WinShell
LaTeX editor
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::summary LaTeX editor ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | WinShell |
| screenshot | WinShell main en.png |
| screenshot size | 250px |
| caption | Freeware multilingual IDE for LaTeX. |
| author | Ingo H. de Boer |
| latest release version | 4.0.0.6 |
| latest release date | |
| operating system | Microsoft Windows |
| language | Multilingual (22) |
| genre | TeX, LaTeX, Editor |
| license | Freeware |
| website | https://www.winshell.org |
| :: |
| name = WinShell | screenshot = WinShell main en.png | screenshot size = 250px | caption = Freeware multilingual IDE for LaTeX. | developer = | author = Ingo H. de Boer | latest release version = 4.0.0.6 | latest release date = | operating system = Microsoft Windows | language = Multilingual (22) | genre = TeX, LaTeX, Editor | license = Freeware | website = https://www.winshell.org WinShell is a freeware, closed-source multilingual integrated development environment (IDE) for LaTeX and TeX for Windows.
WinShell includes a text editor, syntax highlighting, project management, spell checking, a table wizard, BibTeX front-end, Unicode support, different toolbars, user configuration options and it is portable (e.g. on a USB drive). It is not a LaTeX system; an additional LaTeX compiler system for Microsoft Windows (such as MiKTeX or TeX Live) is required.
Languages
Supported languages are Brazilian Portuguese, Catalan, Chinese, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, French, Galician, German, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Mexico Spanish, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Serbian, Spain Spanish, Swedish and Turkish.
Interoperability
WinShell works with the MiKTeX, the TeX Live and the W32TeX distribution. At first start, WinShell recognizes the distribution and sets the command-line arguments automatically. Similarly with the viewer for the generated PDF documents. For Acrobat Reader, WinShell closes the PDF document before compiling. For SumatraPDF, WinShell automatically sets the correct commands to achieve forward and inverse search between WinShell and SumatraPDF.
References
- {{cite book | title = Guide to LaTeX | url = http://www.awprofessional.com/title/0321173856 | publisher = Addison-Wesley | date = November 2003 | edition = 4th edt. | isbn = 0-321-17385-6 | first2 = Patrick W. | last2 = Daly | first1 = Helmut | last1 = Kopka | quote = for windows, the two editor programs mentioned in Section 1.6.2, Winshell and WinEdt, can be highly recommended. | archive-date = 2005-02-07 | access-date = 2006-03-17 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20050207120245/http://www.awprofessional.com/title/0321173856 | url-status = dead
- {{Cite book | publisher = Pearson Education | isbn = 978-3-8272-6517-3 | pages = 201–207 | last = Demmig | first = Thomas | title = Jetzt lerne ich Latex 2 | chapter = WinShell | accessdate = 2009-06-03 | year = 2004 | language = german | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=bhUxiUr7VPMC
- {{Cite journal | volume = 27 | year=2002 | pages = 56–59 | last = Kroonenberg | first = Siep | title = TeX For Home | journal = MAPS | language = Dutch
References
- [https://www.winshell.org/#inpress References to different Articles, Books, Videos in different languages]
- [https://ctan.org/pkg/winshell CTAN TeX Catalogue] (2021/11/06)
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