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LaTeX is not a stand-alone typesetting program in itself, but document preparation software that runs on top of Donald E. Knuth's TeX typesetting system. TeX distributions usually bundle together all the parts needed for a working TeX system and they generally add to this both configuration and maintenance utilities. Nowadays LaTeX, and many of the packages built on it, form an important component of any major TeX distribution.

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If you’re new to TeX and LaTeX or just want an easy installation, geta full TeX distribution. The TeX Users Group (TUG) has a list of notable distributionsthat are entirely, or least primarily, free software.

Linux

Check your Linux distributions software source for a TeX distribution including LaTeX. You can also install the current TeX Live distribution directly---in fact this may be advisable as many Linux distributions only contain older versions of TeX Live, see Linux TeX Live package status for details.

Mac OS

The MacTeX distribution contains everything you need, including a complete TeX system with LaTeX itself and editors to write documents.

Windows

Check out the MiKTeX or proTeXt or TeX Live distributions; they contain a complete TeX system with LaTeX itself and editors to write documents.

Online

LaTeX online services like Papeeria, Overleaf, ShareLaTeX, Datazar, and LaTeX base offer the ability to edit, view and download LaTeX files and resulting PDFs.

CTAN

You can obtain LaTeX from CTAN, which is theprimary source of distribution for LaTeX. In order for your downloadedLaTeX to be of any use, you have to obtain and set up a TeX systemfirst. You can either install a TeX distribution (see above) or get aTeX system from CTAN. Ifyou use a TeX distribution then it will include a version of LaTeX sothis will probably make things easier for you; but you may have areason not to do this.

The LaTeX Git Repository

These days the LaTeX development sources are kept in a GitHubrepository (previously we used SVN).

Anyone can access it and download the files, butsubmission is restricted to team members. The repository is located at https://github.com/latex3/latex2eand from that browser page you may explore the files, clone therepository or download the files in a .zip archive (roughly 25Mb) byusing the appropriate buttons.

If you are familiar with Git you can also clone the repository using thecommand line or your favorite Git fontend tool, e.g.,

which needs about 50Mb of space.Alternatively, you can do a Subversion checkout from the command line, e.g.,

which will just checkout the current files.But be aware that a SVN checkout of the form

will download all files including theirhistory (back to 2009) and amounts to roughly 1.4Gb so that is quite large.

Note: If you had bookmarked the old SVN repository please update thatbookmark to the new GIT repository as we have finally removed it.

A note on Git pull requests

Git repositories support distributed development and allow people toprovide change sets that are made available through so called pullrequests, so that the maintainers of a program can “pull the suggestedchanges” into the main repository.

While we appreciate contributions, we think that for the core LaTeXsoftware pull requests are usually not a good approach (unless thechange has be already discussed and agreed upon).The stability of LaTeX is very important and this means that changes tothe kernel are necessarily very conservative. It also means that a lotof discussion has to happen before any changes are made. So if you dodecide to post a pull request, please bear this in mind: we doappreciate ideas, but cannot always integrate them into the kernel andit is quite likely that we reject updates made in this way.

If you want to discuss a possible contribution before (or instead of)making a pull request, we suggest you raise the topic first onthe LATEX-L list or drop aline to the team.

Historic LaTeX

Ulrik Vieth has collected historic versions of LaTeX from LaTeX 2.0for TeX 1.0 (released on 11 December 1983) onwards. You can find thematftp://ftp.tug.org/historic/macros/latex-saildart/.There might even be some earlier versions. All files have been pulledfrom the SAILDART archive site at http://z.baumgart.org/ (no longeronline) which was based on archive tapes from SAIL at Stanford.

More historic material can be found at ftp://ftp.tug.org/historic (you may not be able to open this in all browsers — alternatively try https://www.math.utah.edu/pub/tex/historic/).

TeXworks
lowering the entry barrier to the TeX world

Jonathan Kew, Stefan Löffler, Charlie Sharpsteen

News

• (Mar 2020) TeXworks 0.6.5 released (Get it | Changes)
• (Mar 2020) TeXworks 0.6.4 released (Changes)
• (Mar 2019) TeXworks 0.6.3 released (Changes)
• (Apr 2017) TeXworks 0.6.2 released (Changes)
• (May 2016) TeXworks 0.6.1 released (Changes)
• (Apr 2016) TeXworks 0.6.0 released (Changes)
• (Apr 2015) TeXworks 0.4.6 released (Changes)
• (Apr 2013) TeXworks 0.4.5 released (Changes)
• (Apr 2012) TeXworks 0.4.4 released (Changes)
• (Jun 2011) TeXworks 0.4.3 released (Changes)
• (Jun 2011) TeXworks 0.4.2 released (Changes)
• (May 2011) TeXworks 0.4.1 released (Changes)
• (Mar 2011) TeXworks 0.4.0 released (Changes)
• (Oct 2009) TeXworks 0.2.3 released
• (Oct 2009) TeXworks 0.2.2 released
• (Oct 2009) TeXworks 0.2.1 released
• (Sep 2009) TeXworks 0.2.0 released (Changes)

Introduction

The TeXworks project is an effort to build a simple TeX front-end program (working environment) that will be available for all today's major desktop operating systems—in particular, MS Windows (7/8/8.1/10), typical GNU/Linux distros and other X11-based systems, as well as Mac OS X. It is deliberately modeled on Dick Koch's award-winning TeXShop for Mac OS X, which is credited with a resurgence of TeX usage on the Mac platform.

