LaTeX Editor
LaTeX Editor is a lightweight desktop editor that compiles your document and shows the PDF next to the source. Click a line to jump to it in the PDF, click the PDF to jump back to the source (SyncTeX).
- pdflatex, xelatex and lualatex; the engine is picked from the document
- Build the whole document from any chapter file
- Autocompletion for commands, \ref and \cite keys and file paths
- PDF search, bookmarks, text selection and a presentation mode
- Spell check with bundled Turkish and English dictionaries
- Reference audit, a bibliography tab and adding sources by DOI
- Named snapshots of your files without git, crash recovery and autosave
- Turkish and English interface, seven themes
A TeX distribution such as TeX Live has to be installed separately.
Compatibility: Uses the C library of the system (may need glibc 2.35 or later)
GitHub Download LaTeX_Editor Website LaTeX_Editor Bugtracker
Usage
LaTeX_Editor is available as an AppImage which means "one app = one file", which you can download and run on your Linux system while you don't need a package manager and nothing gets changed in your system. Awesome!
AppImages are single-file applications that run on most Linux distributions. Download an application, make it executable, and run! No need to install. No system libraries or system preferences are altered. Most AppImages run on recent versions of Arch Linux, CentOS, Debian, Fedora, openSUSE, Red Hat, Ubuntu, and other common desktop distributions.
This AppImage uses the C library of the system and may need glibc 2.35 or later. It does not run on distributions that use a different C library (such as musl on Alpine Linux) or an older glibc.
Running LaTeX_Editor on Linux without installation
Unlike other applications, AppImages do not need to be installed before they can be used. However, they need to be marked as executable before they can be run. This is a Linux security feature.Beware! AppImages are usually not verified by others. Follow these instructions only if you trust the developer of the software. Use at your own risk!
Download the LaTeX_Editor AppImage and make it executable using your file manager or by entering the following commands in a terminal:
chmod +x ./*.AppImageThen double-click the AppImage in the file manager to open it.
Sandboxing LaTeX_Editor
If you want to restrict what LaTeX_Editor can do on your system, you can run the AppImage in a sandbox like Firejail. This is entirely optional and currently needs to be configured by the user.
Updating LaTeX_Editor
If you would like to update to a new version, simply download the new LaTeX_Editor AppImage.
The LaTeX_Editor AppImage also can be updated using AppImageUpdate. Using this tool, LaTeX_Editor can be updated by downloading only the portions of the AppImage that have actually changed since the last version.
Integrating AppImages into the system
If you would like to have the executable bit set automatically, and would like to see LaTeX_Editor and other AppImages integrated into the system (menus, icons, file type associations, etc.), then you may want to check the optional appimaged daemon.
Note for application authors
Thanks for distributing LaTeX_Editor in the AppImage format for all common Linux distributions. Great! Here are some ideas on how to make it even better.
Pro Tips for further enhancing the LaTeX_Editor AppImage
Please consider making the LaTeX_Editor AppImage self-contained, so that it does not depend on the C library of the system and runs on more distributions: ship the C library including its loader (ld-linux-*.so.*) and use it to launch the application, or link statically.
Thanks for shipping AppStream metainfo inside your AppImage. Please open a pull request on https://github.com/AppImage/appimage.github.io/blob/master/data/LaTeX_Editor if you have changed it and would like to see this page updated accordingly.
If you would like to see a donation link for the application here, please include one in the AppStream data.