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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Understanding TeX terminology
I'm new to TeX and want to make sure I understand some of the terminology. If I understand correctly,
you have a .tex file, which is just plain text, like .txt. The extension .tex signifies that the ...
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Output of TeXnicCenter does not get updated
I have been using TeXnicCenter with SumatraPDF for a very long time.
Now, all of a sudden, I guess after a Window update, the pdf file in Sumatra pdf gets produced once for a new TeX file, but does ...
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TeXShop Spelling Error Underline Color
When a word is misspelled in TeXShop, the editor underlines it in red. Which setting should I tweak to select another color to underline? I don't seem to find which Theme item corresponds to it.
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Text in editor is grayed out
Everything is working well, but for some reason the text in the editor part is very light. On my other laptop it works fine... See pic
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I installed TeX and LaTeX in Windows. When I try to start it, Windows asks what app I want to use. There's no app for TeX [duplicate]
I have tried Google Play Store and I have looked in all program folders in Windows system files.
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Is there a way to open multiple files under different tabs in the same window in texshop?
In TexShop everytime, I open a new file, it opens in a new window. A similar question has been asked before, but the solution is not there. I have attached a snapshot of TexStudio to illustrate the ...
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Texshop : shortcut for renaming environment
There is a very convenient macro in Emacs+AucteX and I wonder whether it exists in TeXShop. It consists in renaming an environment automatically. Suppose I start with
\begin{itemize}
\item blabla
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Increase code font size in Texifier editor
I want to know how to make the latex codes part larger in Texifier. I learnt that in overleaf you can always click menu and set font size. But I don't know how to do that for Texifier. Thanks
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How to check what I'm using in my environment
I use VS code with the Latex workshop on Mac and it works perfectly fine when writing a paper. But I don't understand "pdflatex", "mactex", "texlive" or something other ...
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Can we open two (or more) tex files in the same window in TeXShop? [duplicate]
In TexStudio, one can open two or more tex files (or .bib, .aux, etc.) in the same window. But with my little experience with TeXShop so far, if I open a tex file and then a bib file, they open in ...
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Is there an online tool to write LaTeX equations, along with normal texts and also feature to download document as image?
I'm in search of an online tool that can:
Write both LaTeX equations, as well as normal text.
Convert the document into an image and let the user download it
Also the tool must be free, because why ...
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Adding text Macros to an editor
I want to add global macros to my TeX editor. By this, I mean something like this: every time I write \section{x}, it automatically adds \label{sec:x} after \section{x}.
Is it possible on Texmaker? If ...
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How to run `--shell-escape` for LuaLaTeX in Texshop
Is there a way to run the --shell-escape command for the LuaLaTex engine in Texshop? I know there are editable TEX and Latex commands in the Texshop settings under Engine->pdfTeX settings, but I do ...
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VSCode Texlive / LatexWorkshop - unable to Build or Preview Latex Files (Unable to understand the previous responses to the same question)
UPDATE - Solution found
With thanks to Alan I was able to resolve the issue. My two problems were.
I didn't know how to set the correct paths in LaTeX Workshop on VSCode
I hadn't corrrectly run the ...
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Which encoding should I choose when saving files in Kile?
I noticed that Kile appears to have changed the default encoding for files to x-UTF_8j. It has also developed a bewildering list of encoding options in the file saving dialogue. (So this is probably ...
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