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<table>{| <tr style="background:#cccccc;"> <td> Editor </td> <td> Features </td> <td> OSs </td> <td> Remarks </td> </tr> <tr> <td> [https://atom.io Atom]</td> <td> CSP </td> <td> LMW </td> <td>The new text editor for the kool kids, based on Electron. Good git client. Lots of plugins covering any editing task. Install plugins "language|-context" and "pdf-view" for C and P.</td> </tr> <tr style="background:#eeeeee;"> <td> [http://www.barebones.com/products/bbedit/ BBEdit]</td> <td> CSTP </td> <td> M </td> <td>Venerable, powerful text editor for MacOS. Highlighting, section navigation, and code folding available through a [https://github.com/pmazaitis/ConTeXtBBLM/releases language module]; typesetting and PDF preview available through an [http://dflect.net/context-typeset-tool/ external script]. </td> </tr> <tr> <td> [http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki Emacs] with [http://www.gnu.org/software/auctex/ AUCTeX] </td> <td> CT </td> <td> 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. 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> <tr style="backgroundalign:#eeeeeeleft;"> <td> [https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Gedit gedit] </td> <td> </td> <td> L(MW) </td> <td> GNOME editor </td> </tr> <tr> <td> [http://www.jedit.org jEdit]</td> <td> </td> <td> LMW </td> <td>Cross-platform mature programmer’s text editor. Good support for TeX and LilyPond among the rest.</td> </tr> <tr style! colspan="background:#eeeeee;2">| Features <td> [http://kate|-editor.org Kate] </td> <td> | C</td> <td> L(MW) </td> <td> Kate is an advanced multi-document text editor for KDE. It has 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]. </tr> <tr> <td> [http://www.nano-editor.org/ nano] </td> <td> </td> <td> Lhighlighting (MWand perhaps command completion) </td> <td> 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> </tr> <tr style="background| P:#eeeeee;">|| PDF preview <td> [[Notepad++]] </td> <td> CT?2 </td> <td> W </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 <tt>texmf|-context/context/data/npp</tt>.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>| S: || [[SciteSyncTeX]]</td> <td> CT </td> <td> Lsupport (Msynchronising between text in PDF and TeX source)W </td> <td> ConTeXt support files come with the ConTeXt distribution in directory <tt>texmf|-context/context/data/scite</tt>. See also the [http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/mscite-s.pdf manual mscite.pdf]. SciTE for Mac is commercial (AppStore). </td> </tr> <tr style="background| T:#eeeeee;">|| ConTeXt typesetting <td> [https://www.peterborgapps.com/smultron/ Smultron]</td> <td> PTU </td> <td> M </td>|- <td>Shareware. [[ConTeXt_Minimals/Mac_Installation#Smultron_installation_and_configuration|Old configuration instructions]].</td> </tr> <tr> <td> [https2://projects.eclipse.org/projects/science.texlipse/ TeXlipse] </td> <td> PS?T </td> <td> LMW </td> <td> LaTeX|| bidirectional editing (right-to-Extension for Eclipse (part of Eclipse Scienceleft)</td> </tr> <tr style="background:#eeeeee;"> <td> [http://www.uoregon.edu/~koch/texshop/ TeXshop] </td> <td> PT </td> <td> M </td>|- <td> Simple TeX IDE for OSX. [[ConTeXt_Minimals/Mac_Installation#TeXShop_installation_and_configuration|Old Configuration instructions]] _</tdsup> ?</trsup> <tr> <td> [https://www.texstudio.org/ TeXstudio] </td>|| previous feature probable but unsure <td> PST </td>|} <td> LMW </td>{| <td> Extensive, memory-hungry LaTeX IDE. Too LaTeX|-centered to be really helpful for ConTeXt.</td> </tr> <tr style="backgroundtext-align:#eeeeeeleft;"> <td>[[Textadept]]</td> <td> CT </td> <td> LMW </td> <td> ConTeXt support files come with the ConTeXt distribution in directory <tt>texmf-context/context/data/textadept</tt>.</td> </tr> <tr> <td> [[TextMate]] </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> </tr> <tr style! colspan="background:#eeeeee;2">| OSes <td> [http://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> </tr> <tr> <td>[http| L://www.tug.org/texworks/ TeXWorks]</td>|| Linux <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</tt>.</td> </tr> <tr style="background| M:#eeeeee;">|| MacOS <td> [[Vim]] </td>|- <td> CT2 </td> <td> LMW </td> <td> Extremely powerful & highly configurable text editor. It operates in different "modes"| W: you type in text in "insert mode" and pass commands to the editor in "normal mode." Whether you prefer Vim or emacs is a religious question of the highest importance.</td> </tr> <tr> <td> [http://www.winedt.com/ WinEdt]</td> <td> T </td> <td> W </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>|}
