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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> MacOS X <tr> <td> [https://atom.io Atom]</td> <td> Remarks CSP </td> <td> LMW </trtd> <tr style="background:#eeeeee;"td> <td> [http://wwwThe new text editor for the kool kids, based on Electron.emacswikiGood git client.org/cgiLots of plugins covering any editing task. Install 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 </td>github.com/pmazaitis/ConTeXtBBLM/releases language module]; typesetting and PDF preview available through an [http://dflect.net/context-typeset-tool/ external script]. </td> U </td><td> </td><td> ? </tdtr> <td> y </tdtr> <td> y <[http:/td> <td> y </td> <td> Extremely powerful & highly configurable text editor for CTRL- and ALT- key loverswww.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki Emacs] with [http://www.<br> The official AUCTeX distribution beginning with 11gnu.50 has ConTeXt support. Berend de Boers ConTeXt mode for Emacs has been merged with the former ConTeXt support in AUCTeX by Patrick Gundlach. [[More org/software/auctex/ AUCTeX]] has further AUCTeX customization for ConTeXt. If you write documents with bibliographies, indexes, or cross-references, you may also be interested in [[Using reftex with ConTeXt]].</td> </trtd> CT </td> <td> LMW </td> <td> Extremely powerful & highly configurable text editor for CTRL- and ALT- key lovers.<tr> <tdbr> [[Vim]The official AUCTeX distribution beginning with 11.50 has ConTeXt support. Further [[AUCTeX] ] customization for ConTeXt. </tdbr> <td> </td><td> </td><td> S 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><td> T </tdtr> <tr style="background:#eeeeee;"> <td> U [https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Gedit gedit] </td> <td> 2 </td> <td> ? L(MW) </td> <td> y GNOME editor </td> <td> y </tdtr> <td> y </tdtr> <td> Extremely powerful & highly configurable text editor[http://www.jedit. It operates in different "modes": you type in text in "insert mode" and pass commands to the editor in "normal modeorg jEdit]</td> <td> </td> <td> LMW </td> <td>Cross-platform mature programmer’s text editor." Whether you prefer Vim or emacs is a religious question of Good support for TeX and LilyPond among the highest importancerest. (See also: [[Vim]])<</td> </tr> <tr style="background:#eeeeee;"> <td>[http://scintillakate-editor.sourceforge.net/SciTE.html SciTEorg Kate]</td> <td> C </td> <td> L(MW) </td> <td> S </td><td> T </td><td> U <Kate is an advanced multi-document text editor for KDE. It has built-in LaTeX syntax highlighting, but you can install a [http:/td><td> </td><td> <kde-files.org/content/td> <td> y <show.php/td> <td> y ConTeXt+-+Syntax+Highlighting?content=54006 file that provides ConTeXt syntax highlight]. </tdtr> <tr> <td> y (X11) [http://www.nano-editor.org/ nano] </td> <td> </td> ConTeXt support not before v1.6.x. ConTeXt support files come with the ConTeXt distribution in directory context <td> L(MW) </data/contexttd> <td> Curses-based text editor for Unix and Unix-like systems, designed to be a free replacement for the Pico text editor.propertiesHas basic TeX syntax highlighting. See also the [http:</td> </www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/mscite-s.pdf manual mcite.pdf]tr>[http <tr style="background://homepage.mac.com/atl/tex/#other SciTE on MacOSX 10.3eeeeee;"> <td> [[Notepad++]] is Adam's quick-and-dirty port of SciTE to Panther/X11. </td> </trtd>CT?2 <tr/td> <td> [http://www.uoregon.edu/~koch/texshop/ TeXshop] <W </td> <td> ? </td>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 (see especially the TextFX menu). ConTeXt support files come with the ConTeXt distribution in directory <tdtt> P texmf-context/context/data/npp</tdtt>.</td> S </tdtr> <tr> <td> T [[Scite]]</td> <td> U CT </td> <td> L(M)W </td> <td> ConTeXt support files come with the ConTeXt distribution in directory </td> <tdtt> texmf- context/context/data/scite</td> <tdtt> . See also the [http://www.pragma- <ade.com/td> <td> y general/manuals/mscite-s.pdf manual mscite.pdf]. SciTE for Mac is commercial (nativeAppStore). </td> <td> Simple Cocoa IDE </tdtr> </tr> <tr style="background:#eeeeee;"> <td> [httphttps://geditwww.sourceforgepeterborgapps.netcom/smultron/ geditSmultron] </td> <td> PTU </td> <td> M </td> <td> S Shareware. [[ConTeXt_Minimals/Mac_Installation#Smultron_installation_and_configuration|Old configuration instructions]].