[texworks] Wordcount
thomas.floeren at mac.com
thomas.floeren at mac.com
Sat Aug 1 13:34:17 CEST 2009
At work I use TeXworks on WindowsXP every day. This is because for
this platform there are not much (utf8-capable) editors with enhaced
functions for ConText/LaTeX:
- Notepad++ (utf ok, no really working functions for context)
- TeXmaker (utf ok, LaTeX only)
- LEd (still no utf, latex only)
- Scite (my ancient favorite on XP, before TeXworks; not accessible to
novices, utf ok, context very ok)
- WinEdt (very very nice for LaTeX, but utf still in question(?),
context?)
On Mac things are different:
The already perfect editor for ConTeXt (and LaTeX) is TextMate (with
the LaTeX bundle and the very nice ConTeXt bundle by P. Gundlach(?))
For novice users, who have problems to set up TextMate or are not
willing to pay for it, we have TeXshop, which - if I remember
correctly - is already set up for use (preconfigs for ConTeXt/XeTeX/
LaTeX).
This is also bundled with the texlive package.
So my question now:
What is the purpose of the Mac edition of TeXworks?
Should it remplace the TeXshop (i.e. an app for novice usres)?
Or should is it meant to take over the functionality of TextMate?
('takeover' means integrate the ConTeXt (and LaTeX) Bundle of TextMate
into a the new editor, making him the base for future development, as
a reference ConTeXt/LaTeX editor).
Thomas
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