Questions tagged [editors]
General questions about text editors used for editing (La)TeX source code. For questions about specific editors, use the specific tag if applicable, e.g. {emacs}, {vim}, {kile}, {texworks}, or {texniccenter}.
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which configurable text editor for macos [closed]
For many many years I was using Alpha as configurable text editor for typing Latex in use with MacOS. Unfortunately this software is no more maintained and no more compatible with recent version of ...
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AI-assisted LaTeX editor
I want an AI-native LaTeX editor, because switching between ChatGPT and Overleaf is really annoying. Has anyone built something like this?
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Link with many %
Generally, I don't include many links in my PDFs. Until now I’ve never had problems with \href from the hyperref package: when the URL contains % characters, I escape them using \% and everything ...
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Want to use LaTeX for Students
The students don’t have knowledge of TeX but they want to use it. I heard that BakomaTeX has a facility to use LaTeX even the user doesn’t have knowledge of TeX, but I wasn’t able to use it. (The ...
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Build tree in WinEdt: cannot find \inputted file in the local MiKTeX directory
When I try to build file tree in WinEdt, \inputted files in the local TeX directory are not found. The code lines
\input greekup2
\input pusymb_t2a
\input x2symb
produce such nodes in the tree:
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Would using a different editor to complie a PDF prevent "corruptions"/"drawing errors" when attempting to print the PDF?
I have published a book on Amazon and IngramSpark. I have been using TexShop to compile with XeLaTex. The IngramSpark printers have had no problems with my PDF. For long stretches, I have sold print ...
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to code-fold by default whenever overleaf is opened
I use code folding for various parts, sections, equations, figures etc. Whenever I open overleaf for the first time nothing is folded. How to adjust so that all or selected items are folded by default ...
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TeXshop - Indent multiple lines
I want to indent multiple lines at the same time when writing with the editor TeXshop. I would like to select a bunch of lines and press 'tab' to move them. So far the lines are replaced by some empty ...
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How to avoid deleting text when commands are autocompiled in TeXMaker?
Is it possible to prevent that when someone writes a command before a text, this is then deleted due to automatic compilation? I'm using TeXMaker.
Pratical example
t=0: I write
ABCD
t=1: I want to ...
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Uploading a tex file in a folder on my desktop to MacTeX
I had been using WinEdt for years on a Dell Latitude laptop. Unfortunately, Windows has not been a reliable operating system, and when my Dell Latitude laptop had a meltdown recently, I decided to ...
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Are advanced TeX editors non-WYSIWYG word processor? [closed]
The article Difference between Word Processor and Text Editor - GeeksforGeeks lists things word processors can do. I think any advanced TeX editor (e.g. TeXstudio) can do any of those. As there are ...
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Typesetting doesn't achieve in Texifier "Maximum number of operations reached for typeset (30)"
I try to typeset the code of this answer in Texifier by using Lualatex but the typesetting doesn't stop. I get the error message Typeset Manager: Maximum number of operations reached for typeset (30).
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Should I use Overleaf or offline editors for writing a 110 page LaTeX document code? [closed]
I am converting some notes and some proofs of theorems in 7 research papers into LaTeX which were about 110 pages in word. I am also learning LaTeX from the textbook More Math into LaTeX by George ...
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Looking for a desktop-based collaborative TeX editor
I have been a long-time Overleaf user until I tried to compile a 50-page document 10 minutes before a project report deadline that was full of TikZ and CircuiTikZ diagrams. I had to get myself a free ...
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Is it possible to share content between multiple volumes using IntelliJ IDEA CE and TeXify and what would be the way to do this?
On Linux I was using TeXStudio and could fairly easily share content between different documents. But now I need to work on a Mac computer with the M1 chip (Silicon) and TeXStudio does not exist ...
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