To provide a similar experience across all systems, TeXworks is based on cross-platform, open source tools and libraries. The Qt toolkit was chosen for the quality of its cross-platform user interface capabilities, with native “look and feel” on each platform being a realistic target. Qt also provides a rich application framework, facilitating the relatively rapid development of a usable product.

The normal TeXworks workflow is PDF-centric, using pdfTeX and XeTeX as typesetting engines and generating PDF documents as the defaultformatted output. Although it is possible to configure a processing path based on DVI, newcomers to the TeX world need not be concernedwith DVI at all, but can generally treat TeX as a system that goes directly from marked-up text files to ready-to-use PDF documents.

TeXworks includes an integrated PDF viewer, based on the Poppler library, so there is no need to switch to an external program such as Acrobat, xpdf, etc., to view the typeset output. The integrated viewer also supports source/preview synchronization (e.g., control-click within the source text to locate the corresponding position in the PDF, and vice versa). This capability is based on the “SyncTeX” feature developed by Jérôme Laurens, and supported by both the pdfTeX and XeTeX programs in TeX Live and other current distributions.

Getting TeXworks

You can get stable release binaries for the following platforms:

• Microsoft Windows: TeXworks installer
• Mac OS X: TeXworks disk images
• GNU/Linux: Arch Linux, Debian, Fedora, Flatpak, Gentoo, openSUSE, Ubuntu

See also Repology, the packaging hub for more details about pre-built packages

For the latest development versions, see Online resources.

Note that TeX Live (since version 2009) and MiKTeX (since version 2.8) both include TeXworks for MS Windows. For Linux, prepackaged binaries may be available through the usual channels for your distribution or are currently in preparation.

If no binaries are available for your platform, you can grab a copy of the sources and build TeXworks yourself.

A few screenshots are available showing the TeXworks 0.4 release running on the three major supported operating systems (click images to open full-size versions):

Documentation

If you are using a stable version of TeXworks, 'A short manual for TeXworks' should be included automatically. Despite its name, it is quite extensive and should provide all the necessary information for normal usage. This manual normally is accessible from the 'Help' menu (and possibly also from other locations, such as the Microsoft Windows start menu).

'A short manual for TeXworks' in its latest version is also available on GitHub.

For script authors, the primary resource is Paul A. Norman's TeXworks Scripting Information page.

Online resources

There is a mailing list available for discussion of any topics related to the TeXworks project. You can search the list archives online.

TeXworks development is currently hosted at GitHub; this is where most resources and the latest source code can be found. Experimental precompiled development snapshots for Windows, Mac OS X, and Ubuntu can be found on Bintray and Launchpad.

Presentations introducing TeXworks have been given at recent TeX conferences. Video recordings from the TUG 2008 and TUG 2010 conferences are available online, as well as an earlier one from BachoTeX 2008, thanks to River Valley Technologies. The PDF slides (1.5MB) used for the TUG 2008 presentation are also available.

History

Odd-numbered series (0.1, 0.3, ...) are development series. Numerous snapshots are made available during the evolution of TeXworks, and feedback from those brave enough to use these experimental versions is greatly appreciated!

The 0.6.x stable release series

The main focus of this release series is a complete overhaul of the PDF previewer. A lot of effort went into streamlining and improving the code 'under the hood' while maintaining the general user experience. As a side effect, this brings about several improvements and often-requested features, such as:

• Faster rendering
• Major performance improvements at high magnifications
• Continuous scrolling mode — no more abrupt jumps from one page to the next (the non-continuous mode is still available from the View menu)
• Two-pages (spread) mode
• Selecting and copying text out of a PDF
• Going back to the previous view after clicking on a link (by pressing Alt+left arrow)
• A dialog to manage/insert citations
• Improved syntax highlighting
• Fine grained synchronization between source and output — down to a character-by-character level

In addition, several bugs were fixed and support for Mac OS X was improved by adopting Travis CI for building and deploying.

The 0.4.x stable release series

Apart from numerous fixes, improvements, and new features, this series has one major focus: scripting. Scripts allow users to easily customize and extend TeXworks. Current uses range from simple formatting over automation tasks to the implementation of new dialogs and auto-completion methods. Currently, the primary resource for scripts is GitHub. For those interested in learning how to write scripts, Paul Norman has compiled some excellent documentations.

