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Ask HN: What LaTeX editor do you use?

24 points by iNic ↗ HN
I am a Mac user who has been annoyed by the most recent TexPad -> Texifier update and is looking to switch - any recommendations?

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red0point
I use TeXstudio [1], which is really good with tables, and supports macros which tremendously help speed up the writing process.

When writing for group projects, we use Overleaf [2]. Its Git feature also makes it possible to write locally in TeXstudio and then push the changes to Overleaf.

[1] https://www.texstudio.org/

[2] https://www.overleaf.com/

adham-omran
Emacs with various -TeX modes, mainly in Doom Emacs with the latex flag.
pfortuny
Emacs with auctex, cdlatex, pdf-view and always two frames. C-c C-a is super useful. Also pdf-view-auto-crop-mode.
adham-omran
cdlatex and in-buffer previews with (org-latex-preview) are great too when not writing in a .tex file.
_emacsomancer_
This is how I originally got into using Emacs. As the best environment for LaTeX (via AUCTeX).
w4rh4wk5
I made good experiences with VScode + LaTeX Workshop extension. Here is an example project that should be fully set up.

https://github.com/uibk-dps-teaching/DPS-LaTeX

However, I also do want to state that I ditched LaTeX completely by now since there is just too much headache involved. I am sticking with Markdown and HTML+CSS for the most part; weasyprint is really helpful when I have to generate PDFs.

siproprio
The only thing I miss about the vscode setup is support for a decent PDF viewer (not sumatra), and that magnifier loupe thing that other editors have.
lhoff
Overleaf does everything what i need and it works so frictionless that I haven't installed latex locally for years now.

I used it for both, my bachelor and master thesis as well as some other bigger projects.

aborsy
But at some point you have to pay! (number of projects, features, not sure of exact conditions).
feet
Or host your own
galgalesh
You can get a free premium account by linking your IEEE collabratec account to overleaf. This works even without an IEEE membership.
Petrakis
This is unorthodox, but I use https://www.overleaf.com/ its a neat online editor where I can have my docs stored on the cloud and it has a PDF preview on the side, and you can compile it at the end.
lucakiebel
Overleaf is great, I use a self hosted instance with my company. Only downside to self hosting is that the git integration does not work
ThePhysicist
My colleagues always used LyX[1], which put me off in the beginning as it looks quite old-fashioned but it's actually a really powerful editor.

1: https://www.lyx.org/

gradschoolfail
I would say the killer feature of LyX (how to pronounce that, Luke?)

is the almost “instantaneous” quasi-WYSIWYG.

Wish there was something more hacker friendly (and hacker cred bestowing) that does instant, actual WYSIWYG.

absove
I've been using Texmaker for the past 10 years for the few occasions I need to edit some LaTeX file. My needs are really basic so I'm not sure if I'm missing something compared to other editors.
jmercan
I use overleaf these days mostly because overleaf makes it effortless to work across multiple machines.

I still have my neovim + texlab [1] setup just in case though.

[1]: https://github.com/latex-lsp/texlab

feet
You can even host your own overleaf instance, I used to be on vscodium + latex workshop like another commented, but hosting my own overleaf instance has made me more mobile and collaboration is a ton easier now
jhvkjhk
I'm using TeXworks, bundled in MiKTeX.

It has a compile button and syncing, that's all I want for a LaTeX editor.

przefur
Seconding this, I'm using the same and it just works.
Areibman
Jupyter notebooks, surprisingly. I prefer the mix of markdown and LaTeX together. Way faster to just write and go.
galgalesh
Overleaf. It makes it so easy to get started with LaTex, and it's easy to let others given feedback on your work.
walkingbeardN
TeXMaker in the past, but I might now be inclined to use Sublime Text, especially if I could sort out completions.
WillAdams
TeXworks on Windows/Linux, TeXshop on Mac OS X.
BeFlatXIII
TeXShop on Mac, Spacenvim or evil-mode Doom emacs on Linux.
devonallie
plain old vim on both macOS and Linux
jcelerier
TeXStudio which is a nice active fork of TeXMaker
vivegi
I like composing the TeX markup in VSCode and MikTex for generating the PDFs.