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You can use any = Integrating text editor that can save text files in UTF-8 for creating a source file for ConTeXt. Many editors provide generic TeX syntax highlighting, but some have even more support for with ConTeXt.=

<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>* Emacs <td> ** [http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki Emacs] with [http://www.gnu.org/software/auctex/ 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 ** [[AUCTeXEmacs-muse|muse]] 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-museITeXMac]] which is an extension.</td> </tr> <tr style="background:#eeeeee;"> <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 jEditLEd]</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="background:#eeeeee;"> <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> L(MW) </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:#eeeeee;"> <td> * [[Notepad++]] </td> <td> 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). </td> </tr> <tr> <td>* [[Scite]] or ([[TextadeptWindows Installation: ConTeXt Suite with SciTe]]</td> <td> CT </td> <td> L(M)W </td> <td> ConTeXt support files come with the ConTeXt distribution in directory context/data/context.properties. See also the * [[http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/mscite-s.pdf manual mscite.pdfTeXnicCenter]. SciTE for Mac is commercial (AppStore). </td> </tr> <tr style="background:#eeeeee;"> <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 instructionsTexpad]].</td> </tr> <tr> <td> * [[TextMateTeXShop]] </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/ GitHubTextadept]. </td> </tr> <tr style="background:#eeeeee;"> <td> [http://www.uoregon.edu/~koch/texshop/ TeXshop] </td> <td> PT </td> <td> M </td> <td> Simple Cocoa IDE. * [[ConTeXt_Minimals/Mac_Installation#TeXShop_installation_and_configuration|Configuration instructionsTextMate]] </td> </tr> <tr> <td> * [https://www.texstudio.org/ TeXstudio] </td> <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="background:#eeeeee;"> <td>[http://www.tug.org/texworks/ TeXWorksTeXworks]</td> <td> PST </td> <td> LMW </td> <td> Probably the most widespread TeX IDE, similar to TeXshop, supported by TUG. </td> </tr> <tr> <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 style="background:#eeeeee;"> <td> * [[Vim]] </td> <td> CT2 </td> <td> LMW </td> <td> 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.</td> </tr> <tr> <td> * [[http://www.winedt.com/ WinEdtVSCode]]</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></table>

'''Features/OSs:''' * C = ConTeXt syntax highlighting (and perhaps command completion)* P = PDF preview * S = [[SyncTeX]] support (synchronising between text in PDF and TeX Setting up source) * T = ConTeXt typesetting* 2 = bidirectional editing (right-to-left)* ? = previous feature probable but unsure* L = Linux* M synchronisation = MacOS X* W = Windows

* [[SyncTeX]] = Text editors = {||- style="text-align:left;"! colspan="2" | Features|-| C: || ConTeXt syntax highlighting (and perhaps command completion)|-| P: || PDF preview|-| S: || [[SyncTeX]] support (synchronising between text in PDF and TeX source) |-| T: || ConTeXt typesetting|-| 2: || bidirectional editing (right-to-left)|-| _^?: || previous feature probable but unsure|}{||- style="text-align:left;"! colspan="2" | OSes|-| L: || Linux|-| M: || MacOS|-| W: || Windows|} {||- style="text-align:left;background:#cccccc;"! Editor !! Features !! OSes !! Remarks |-| [https://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 and 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].|- | [https://www.microsoft.com/p/context-ide/9nn9q389ttjr ConTeXt IDE]| CP || W | The first self-contained IDE for ConTeXt. After a few button presses you can start writing, compiling and viewing. There are some templates provided for new users. It is a Windows 10 app with 'fluent design' GUI. The editor is based on monaco-editor and the PDF viewer is based on PDF.js.|- style="background:#eeeeee;"| [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.|- | [https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Gedit gedit] | || L(MW) | GNOME editor |- style="background:#eeeeee;"| [http://www.jedit.org jEdit]| || LMW | Cross-platform mature programmer’s text editor. Good support for TeX and LilyPond among the rest.|- | [http://kate-editor.org Kate] | C || L(MW) | 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].|- style="background:#eeeeee;"| [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 syntax highlighting. |- | [[Notepad++]] | CT^?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 distribution in directory <tt>texmf-context/context/data/npp</tt>.|- style="background:#eeeeee;"| '''[[Scite|SciTE]]'''| CT || L(Probably M)W | The "official" ConTeXt editor ([http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/scite-context-readme.pdf more editors have info]). ConTeXt support files come with the ConTeXt distribution in directory <tt>texmf-context/context/data/scite</tt>. SciTE for Mac is commercial (AppStore). |- | [https://www.peterborgapps.com/smultron/ Smultron]| PTU || M | Shareware. [[ConTeXt_Minimals/Mac_Installation#Smultron_installation_and_configuration|Old configuration instructions]].|- style="background:#eeeeee;"| [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.|- | [https://projects.eclipse.org/projects/science.texlipse/ TeXlipse] | PS^?T || LMW | LaTeX-Extension for Eclipse (part of Eclipse Science)|- style="background:#eeeeee;"| [http://www.uoregon.edu/~koch/texshop/ TeXshop] | PT || M | Simple TeX IDE for OSX. [[TeXShop]] |- | [https://www.texstudio.org/ TeXstudio] | PST || LMW | Extensive, memory-hungry LaTeX IDE. Too LaTeX-centered to be really helpful for ConTeXt.|- style="background:#eeeeee;"| [[Textadept]]| CT || LMW | ConTeXt support files come with the ConTeXt distribution in directory <tt>texmf-context/context/data/textadept</tt>.|- | [[TextMate]] | C || M | The ConTeXt bundle is not in the distribution, but you can download a copy from [https://github.com/pgundlach/context.tmbundle/ GitHub]. |- style="background:#eeeeee;"| [http://www.textpad.com/ TextPad]| CT || W | Commercial; TeX/ConTeXt/LaTeX command library; configurable to run a whatever-TeX command as a tool|- | [http://www.tug.org/texworks/ TeXWorks]| PST || LMW | 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>.|- style="background:#eeeeee;"| [[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.|- | [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.|} [[Category:Text Editors]]