Text Editors for TeX

Alpha

Multi-purpose text editor for Mac OS X (AlphaX) or other systems (Alphatk).
Some features of its TeX mode: syntax coloring, macros for all standard latex commands and environments; command and environment completion, \ref and \cite completion, automatic indentation and comment handling, shortcuts for paragraph and section navigation; typeset selection, support for compile automatisation and smart error browsing; extensive support for manipulating .bib files. Interacts with all tex implementations and previewers, including raw unix tetex, xdvi, TeXShop, iTeXMac, OzTeX, and CMacTex.

AUC TeX

AUCTeX is an extensible package that supports writing and formatting TeX files for most variants of GNU Emacs. In recent versions of XEmacs, AUCTeX is usually already available as a package, though not necessarily the latest LaTeX-Mode for emacs.
Some information on TeX on Win32 with AUCTeX are also available.

Emacs for Windows

Emacs is the extensible, customizable, self-documenting real-time display editor. This port is known to run on all versions of Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows NT, Windows XP, and Windows 2000.

EmTeXGI

EmTEXGI is a (free) shell for emTeX and associated utilities on the Windows PC (either Windows 3.1, or Windows 95, with support for long filenames under the latter). Apparently works under NT and may work under windows 98.
Probably obsolete, the page says "Last modified August 26, 1998".

Ite

A semi-wysiwyg TeX mode.

jEdit

jEdit is a mature and well-designed programmer's text editor that has been in development for over 5 years. Written in Java, so it runs on MacOS X, OS/2, Unix, VMS and Windows. Built-in macro language; extensible plugin architecture. Dozens of macros and plugins available. Highly configurable and customizable. (see Features)

LaTeX Launcher

LaTeX Launcher is a simple configurable shell utility to integrate and "Launch" programs from various sources. It is designed to work within Windows 3.1 or Windows 95 (it has been tested with both). Although it can launch almost any type of program (DOS or Windows), it has few features that are specialized for the LaTeX user.

Latex tool for Windows 95, 98, NT, 2000, XP

"This is a tool for typing and compiling latex (tex) files. A latex document could be edited, compiled, and corrected using only one frame work. It provides an easy way to work with latex documents that are compound from many files, and when an error occur the cursor goes to the line that generate it."

The Emacs Lisp archive (http://people.debian.org/~psg/elisp)

with packages in AUCTeX contributed by Peter S. Galbraith seems to be no longer available.

LyX

WYSIWYG-Editor, die auf LaTeX aufsetzt.

NoteTab

NoteTab is a leading-edge text and HTML editor. It handles a stack of huge files; does system-wide searches, and multi-line global replacements.
TeX/LaTeX Libraries for NoteTab

NoteTab Light

The ultimate free Notepad replacement and a handy HTML editor. Handle a heap of files with a simple tabbed interface. Search files, strip HTML tags and format text quickly. Build libraries of text macros to speed up your work.
TeX/LaTeX Libraries for NoteTab

PFE

Programmer's File Editor, is a large-capacity text file editor, oriented towards those who use Windows as their program development environment, and so incorporates many features that make it a convenient work management system. Although it's primarily oriented to program development, it makes a very powerful general editor for any purpose at all.

Preview-Latex

In-line previews of selected environments right in the source buffer of Emacs (see also the respective AUCTeX page).

Prosper

Prosper is a LaTeX Class for writing transparancies. It aims at offering an environment for easily creating slides for both presentations with an overhead projector and a video projector.

RefTeX

Support for labels and references (comes bundled with Emacs).

Tablas

Windows application as a plugin for WinEdit to construct tables.

table.el

A generic editing mode for tables with the possibility to export HTML and LaTeX.

TeX for Windows

Freeware TeX-Editor für Win3.1, Win95, Win NT

TexEdit

TeX syntax-coloring text editor.

TeX/LaTeX Editor

""This is a semi-wysiwig tex editor. Greek letters and certain symbols (including the integral sign, the symbol for infinity, etcetera) are displayed using the symbol font. This makes tex files much easier to read. Commands beginning with the "\" are also highlighted."

TeXnicCenter

"TeXnicCenter is a feature rich and easy-to-use integrated environment for creating LaTeX documents on the Windows platform.[...] TeXnicCenter is open source software and available completely free of charge!"

TextPad

(Windows 98, ME, 2000, XP and Server 2003) TextPad® is a powerful, general purpose editor for plain text files. Whether you simply need a powerful replacement for Notepad, a tool for editing your web pages, or a programming IDE, TextPad does what you want, the way you would expect.
TextPad LaTeX Addons:

• BibTeX (1) A clip book for constructing BibTeX bibliography databases.
• BibTeX (2) An updated alternative BibTeX Templates Library.
• LaTeX (1) Two Clip Books for Tex and LaTeX programmers. One contains tags for special characters, and the other tags for LaTex commands.
• LaTeX (2) Alternative Clip Books for LaTeX. Split into commands, fonts and symbols, and uses a different insert position with respect to the current selection.
• AMSLaTeX A clip library for AMSLaTeX. It includes a number of commands that are not available in standard LaTeX.
• RevTeX A Clip Book containing statements to simplify creation of articles with the RevTeX format of the American Physical Society.

TeXtelmExtel

TeXtelmExtel is a Shell for emTeX or WTeX and related tools under Microsoft Windows.
It includes a simple multiple-document editor. Besides the predefined standard tools, up to 10 userdefined tools can be set up. Its uniquefeatures are: built-in spellchecker, automatic OEM / ANSI character conversion, userdefinable point-and-click Templates, support for the Forward and Inverse Search mechanism of DVI Driver for Windows and for automatic Font generation.

UltraEdit

UltraEdit is a text, HEX, HTML, and programmer's editor. US$ 35.00. 45-Day Trial Period. Syntax highlighting. Ctags support. Auto-Correction of Keywords Regular expression searches... TeX/LaTeX Addons: http://www.ultraedit.com/downloads/additional.html

VIM

Vim is an advanced text editor that seeks to provide the power of the de-facto Unix editor 'Vi', with a more complete feature set. (UNIX/Windows)

WhizzyTeX

Real-time updates in a separate preview window while you type.

WinEdit

Complete Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for any language or compiler, with full support for embedded systems programming environments, Java, and HTML programming.

WinEdt

WinEdt™ (shareware) is a powerful and versatile ASCII editor and shell for MS Windows with a strong predisposition towards the creation of [La]TeX documents

WinShell

A free graphical user interface for easily working with LaTeX or TeX documents under Windows. from Ingo de Boer

WinTeX

WinTeX is a MS Windows 3.1 (and Win95) shell designed for the emTeX package and written by Jan Cupal.

WinTeX 95

WinTeX 95 is a powerful, easy to use, 32-bit Windows-TeX-editor with the fantastic, Highlight-O-Matic syntax-highlighting-feature. Written by Michael Muecke.

WinTeX XP

"WinTeX XP is your TeX* / LaTeX* editor with MS Office look and feel. It combines the strengths of TeX with the usability of Word.
WinTeX is especially optimized for using it together with MikTeX but can also be used as a shell with any other LaTeX software (see CTAN LaTeX software for other TeX compilers and packages)."

WinTeXShell 32

This program is a free shell for the typesetting system TeX. It runs under Windows 95, 98, 2000 and NT.

X-Symbol

This package uses a special font to display math, and has its own mode for entering it.

Xdvi(k)

A DVI viewer that offers support for forward and inverse searching with AUCTeX.