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You can use any = Integrating text editor for creating a source file for ConTeXt (in case of desperation, even notepad should do :). A lot of editors provide generic TeX syntax highlighting (not based on a word list). But some have a bit more support for with ConTeXt:=

== * [[BBEdit]]* [[CudaText]]* [[ConTeXt-aware ==on-web]] (COW)* Emacs** [[AUCTeX|AUCTeX]]** [[Emacs-muse|muse]]** [[Reftex|Reftex]]* [[ITeXMac]]* [[Notepad++]]* [[Nova]]* [[Scite]] ([[Windows Installation: ConTeXt Suite with SciTe]])* [[TeXnicCenter]]* [[Texpad]]* [[TeXShop]]* [[Textadept]]* [[TextMate]]* [[TeXworks]]* [[Vim]]* [[VSCode]]

<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.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki Emacs] with [http://www.gnu.org/software/auctex/ AUCTeX] </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> 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. </td> </tr> <tr> <td> [[Vim]] </td> <td> </td><td> </td><td> S </td><td> T </td><td> U </td><td> 2 </td><td> ? </td> <td> y </td> <td> y </td> <td> y </td> <td> Extremely powerful & highly configurable text editor for those who prefer command-line to GUI. (See also: [[Vim]])</td> </tr> <tr style="background:#eeeeee;"> <td>[http://scintilla.sourceforge.net/SciTE.html SciTE]</td> <td> C </td><td> </td><td> S </td><td> T </td><td> U </td><td> </td><td> </td> <td> y </td> <td> y </td> <td> y (X11) </td> <td> ConTeXt support not before v1.6.x. 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 mcite.pdf][http://homepage.mac.com/atl/tex/#other SciTE on MacOSX 10.3] is Adam's quick-and-dirty port of SciTE to Panther/X11. </td> </tr><tr> <td> [http://www.uoregon.edu/~koch/texshop/ TeXshop] </td> <td> ? </td><td> P </td><td> S </td><td> T </td><td> ? </td><td> </td><td> </td> <td> - </td> <td> - </td> <td> y (native)</td> <td> Simple Cocoa IDE </td> </tr><tr styleSetting up source synchronisation ="background:#eeeeee;"> <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> - </td> <td> y (X11) </td> <td> GNOME editor </td> </tr><tr> <td> [http://lumumba.luc.ac.be/jori/klat/ klat] </td> <td> </td><td> </td><td> S </td><td> T </td><td> U </td><td> ? </td><td> </td> <td> y </td> <td> - </td> <td> y (X11) </td> <td> KDE editor, based on kate </td> </tr> <tr style="background:#eeeeee;"> <td> [[iTeXMac]] </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 (native) </td> <td> More advanced Cocoa IDE (one of its modes doesn't like tabulated source)</td> </tr> </table>

'''features:''' * C = TeX/ConTeXt command completion * P = PDF preview * S = TeX/ConTeXt syntax highlighting * T = ConTeXt typesetting* U = Unicode (UTF-8) handling* 2 = bidirectional edit (right-to-left)* + = more…* ? = previous feature probable but unsure[[SyncTeX]]

