LaTeXila is a LaTeX editor for the GNOME Desktop. It is a free software (GPL 3+ license). It runs on GNU/Linux, OpenBSD and maybe other UNIX systems.
Here are the main features of LaTeXila 2.8, the current stable version, released in March 2013.
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Build Tools: customizable buttons to compile, convert and view a document in one click. Latexmk is used by default, but the "low-level" commands such as pdflatex, dvipdf and bibtex can also be used. |
| Screenshot 4 | Completion of LaTeX commands. |
| Screenshot 5 | Document structure: a list of chapters, sections, figures, etc. to easily navigate in a document. |
| Screenshot 6 | Symbol tables (Greek letters, arrows, etc). |
| Screenshot 7 | Templates: there are a few default templates, but you can create personal templates. |
| Screenshot 8 | Easy projects management. |
| Spell checking. | |
| Forward and backward search: switch between the .tex and the PDF. | |
| Some menus and toolbars with the principal LaTeX commands. | |
| File browser integrated. | |
| All common things found in a text editor… | |
| Translations. |
The version numbering is the same as GNOME:
A version number has the form X.Y.Z. "Y" is even for stable versions, and is
odd for unstable versions. For example, the 2.2.0 version is stable, but 2.3.0
is unstable. An unstable version can potentially have more bugs, and there are
generally new features between two minor unstable versions (e.g. 2.3.0 -> 2.3.1).
A new minor stable version (e.g. 2.2.0 -> 2.2.1) doesn't add new features, only
new or updated translations and bug fixes.
New versions are released "when it's done".
The NEWS file describes the changes for each version.
| Arch Linux | available in AUR |
| Debian | packages available |
| Fedora | packages available |
| Gentoo | ebuilds available |
| OpenBSD | port available |
| OpenSUSE | packages available |
| Ubuntu |
packages available PPA for stable releases PPA for unstable releases |
Development ideas are available on this wiki page.
The project is hosted on this Git repository.
A repository is also available on GitHub.
Bug reports and feature requests are made on the
GNOME bugzilla.
Join the #latexila channel on irc.gnome.org (standard port: 6667).
