Texmaker

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Texmaker

Texmaker in action
Developer:	Pascal Brachet, J.Amblard
Latest release:	1.5 / January 2, 2007
OS:	Cross-platform
Use:	LaTeX
License:	GPL
Website:	xm1math.net/texmaker

Texmaker is a cross-platform open source LaTeX editor.

[edit] Features

a unicode editor to write your LaTeX source files (syntax highlighting, undo-redo, search-replace, spell checker...)
the principal LaTex tags can be inserted directly with the "LaTeX" and "Math" menus
370 mathematical symbols can be inserted in just one click
wizards to generate code ('Quick document', 'Quick letter', tabular, tabbing and array environments)
LaTeX-related programs can be launched via the "Tools" menu
the standard Bibtex entry types can be inserted in the ".bib" file with the "Bibliography" menu
a "structure view" of the document for easier navigation of a document (by clicking on an item in the "Structure" frame, you can jump directly to the corresponding part of your document
extensive LaTeX documentation
in the "Messages / Log File" frame, you can see information about processes and the logfile after a LaTeX compilation
the "Next Latex Error" and "Previous Latex Error" commands let you reach the LaTeX errors detected in the log file
by clicking on the number of a line in the log file, the cursor jumps to the corresponding line in the editor
an integrated LaTeX to html conversion tool

[edit] User Anecdotes

This program's strength is the ability to write continuous lines of text without having to worry about line breaks. This is very similar to TexShop in Mac and is in this user's opinion better because it removes the worry of having to align the text. Unlike other lattex editers, the line breaks are often inserted for the user, but the implementation is poor: WinEdt requires a user to select the justify function to realign the text. Tex2000 actually inserts %% at the end of each line in the actual text for it to automatically adjust line breaks and other text editors to read the text file.