Kile is a TeX/LaTeX editor to edit TeX/LaTeX source code. It runs on Unix-like systems including Mac OS X and Linux, as well as Microsoft Windows via the KDE on Windows initiative, with the Qt and KDE libraries installed.
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 Kile 2.9.91 under KDE 5.17 | |
| Developer(s) | Community |
|---|---|
| Stable release | 2.1.3
/ September 23, 2012 |
| Preview release | 3.0b4
/ March 17, 2024 |
| Repository | |
| Written in | C++ (KDELibs) |
| Operating system | Cross-platform (Mac OS X and Linux, POSIX-compatible Microsoft Windows) |
| Available in | Multilingual |
| Type | TeX/LaTeX editor |
| License | GPL-2.0-or-later |
| Website | kile |
Name and Pronunciation
editKile means tickle or wedge in Norwegian, the native language of some of the Qt developers.[citation needed] As such, its proper pronunciation is /kiːlə/ and not /kaɪl/.
Features
editKile has many useful features needed to edit TeX/LaTeX source code, such as:[1][2]
- Compile, convert and view your document with one click.
- Auto-completion of (La)TeX commands
- Templates and wizards make starting a new document very little work.
- Easy insertion of many standard tags and symbols and the option to define (an arbitrary number of) user defined tags.
- Inverse and forward search: click in the DVI viewer and jump to the corresponding LaTeX line in the editor, or jump from the editor to the corresponding page in the viewer.
- Finding chapter or sections is very easy, Kile constructs a list of all the chapter etc. in your document. You can use the list to jump to the corresponding section.
- Collect documents that belong together into a project.
- Easy insertion of citations and references when using projects.
- Flexible and smart build system to compile your LaTeX documents.
- QuickPreview, preview a selected part of your document.
- Easy access to various help sources.
- Advanced editing commands.
See also
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References
edit- ^ "Kile Features". Kile - an Integrated LaTeX Environment. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
- ^ "Kile – integrated LaTeX editing environment". LinuxLinks. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
External links
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