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<td> Editor </td>
 
<td> Editor </td>
<td> ConTeXt features </td>
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<td> features </td>
<td> UTF-8 / bidirectional </td>
 
 
<td> Linux </td>
 
<td> Linux </td>
 
<td> Windows </td>
 
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<td> [http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki Emacs] with [http://www.gnu.org/software/auctex/ AUCTeX] </td>
 
<td> [http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki Emacs] with [http://www.gnu.org/software/auctex/ AUCTeX] </td>
<td> S+? </td>
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<td> SU+? </td>
<td> y / ? </td>
 
 
<td> y </td>
 
<td> y </td>
 
<td> y </td>
 
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<td> [http://www.vim.org Vim]  </td>
 
<td> [http://www.vim.org Vim]  </td>
<td> S+? </td>
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<td> SU2+? </td>
<td> y / y </td>
 
 
<td> y </td>
 
<td> y </td>
 
<td> y </td>
 
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<td>[http://scintilla.sourceforge.net/SciTE.html SciTE]</td>
 
<td>[http://scintilla.sourceforge.net/SciTE.html SciTE]</td>
<td> CS </td>
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<td> CSU </td>
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<td> y </td>
 
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<td> [http://www.uoregon.edu/~koch/texshop/texshop.html TeXshop] </td>
 
<td> [http://www.uoregon.edu/~koch/texshop/texshop.html TeXshop] </td>
 
<td> C?PST </td>
 
<td> C?PST </td>
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<td> n </td>
 
<td> n </td>
 
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ConTeXt features:  
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'''features:'''
* C = command completion  
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* C = TeX/ConTeXt command completion  
 
* P = PDF preview   
 
* P = PDF preview   
* S = syntax highlighting   
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* S = TeX/ConTeXt syntax highlighting   
* T = typesetting  
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* T = ConTeXt typesetting
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* U = Unicode (UTF-8) handling
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* 2 = bidirectional edit (right-to-left)
 
* + = more…
 
* + = more…
 
* ? = previous feature probable but unsure
 
* ? = previous feature probable but unsure

Revision as of 16:43, 26 July 2004

< Main Page

You can use any text editor for creating a source file for ConTeXt. A lot of editors provide generic TeX syntax highlighting (not based on a word list). But some have a bit more support for ConTeXt:

Editor features Linux Windows MacOS X
Emacs with AUCTeX SU+? y y y
Vim SU2+? y y y
SciTE CSU y y y (X11)
TeXshop C?PST n n y

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


Remarks

Emacs + AUCTeX: Only the current developer version of AUCTeX has ConTeXt support. Berend de Boer’s ConTeXt mode for Emacs has been merged with the former ConTeXt support in AUCTeX by Patrick Gundlach.

SciTE: Only the latest version 1.6.x has ConTeXt support. Fink’s version ist too old.

SciTE on MacOSX 10.3 is Adam's quick-and-dirty port of SciTE to Panther/X11.