JLatexEditor

JLatexEditor is a cross-platform open source LaTeX editor. The editor is in constant development. It is well-tested on Linux, but has to be considered pre-alpha version, and only for experimental use for Windows and Mac OS.

Operating System Support

• GNU/Linux: yes
• Windows: highly experimental (not yet for production use)
• Mac OS: yes

The support for Windows will be improved in the next stable release.

Download

• latest release:
  •  tar.gz
  •  zip
•  older releases
• Source code

Documentation

• Manual

Screenshots

Features

• syntax highlighting:
  • user configurable highlighting of latex commands
  • fast bracket identification (including highlighting of nested brackets)
• live spell checker (aspell and hunspell integration)
• completion of
  • LaTeX commands
  • bibtex entries after \cite{
  • labels after \ref{
  • directories and files after \include{ and \input{
  • words
• command templates and user defined live templates
• quick help for LaTeX commands
• LaTeX compiler integration
  • separate lists for errors, warnings, overfilled hboxes
  • jump to code position with one click
  • advanced latex output parser (we usually point to the right error location)
• diff integration (compare two files)
• version control
  • svn integration
  • local version history (see what you have changed in the last minutes, hours, and days)
• show document structure and allow quick jump to sections
• quick jump to element under cursor (file, label, command)
• fast file creation: just press alt+enter over an non-exsisting file after an \input or \include command
• features by screenshots

In work

• multi-language support (partially available)

• for more features and fixed coming soon see the list of  open tickets for milestone 0.2

How to get involved?

There are several way you can contribute to this project:

• report bugs
• suggest enhancements or new features
• translate JLatexEditor into your language
• take part in the development (contact  Jörg Endrullis)

Source code

• checkout from subversion (user "anonymous" with empty password):

  svn co https://jle.cc/svn/JLatexEditor/trunk JLatexEditor
  

• build and run:

  ant runJLatexEditor
  

• Development

Credits

Developers that took part in the development of JLatexEditor:

•  Jörg Endrullis
•  Stefan Endrullis
•  Rena Bakhshi

License

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the  GNU General Public License version 2.

Links

• some references