'''{||- style="text-align:left;background:#cccccc;"! Editor !! Features!! OSes !! Remarks |-| [https:/OSs:''' /atom.io Atom]| CSP || LMW * | The new text editor for the kool kids, based on Electron. Good git client. Lots of plugins covering any editing task. Install plugins "language-context" and "pdf-view" for C = ConTeXt syntax highlighting (and perhaps command completion)P.* P |- style= "background:#eeeeee;"| [http://www.barebones.com/products/bbedit/ BBEdit]| CSTP || M | Venerable, powerful text editor for MacOS. Highlighting, section navigation, and code folding available through a [https://github.com/pmazaitis/ConTeXtBBLM/releases language module]; typesetting and PDF preview available through an [http://dflect.net/context-typeset-tool/ external script]. |-| [http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki Emacs] with [http://www.gnu.org/software/auctex/ AUCTeX] | CT || LMW | Extremely powerful & highly configurable text editor for CTRL- and ALT- key lovers.<br>The official AUCTeX distribution beginning with 11.50 has ConTeXt support. 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.* S |- style= "background:#eeeeee;"| [https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Gedit gedit] | || L(MW) | GNOME editor |-| [SyncTeXhttp://www.jedit.org jEdit]| || LMW | Cross-platform mature programmer’s text editor. Good support for TeX and LilyPond among the rest.|- style="background:#eeeeee;"| [http://kate-editor.org Kate] support | C || L(synchronising between MW) | Kate is an advanced multi-document text editor for KDE. It has built-in PDF 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].|-| [http://www.nano-editor.org/ nano] | || L(MW) | Curses-based text editor for Unix and Unix-like systems, designed to be a free replacement for the Pico text editor. Has basic TeX source) syntax highlighting. * T |- style= "background:#eeeeee;"| [[Notepad++]] | CT<sup>?</sup>2 || W | 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 typesettingdistribution in directory <tt>texmf-context/context/data/npp</tt>.|-| [[Scite]]* 2 = bidirectional editing | CT || L(rightM)W | ConTeXt support files come with the ConTeXt distribution in directory <tt>texmf-tocontext/context/data/scite</tt>. See also the [http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/mscite-lefts.pdf manual mscite.pdf]. SciTE for Mac is commercial (AppStore). |- style="background:#eeeeee;"| [https://www.peterborgapps.com/smultron/ Smultron]| PTU || M | Shareware. [[ConTeXt_Minimals/Mac_Installation#Smultron_installation_and_configuration|Old configuration instructions]].|-| [https://www.sublimetext.com/ Sublime Text]| CT2 || LMW | Uncluttered yet extremely powerful & widely revered text editor. With Package Control, install the vital [https://packagecontrol.io/packages/simple_ConTeXt simple_ConTeXt] package.|- style="background:#eeeeee;"| [https://projects.eclipse.org/projects/science.texlipse/ TeXlipse] * | PS<sup>? </sup>T || LMW | LaTeX-Extension for Eclipse (part of Eclipse Science)|-| [http://www.uoregon.edu/~koch/texshop/ TeXshop] | PT || M | Simple TeX IDE for OSX. [[ConTeXt_Minimals/Mac_Installation#TeXShop_installation_and_configuration|Old Configuration instructions]] |- style= previous feature probable but unsure"background:#eeeeee;"| [https://www.texstudio.org/ TeXstudio] | PST || LMW | Extensive, memory-hungry LaTeX IDE. Too LaTeX-centered to be really helpful for ConTeXt.|-| [[Textadept]]| CT || LMW | ConTeXt support files come with the ConTeXt distribution in directory <tt>texmf-context/context/data/textadept</tt>.* L |- style= Linux"background:#eeeeee;"| [[TextMate]] * | C || M = MacOS X* | The ConTeXt bundle is not in the distribution, but you can download a copy from [https://github.com/pgundlach/context.tmbundle/ GitHub]. |-| [http://www.textpad.com/ TextPad]| CT || W | Commercial; TeX/ConTeXt/LaTeX command library; configurable to run a whatever-TeX command as a tool|- style= Windows"background:#eeeeee;"| [http://www.tug.org/texworks/ TeXWorks]| PST || LMW (| Probably more editors have C 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</tt>.|-| [[Vim]] | CT2 || LMW | Extremely powerful & highly configurable text editor. It operates in different "modes": you type in text in "insert mode" and pass commands to the editor in "normal mode." Whether you prefer Vim or emacs is a religious question of the highest importance.|- style="background:#eeeeee;"| [http://www.winedt.com/ WinEdt]| T|| W | 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.|}
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Many editors provide generic TeX syntax highlighting, but some have even more support for ConTeXt.
