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Properties of TeX editors 1
Name
Editing style[Note 1]
Native operating systems
Latest stable version
Costs
License
Configurable
Integrated viewer
AUCTeX
Source
Linux, macOS, Windows
(2019-10-30) 12.2
Free
GPL
Yes
Yes
Gummi
Source
Linux
(2020-01-26) 0.8.1
Free
MIT
Yes
Yes (Live update)
Kile
Source
Linux (macOS, Windows)[Note 2]
(2012-09-23) 2.1.3
Free
GPL
Yes
Yes (Quick preview)
LyX
WYSIWYM
Linux, macOS, Windows
(2019-06-25) 2.3.3
Free
GPL
Yes
Yes
Notepad++
Source
Windows
(2021-02-15) 7.9.3
Free
GPL
Yes
No, but can be integrated [Note 3]
TexLab
Source-WYSIWYG
Windows
(2019-04-30) 7.8
Free
Free
Yes
Yes
Texmaker
Source
Linux, macOS, Windows
(2020-01-05) 5.0.4
Free
GPL2
Yes
Yes
TeXstudio
Source
Linux, macOS, Windows
(2021-05-13) 3.1.2
Free
GPL2
Yes
Yes (pdf, selection with dvi2png)
Verbosus
Source
Online, Android, iOS
(2016-05-06) 4.1.3
Free
Proprietary
Yes
Yes (pdf)
Visual Studio Code
Source
Windows, Linux, macOS
(2021-05-13) 1.56.2
Free
MPL
Yes
Yes (pdf) [Note 4]
Properties of TeX editors 2
Name
Inverse search[Note 5]
DDE support[Note 6] Organises Projects
Menu for inserting symbols
Document comparison
Spell-checking
Multiple undo-redo
AUCTeX
Yes
No
Partial (master file)
Yes
Yes
Yes[Note 7]
Yes
Gummi
Yes
—
Yes
No
No
Yes
Yes
Kile
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
LyX
Yes
?
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Notepad++
Yes, with SumatraPDF
Yes, with a DDE client
Yes
Partial[Note 8]
Yes
Yes
Yes
TexLab
Yes
—
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Texmaker
Yes
No
Partial (master file)
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
TeXstudio
Yes
Yes
Partial (master file)
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Verbosus
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
Visual Studio Code
Yes
?
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Name
Inverse search
DDE Support
Organises Projects
Menu for inserting symbols
Document comparison
Spell-checking
Multiple undo-redo
Properties of TeX editors 3
Name
Collapsible sections
Find and replace using RegEx
Intelligent error handling
Autocompletion of LaTeX commands
Parenthesis matching
Starts up to previous state[Note 9]
Unicode support
RTL Support[Note 10]
AUCTeX
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes[Note 11]
Yes
Yes
Gummi
No
No
No
No
Yes
No
Yes
?
Kile
Yes[Note 12]
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
LyX
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Notepad++
Yes
Yes
No
Partial[Note 13]
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
TexLab
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Texmaker
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
TeXstudio
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Verbosus
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
?
Visual Studio Code
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Name
Collapsible sections
Find and replace using RegEx
Intelligent error handling
Autocompletion of LaTeX commands
Parenthesis matching
Starts up to previous state[Note 14]
Unicode support
RTL Support[Note 15]
Screenshots and Video Tutorials of TeX editors
Editor
Screenshot
LyX
Screenshot
Texmaker
Screenshot of Texmaker version 4.5
TexLab
TeXLab Screenshot
TeXstudio
Screenshot of TeXstudio (2.12.6)
Visual Studio Code
The LaTex Workshop extension for Visual Studio Code
Editor
Screenshot
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