If an editor is what you want, you should check out LyX. It uses LaTeX internally, and allows you to put raw LaTeX in your document when you need to.
http://www.lyx.org/Home Also, most syntax highlighting editors for programmers work fine for LaTeX. Notepad++ has all the features Steven is suggesting you'll need (I think, I haven't checked if it does regex replace). Dave Visit my website! http://www.davefancella.com Also, I'm currently looking for a job. So while you're at my website, look at my resume! http://www.davefancella.com/resume/dave.html On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 11:20 PM, Steven Harms <[email protected]> wrote: > > I see, I'm not as familiar with the options on that platform, but the > editor is the place where you want to leverage as much power as > possible. > > emacs: unix editor with a windows port, highly extensible, with high > learning curve for writing extensions > vim: unix editor, ported to windows, has a slightly less difficult, > but less powerful scripting language > editpad pro: My g/f uses the lite version to edit CSS and javascript. > The pro version has record and playback macro options > > The trouble with LaTeX is that it's tedious and repetitive, you need > an editor that does fast search and replace or regular expression > search and replace, something that understands edit column selection, > and that understands the notion of "let keystroke X=several > actions" (macros). > > There are many other ways to bell this cat, but these are the most > approachable that I can think of. > > I have actually written my LaTeX documents in M4 macro processing > language....but this is getting into highly abstruse arcana, so I'd > recommend you focus on the editor. > > Steven > > > On Mar 9, 2009, at 10:12 PM, Aimee Ronn wrote: > >> >> Our platform is Windows XP. You know, that "other one". <grin> My >> husband is at U.T. and uses PCs. >> >> Aimee >> >> >> Steven Harms wrote: >>> Which platform is he on? Mac? Linux? That other one? >>> >>> >>> On Mar 9, 2009, at 5:35 PM, Aimee Ronn wrote: >>> >>> >>>> Thanks, all of you. Jason seems to sum up your views about LaTeX: >>>> >>>> There is no better program, or collection of programs (LaTeX is >>>> more a >>>> collection than a single application), for typesetting math. >>>> >>>> We had no idea that other people valued LaTeX highly. Now I'm >>>> going to >>>> look at LaTeX plug-ins to see what is out there. Any suggestions of >>>> what >>>> plug-ins to look at? >>>> >>>> - Aime >>>> >>>> Dave Fancella wrote: >>>> >>>>> I've acquired a preference for txt2tags, which will output LaTeX as >>>>> one of its formats. You can also put raw LaTeX in there if you >>>>> need >>>>> to. ;) I use that when I have to put math in anything (although >>>>> I'm >>>>> slowly creating txt2tags macros that do the conversion for me, with >>>>> the hope of some day writing a python script to scan for those and >>>>> render images for other targets, like xhtml). >>>>> >>>>> Dave >>>>> >>>>> Visit my website! >>>>> http://www.davefancella.com >>>>> >>>>> Also, I'm currently looking for a job. So while you're at my >>>>> website, >>>>> look at my resume! >>>>> http://www.davefancella.com/resume/dave.html >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 4:09 PM, Steven G. Harms <[email protected] >>>>> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> I'm with Jason on this, nothing touches LaTeX for beautiful >>>>>> formatting: résumés, mathematical equations, and foreign >>>>>> languages >>>>>> fare better in this format than all others. >>>>>> >>>>>> An additional bonus is that it uses ASCII to represent more >>>>>> complex >>>>>> letter forms, this means that you can check your document into git >>>>>> and >>>>>> still have 'diff' do something useful. >>>>>> >>>>>> Being old != being dead. Here in Austin, Bruce Williams has >>>>>> written a >>>>>> Rails plugin for TeX-ifying Rails output (RTeX|http:// >>>>>> rtex.rubyforge.org/) and I have written plugins for Textmate to >>>>>> speed >>>>>> the typing of Latin characters. I think, as Jason said, the >>>>>> solution >>>>>> may be finding a more extensible editor that puts some programming >>>>>> intelligence into the creation of LaTeX mathematical sets. Emacs, >>>>>> of >>>>>> course, can easily be expanded to meet this need but I use >>>>>> Textmate + >>>>>> my custom additions. Investing just a little bit of time in >>>>>> building >>>>>> these programmatic interfaces will save tons of time down the >>>>>> line. >>>>>> LatinStudent, my Textmate bundle is on github at >>>>>> http://github.com/sgharms/latintools/tree/master. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Mar 9, 3:39 pm, "Jason (orangepetal.com)" >>>>>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> LaTeX is *not* old in the sense of being outdated. :) >>>>>>> >>>>>>> There is no better program, or collection of programs (LaTeX is >>>>>>> more a >>>>>>> collection than a single application), for typesetting math. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> He might consider trying different editors, if he isn't happy >>>>>>> with his >>>>>>> current method. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Cheers, >>>>>>> Jason >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Mar 9, 3:04 pm, Aimee Ronn <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> My husband is devoted to LaTeX because it prints his >>>>>>>> mathematical >>>>>>>> equations and expressions so beautifully. 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