== Other Text editors ==

The following '''Beware''', for several editors have no specific , syntax highlighting wasn’t changed since MkII! {||- style="text-align:left;"! colspan="2" | Features|-| C: || ConTeXt syntax highlighting (and perhaps command completion)|-| P: || PDF preview|-| S: || [[SyncTeX]] support, but do a good job for generic (Lasynchronising between text in PDF and TeX source)TeX |-| 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 !! Latest Release !! Remarks |-| [https://atom.io Atom]| CSP || LMW || deprecated in 2022| Replaced by [https://pulsar-edit.dev Pulsar]; see below.|- style="background:#eeeeee;"| [http://www.barebones.com/products/bbedit/ BBEdit]| CSTP || M || 2023| Venerable, powerful text editor for MacOS. Highlighting, so 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 || 2022| The first self-contained IDE for ConTeXt. After a few button presses you may use them can start writing, compiling and viewing. There are some templates provided for new users. It’s 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;"| [https://context-on-web.eu ConTeXt as wellOn Web] (COW)| CPT || Browser || 2022| Online IDE with layout and table wizards.|- | [http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki Emacs] with [http://www.gnu.org/software/auctex/ AUCTeX] | CT || LMW || 2022| 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. <tablebr>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. <tr |- style="background:#cccccceeeeee;"> <td> Editor <| [https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Gedit gedit] | || L(MW) || 2023| GNOME editor (MATE fork: Pluma); also install the plugins!|-| [http://td>www.jedit.org jEdit]| || LMW || 2020| Cross-platform mature programmer’s text editor. Good support for TeX (formerly also LilyPond) among the rest. <td colspan|- style="7background:#eeeeee;"> features <| [http://kate-editor.org Kate] | C || LMW || 2023| IDE for KDE.|- | [http://www.nano-editor.org/td>nano] | || L(MW) || 2023| 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. |- style="background:#eeeeee;"| [[Notepad++]] | CT<tdsup> Linux ?</tdsup>2 || W || 2023 | 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> Win texmf-context/context/data/npp</tdtt>. <td> |-| [[Nova]] | CPT || M || 2023| Nova is a capable commercial text editor by Panic for MacOS X <. The editor supports a good set of general text editing features, with additional functionality provided by extensions. A git client, terminal handling, preview, and simple IDE are built in. |- style="background:#eeeeee;"| [https://pulsar-edit.dev Pulsar]| CSP || LMW || 2023| Fork of [https://atom.io Atom]; based on Electron. Good git client. Lots of plugins covering any editing task. Install plugins "[https://codeberg.org/fiee/td>language-context language-context]", "language-lua" and "pdf-view" for C and P.|- | '''[[Scite|SciTE]]'''| CT || L(M)W || 2023 | Used to be the "official" ConTeXt editor ([http://www.pragma-ade.nl/general/manuals/scite-context-readme.pdf more info]). ConTeXt support files come with the ConTeXt distribution in directory <tdtt> Remarks texmf-context/context/data/scite</tdtt>. SciTE for Mac is commercial (AppStore). (After API changes, the setup doesn’t work any more.) </tr><tr |- style="background:#eeeeee;"> <td> | [httphttps://www.winedtpeterborgapps.com/ WinEdtsmultron/ Smultron]<| PTU || M || 2022| Shareware. [[ConTeXt_Minimals/td>Mac_Installation#Smultron_installation_and_configuration|Old configuration instructions]]. <td> |- <| [https://www.sublimetext.com/ Sublime Text]| CT2 || LMW || 2021| Uncluttered yet extremely powerful & widely revered text editor. With Package Control, install the vital [https://packagecontrol.io/packages/td><td> simple_ConTeXt simple_ConTeXt] package (discontinued, not available anymore as of 2021-11; see [[CudaText]] for its successor).|- <style="background:#eeeeee;"| [https://projects.eclipse.org/projects/science.texlipse/td>TeXlipse] | PS<tdsup> S ?</tdsup>T || LMW || 2020| LaTeX-Extension for Eclipse (part of Eclipse Science)|- | [http://www.uoregon.edu/~koch/texshop/ TeXshop] | PT || M || 2023| Simple TeX IDE for OSX. [[TeXShop]] |- style="background:#eeeeee;"| [https://www.texstudio.org/ TeXstudio] | PST || LMW || 2023| Extensive LaTeX IDE. Too LaTeX-centered to be really helpful for ConTeXt.|- | [[Textadept]]| CT || LMW || 2023| ConTeXt support files come with the ConTeXt distribution in directory <tdtt> texmf- context/context/data/textadept</td><tdtt> . (Might not work any more, similar problem as with SciTE.)|- <style="background:#eeeeee;"| [[TextMate]] | C || M || 2014?| The ConTeXt bundle is outdated and not in the distribution, but you can download a copy from [https://github.com/pgundlach/context.tmbundle/td><td> GitHub]. |- <| [http://www.textpad.com/ TextPad]| CT || W || 2023| Commercial; TeX/ConTeXt/td><td> LaTeX command library; configurable to run a whatever-TeX command as a tool|- <style="background:#eeeeee;"| [http://www.tug.org/texworks/td>TeXWorks]| PST || LMW || 2023 | Probably the most widespread TeX IDE, similar to TeXshop, supported by TUG. ConTeXt support files come with the ConTeXt distribution in directory <tdtt> texmf- context/context/data/texworks</tdtt>.|- | [[Vim]] | CT2 || LMW || 2022| 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. ConTeXt support is good.|- style="background:#eeeeee;" <td> y <| [[VSCode|Visual Studio Code]] / [https://td>vscodium.com VSCodium]| C || WML || 2023| Universal IDE, based on Electron. Usable Git client, lots of plugins. ConTeXt syntax support in the distribution; language server still in development. <td> |- <| [http://www.winedt.com/td>WinEdt]| T || W || 2023 <td> | Shareware. A nice, configurable Windows editor, very suitable for newbies to (La)TeXLaTeX. 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 (sadly this . This is not yet supported for ConTeXt)also.<br>''(WinEdt is not free software, but shareware with 31+ days trialYou can configure it easily.)''</td> </tr><tr style="background:#eeeeee;">|}  <td> [http[Category://nedit.org/ NEditText Editors]]</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></table>