Kile is a TeX/LaTeX editor

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 to edit TeX

TeX

TeX is a typesetting system designed and mostly written by Donald Knuth and released in 1978. Within the typesetting system, its name is formatted as ....

/LaTeX

LaTeX

LaTeX is a document markup language and document preparation system for the TeX typesetting program. Within the typesetting system, its name is styled as . The term LaTeX refers only to the language in which documents are written, not to the editor used to write those documents. In order to...

 source code. It runs on Unix-like

Unix-like

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 systems including Mac OS X

Mac OS X

Mac OS X is a series of Unix-based operating systems and graphical user interfaces developed, marketed, and sold by Apple Inc. Since 2002, has been included with all new Macintosh computer systems...

 and Linux

Linux

Linux is a Unix-like computer operating system assembled under the model of free and open source software development and distribution. The defining component of any Linux system is the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released October 5, 1991 by Linus Torvalds...

 with the Qt libraries installed.

Name

Kile means tickle or wedge in Norwegian, the native language of some of the Qt developers.

Features

Kile has many useful features needed to edit TeX

TeX

TeX is a typesetting system designed and mostly written by Donald Knuth and released in 1978. Within the typesetting system, its name is formatted as ....

/LaTeX

LaTeX

LaTeX is a document markup language and document preparation system for the TeX typesetting program. Within the typesetting system, its name is styled as . The term LaTeX refers only to the language in which documents are written, not to the editor used to write those documents. In order to...

 source code, such as:

• One-click document compilation and display
• Auto-completion of (La)TeX commands
• Graphical lists of symbols for easy insertion
• Templates and wizards for new document creation
• Integration with the BibTex
  BibTeX
  BibTeX is reference management software for formatting lists of references. The BibTeX tool is typically used together with the LaTeX document preparation system...
  
   bibliography manager

However, it lacks some features available in other editors:

• Split screen (available in TeXShop
  TeXShop
  TeXShop is a free TeX editor and previewer for Mac OS X. It is licensed under the GNU GPL.It was developed by the American mathematician Richard Koch. TeXShop was created especially for the Mac OS X user interface Aqua and capitalized on the native PDF support of the Macintosh operating system...
  
  , Vim-LaTeX (LaTeX-suite), TeXmacs...)
• Compare (available in WinEdt
  WinEdt
  -External links:* *...
  
  , Vim-LaTeX (LaTeX-suite), TeXmacs...).

It is to be noted that compare is automatically available through the external tool "Kompare" if this is installed.
In addition, one can open multiple instances of Kile by calling "kile --new".

See also

• List of text editors
• Comparison of text editors
  Comparison of text editors
  This article provides basic comparisons for common text editors. More feature details for text editors are available from the Category of text editor features and from the individual products' articles...
  
  
• Comparison of TeX editors
  Comparison of TeX editors
  This page shows a table contrasting the features of the text editors that interface to TeX .-Table of editor properties:- See also :* Comparison of word processors* Comparison of text editors...