What are some good, free TeX editors for Windows?

5/8/2006 10:21:28 PM

I was about to try this over the summer
http://www.latexeditor.org/

5/8/2006 10:23:53 PM

http://www.winedt.com

5/8/2006 10:25:37 PM

Yeah, that's the recommended one. But it's not free.

[Edited on May 8, 2006 at 10:29 PM. Reason : oh well, it's not expensive anyway.]]

5/8/2006 10:28:36 PM

You can continue to use it for as long as you want for free.

5/8/2006 10:30:05 PM

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"I was about to try this over the summer http://www.latexeditor.org/"

That's the first one I downloaded. Seems pretty decent (actually, a few too many options for my novice abilities), but the preview pane isn't working. Really sucks having to go back to Explorer and open the pdf in Acrobat every time I recompile.

5/8/2006 10:38:06 PM

WinEdt ftw. I use it religiously.

(for the Mac, I use TextMate)

5/8/2006 11:24:11 PM

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"(for the Mac, I use TextMate)"

I downloaded this and gave it a try. Seems pretty solid. I had been using TeXShop (for the whopping 2 days that I've spent with TeX). But is there any way to keep the PDF at the previous location upon recompile instead of having it jump back to page 1? I can't seem to find any option for that, and it's terribly annoying (especially for someone who still recompiles after every damn paragraph).

5/8/2006 11:59:22 PM

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"especially for someone who still recompiles after every damn paragraph"

haha im glad im not the only one, and ive been using LaTeX for several years if you really like having the pdf viewer and all integrated in one application, check out http://itexmac.sourceforge.net/. I'm pretty sure it does what you want. I haven't used it in a while, but when I did I enjoyed it.

[Edited on May 9, 2006 at 12:20 AM. Reason : .]

5/9/2006 12:18:15 AM

I used TeXnicCenter this semester for a project; worked great. I havn't used many others but did a bit of research that lead me to this prorgam.

5/9/2006 4:47:29 PM

another two questions:

How do I go about putting two images side by side with captions for both? Kind of a two column arrangement, but I'm going to have several pages of just figures, and doing simple columns would order the figures improperly:

Good:
Fig 1 .... Fig 2
Fig 3 .... Fig 4
Fig 5 .... Fig 6

Bad (2 columns):
Fig 1 .... Fig 4
Fig 2 .... Fig 5
Fig 3 .... Fig 6


Question 2: Captions for figures are always centered when the caption is only one line long. As soon as the caption expands to 2 lines, the first line jumps to full justified and the second line goes to left justified. Any way to keep that second line centered?

5/9/2006 6:22:57 PM

Check out http://web.engr.oregonstate.edu/~kaj/ltxtips.html#Figures

under "How to Put Two Figures Next to Each Other"

I don't know if this is a good or bad habit of LaTeX, but I actually know very little complex syntax (like the 2 figures side-by-side). I always refer back to old documents that I've written and just copy/paste accordingly.

Also, here's some pretty cool programs that I used when I started to learn the simple LaTeX format. MathType, the advanced equation editor that you're asked to upgrade to when using MS Equation Editor has a very good LaTeX translator. You basically design your equation visually, and it will generate the LaTeX code for you. Pretty soon, though, you'll be much quicker at writing them by hand. (http://www.dessci.com/en/products/mathtype/)

I've also always hated making tables (mostly large ones) in a raw text file, mainly because it can make your file look like shit. For tables, I use a program called LyX to visually create the table, and then use the export to TeX command to get the code. LyX is also a good starting point for those new to LaTeX. It's essentially a semi-WYSIWYG editor that conforms to LaTeX typesetting standards. It's been in development for several years and has become a pretty powerful tool. I used to use it exclusively when starting out, and still use it for those large tables. (http://www.lyx.org)

5/9/2006 7:32:00 PM

sounds like someone's finally getting his thesis done!

5/9/2006 7:41:50 PM