This series includes:

• Scripting
  • QtScript, Lua and Python languages are supported
  • use scripts to add new features (trough standalone scripts) or extend existing functionality (through hook scripts)
  • assign custom shortcuts for quick access
  • customizable access to other files and programs on your computer
  • use some of the bundled scripts to, e.g., set the spellchecker language based on babel options or turn the lengthy console output into a concise list of TeX errors and warnings
• New features
  • use “Follow focus” to keep the source and preview in sync all the time
  • window positions and sizes are saved for recent documents
  • a command line parser allows for greater interoperability with other programs
  • resources (templates, scripts, ...) are updated automatically when upgrading to a post-0.4 version
  • use one of numerous file encodings and line ending conventions to increase interoperability between different systems
  • “Save all” open documents using this single menu item
  • auto-completion for the beamer class
• Major improvements & bug fixes
  • implement fine-grained synchronization using text searching to assist SyncTeX
  • support background color/font flags in syntax highlighting
  • show the spellchecker languages in human-readable form; no more ISO language codes, no more multiple entries for the same language on *nix platforms
  • preserve document view when reloading after external changes
  • switched to pdfLaTeX as the default engine on fresh installation
  • allow “smart quotes” to be applied to a selection
  • allow Esc and Return in the tags and search result windows
  • made the “Highlight current line” color palette-aware to accommodate dark themes and improve accessibility
  • improve 'Remove Auxiliary Files' dialog
  • fix handling of external file links in PDFs
  • Fix handling of “All Files” in the “Save As” dialog on MS Windows

No new features or major code changes will be made in the 0.4.x series, but there may be new 'point releases' as necessary to fix specific bugs.

The 0.2.x stable release series

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This series marks the initial release of TeXworks as a stable product. It includes:

• Simple GUI text editor
  • Unicode support using standard OpenType fonts
  • multi-level undo/redo
  • search & replace, with (optional) regex support
  • comment/uncomment lines, etc.
  • TeX/LaTeX syntax coloring
  • auto-completion for easy insertion of common commands
  • spell-checking in the TeX source document
  • templates to provide a starting point for common document types
  • hard line-wrapping to facilitate the use of version control systems or sending the source files by email
• Ability to run TeX on the current document to generate PDF
  • extensible set of TeX commands (with pdftex, pdflatex, xelatex, context, etc. being preconfigured)
  • also support running BibTeX, Makeindex, etc.
  • terminal output appears in a “console” panel of the document window; automatically hidden if no errors occur
  • support “root document” metadata so “Typeset” works from an included file
• Preview window to view the output
  • anti-aliased PDF display
  • automatically opens when TeX finishes
  • auto-refresh when re-typesetting (stay at same page/view)
  • TeXShop-like “magnifying glass” feature to examine detail in the preview
  • one-click re-typesetting from either source or preview
  • text search in the PDF preview
  • source/preview synchronization based on Jérôme Laurens' SyncTeX technology

Future plans

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TeXworks is constantly evolving and improving. Several major additional features are planned for future releases; some issues fairly high on the priority list include:

• TeX documentation lookup/browser (partially implemented in scripts by Paul Norman)
• intelligent handling of TeX errors (partially implemented in a bundled script)
• assistance with graphics inclusion and format conversions
• support rich PDF features such as transitions, embedded media (sound, video), annotations, etc.
• customizable palettes of symbols, commands, etc.
• interaction with external editors and other tools
• additional support for navigating in the source, e.g., “folding” sections of text, recognizing document structure tags such as section, etc.
• printing
• full project support
• expand auto-completion to include e.g. citations
• tabbed editing

Some of these features, and perhaps others, will be implemented in the current development version (0.7), leading to the next release series designated 0.8 once a suitable set of features is considered stable.

We expect development priorities to be guided by user feedback as well as developer interest. A rough, tentative roadmap is available on GitHub.

How can you help?

TeXworks is a free and open source software project, and you are invited to participate; some suggested ways are listed below, but this is not exhaustive. Note that most of these items do not require a programmer! Many other skills are just as vital. Some ways to contribute:

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• get the code and try building it on your platform; provide feedback and patches as needed
• use the current 'stable' release, or (for the more adventurous) a development snapshot, in your regular TeX work; give feedback on what's good, what'sbad, what's broken
• dig in to the code, and submit patches to fix bugs or implement missing features (some places to start at are available on GitHub)
• write documentation and tutorials for newcomers to TeXworks and TeX; both standalone documentation and pages suitable for online help are welcome
• review and enhance the command completion lists available for the integrated editor
• provide well-commented templates for various types of document
• design icons for the toolbars, etc.; TeXworks has some nice icons from Qt and the Tango project, but others are merely rough placeholders
• use the Qt Linguist tool to localize the user interface for your language
• package TeXworks appropriately for your favorite GNU/Linux or BSD distribution
• write and share scripts to simplify tedious, repetitive tasks, or provide new functionality

Thanks

The TeXworks project arose out of discussions at several recent TUG meetings, and initial development has been generously supported by TUG's TeX development fund and its contributors, and by UK-TUG.

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Special thanks to Karl Berry for his encouragement and support; to Dick Koch for showing us the potential of a clean, simple TeX environmentfor the average user; to Alain Delmotte for writing a manual; to Paul A. Norman for constantly evaluating (not only) scripting and documenting it; and to many others who have contributed ideas, suggestions, translations, and patches.

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