;"> <td> [[iTeXMac]] M </td> <td> ? </td>The ConTeXt bundle is not in the distribution, but you can download a copy from [https://github.com/pgundlach/context.tmbundle/ GitHub]. </td> P </tdtr> <tdtr style="background:#eeeeee;"> S </td><td> T <[http://td><td> U www.textpad.com/ TextPad]</td> <td> CT </td> <td> + W </td> <td> Commercial; TeX/ConTeXt/LaTeX command library; configurable to run a whatever- TeX command as a tool</td> <td/tr> - </tdtr> <td> y (native) [http://www.tug.org/texworks/ TeXWorks]</td> <td> More advanced Cocoa IDE (one of its modes doesn't like tabulated source)PST </td> </trtd>LMW <tr/td> <td> [http://wwwProbably the most widespread TeX IDE, similar to TeXshop, supported by TUG.macromatesConTeXt support files come with the ConTeXt distribution in directory <tt>texmf-context/context/data/texworks</tt>.com TextMate] </td> <td/tr> C </tdtr style="background:#eeeeee;"> <td> - [[Vim]] </td> <td> S </td><td> T </td><td> U </td><td> ?CT2 </td> <td> LMW </td> <td> - </td> <td> - </td> <td> y (native)</td> <td> ConTeXt bundle not yet Extremely powerful & highly configurable text editor. It operates in different "modes": you type in distribution, but text in "insert mode" and pass commands to the editor in "normal mode." Whether you can download one at [http://dlprefer Vim or emacs is a religious question of the highest importance.contextgarden.net</supporttd> </context-tmbundletr> <tr> <td> [http://www.dmg]winedt. There is an [[ConTeXt Bundle for TextMate|extra pagecom/ WinEdt]] </td> </trtd> T <tr style="background:#eeeeee;"/td> <td> [http:W <//notepad-plustd> <td>Shareware. A nice, configurable Windows editor for LaTeX.sourceforgeA large collection of buttons with Greek letters and other (math) symbols is very helpfulp when typesetting math.net/uk/siteIt also has spell checker.htm Notepad++] </td>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> </tdtr> <td> </tdtr style="background:#eeeeee;"><tdcolspan="4"> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> TODO: put this on the wiki: [http://archive.contextgarden.net/message/20070813.050137.7a5796f0.en.html]</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 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. This is supported For ConTeXt also. You can configure it easily.<br>''(WinEdt is not free software, but shareware with 31+ days trial.)''</td> </tr><tr style="background:#eeeeee;"> <td> [http://nedit.org/ 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</td></tr><tr style="background:#eeeeee;"> <td> [http://www.toolscenter.org/ TeXnicCenter]</td> <td> - </td><td> P </td><td> S </td><td> - </td><td> - </td><td> - </td><td> - </td> <td> - </td> <td> y </td> <td> - </td> <td> Oriented towards the use of LaTeX, but can also be used for processing ConTeXt documents. A large collection of buttons with Greek letters C and other (math) symbols is very helpfulp when typesetting math. It also has spell checker.<br> LaTeX users can also find many templates (tables, enumerations, ..T.) and compiling/previewing the documents by clicking a button (it is easy to [[configure TeXnicCenter for ConTeXt]] use).<br>''(TeXnicCenter is freely available under GPL).''</td></tr></table>