What is the Best TeX\LaTeX Editor for Physics Forums?

[Strontium90]

Hi, I am looking for a TeX\LaTeX editor, preferably a freeware or shareware version. I want to work on learning this scripting language for working in the Physics Forums.

 

[n.karthick]

There are many $$LaTeX$$ editors freely available. You can choose one based on the operating system you use and your personal favor.
LyX is somewhat user friendly and good for beginners. TeXworks, TeXmaker are also good editors. I use TeXNiC center in Windows environment.

 

[nbo10]

emacs

FYI, it's not a scripting language, it's a document markup language.

 

[micromass]

Go for TeXniccenter, I use it all the time and it's real good!

 

[jhae2.718]

I like Texmaker, as I can use the same interface across platforms. I'm about 50/50 Linux and Windows.

 

[MATLABdude]

You don't mention which operating system or LaTeX distribution you're using. If you don't have one, and are on Windows, this will probably be MiKTeX, which comes with both TeXniccenter and TeXWork. If you're on Mac, this will probably be MacTeX (which comes with TeXWorks and TeXShop). Unfortunately, I'm not sure what you use if you use Linux.
http://miktex.org/
http://www.tug.org/mactex/

I use TeXWork, since it's available on both the platforms I use (I also share my files--currently my thesis--using Dropbox).

There you have it, five different posts, five different responses. Try them and see what you like best. That or, as n.karthick suggests, go with LyX and get a much easier learning curve (assuming you ever look behind the curtain--a friend of mine never has, and he's written a few papers and his thesis in LyX LaTeX!)

 

[jhae2.718]

Linux uses TeXLive, which should come installed already; otherwise it should be in the distro's repo.

 

[Strontium90]

Hi everyone, my apologies for replying back so late. I am using Win XP for my OS for general work (at the moment). Thank all of you for the information.