</td> <td/tr> </tdtr> <td> U [https://projects.eclipse.org/projects/science.texlipse/ TeXlipse] </td> <td> PS? T </td> <td> LMW </td> <td> y LaTeX-Extension for Eclipse (part of Eclipse Science)</td> <td/tr> - </tdtr style="background:#eeeeee;"> <td> y (X11) [http://www.uoregon.edu/~koch/texshop/ TeXshop] </td> <td> GNOME editor PT </td> </trtd>M <tr/td> <td> Simple TeX IDE for OSX. [http:[ConTeXt_Minimals//lumumba.luc.ac.be/jori/klat/ klatMac_Installation#TeXShop_installation_and_configuration|Old Configuration instructions]] </td> <td/tr> </tdtr> <td> <[https://www.texstudio.org/td><td> S TeXstudio] </td> <td> T PST </td> <td> U </td><td> ? LMW </td> <td> Extensive, memory-hungry LaTeX IDE. Too LaTeX-centered to be really helpful for ConTeXt.</td> <td> y </tdtr> <td> - </tdtr style="background:#eeeeee;"> <td> y (X11) [[Textadept]]</td> <td> KDE editor, based on kate CT </td> </tr> <tr style="background:#eeeeee;"> <td> [[iTeXMac]] LMW </td> <td> ? </td>ConTeXt support files come with the ConTeXt distribution in directory <tdtt> P texmf-context/context/data/textadept</tdtt>.</td> S </tdtr> <tdtr> T </td><td> U [[TextMate]] </td> <td> </td><td> + C </td> <td> - M </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> <td/tr> y (native) </tdtr style="background:#eeeeee;"> <td> More advanced Cocoa IDE (one of its modes doesn't like tabulated source)</td> </tr><tr> <td> [http:[http://www.macromatestextpad.com TextMate/ TextPad] </td> <td> C CT </td> <td> - W </td> <td> S Commercial; TeX/ConTeXt/LaTeX command library; configurable to run a whatever-TeX command as a tool</td><td> T </tdtr> <tdtr> U </td><td> ?[http://www.tug.org/texworks/ TeXWorks]</td> <td> PST </td> <td> - LMW </td> <td> - Probably the most widespread TeX IDE, similar to TeXshop, supported by TUG. ConTeXt support files come with the ConTeXt distribution in directory <tt>texmf-context/context/data/texworks</tdtt> .</td> y (native) </tdtr> <tr style="background:#eeeeee;"> <td> ConTeXt bundle not yet in distribution, but you can download one at [http:[[Vim]] </td> <td> CT2 </dl.contextgarden.net/support/context-tmbundle.dmg]. There is an [[ConTeXt Bundle for TextMate|extra page]] td> <td> LMW </td> </trtd> <tr style=Extremely powerful & highly configurable text editor. It operates in different "modes"background:#eeeeee;you type in text in "> <td> [http://notepad-plusinsert mode" and pass commands to the editor in "normal mode.sourceforge.net/uk/site" Whether you prefer Vim or emacs is a religious question of the highest importance.htm Notepad++] </td> <td/tr> </tdtr> <td> <[http://td><td> <www.winedt.com/td><td> WinEdt]</td> <td> T </td> <td> W </td> <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 <td> (tables, enumerations, ...) and compiling/previewing the documents by clicking a button. This is supported for ConTeXt also. You can configure it easily.</td> <td> </td/tr> <tdtr style="background:#eeeeee;"> </tdcolspan="4"> </td> TODO: put this on the wiki: [http://archive.contextgarden.net/message/20070813.050137.7a5796f0.en.html]</td> </tr><tr> <td> [http://kate-editor.org Kate] </td> <td> - </td><td> - </td><td> S </td><td> ? </td><td> U </td><td> ? <td> + </td> <td> y </td> <td> y (cygwin) </td> <td> ? (probably x11) </td> <td> Kate is an advanced multi-document text editor for KDE (KWrite is in the same package, but handles only single documents). It has already built-in LaTeX syntax highlighting, but you can install a [http://kde-files.org/content/show.php/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. </tr><tr style="background:#eeeeee;"> <td> [http://kile.sourceforge.net Kile] </td> <td> C </td><td> P </td><td> S </td><td> ? </td><td> U </td><td> ? </td><td> + </td> <td> y </td> <td> y (cygwin) </td> <td> ? (probably x11) </td> <td> Kile is a very advanced editor/environment that primarily aims at LaTeX users, but can be set up to refer to ConTeXt-related programs to create/build documents. As Kile uses Katepart as its editor, the same method applies for ConTeXt syntax highlighting as it does for Kate. Other settings can be changed in the settings dialog, to make it ConTeXt-aware. Amongst other advanced features, Kile has to offer project management, inverse and forward TEX<->DVI search, side tree view of the document structure (e.g. by chapters, sections etc.) </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>