What are the best LaTeX editor/compiler?

Question

I'm looking for a LaTeX editor/compiler that does not show the output until it is done. It can be in terminal or not, I don't care.

Answer 1

Did't quite understand what you meant by 'editor/compiler that does not show the output until it is done'. However, I'd suggest Kile. It is the only one which gave me output despite any unmet library dependency. tried a few others without success, even on Windows 7 (although some seem to work excellently on Windows XP).

Install it with the command in a terminal:

sudo apt-get install kile

Answer 2

Texmaker is a very good cross-platform LaTeX editor. Installation link: Texmaker

Answer 3

What I like about gedit with the gedit-latex-plugin is that you can configure your own snippets with shortcuts. For example, if you use \mbox{text} often, you generate a snippet \mbox{$} with the shortcut tab-mb, so you just have to type tab-mb to have the mbox latex command with the cursor positioned in the place where you placed the $ in the snippet.

To install it:

sudo apt-get install gedit gedit-latex-plugin

Answer 4

I've been using Vim-LaTeX. The pros are user-defined macros as well as many convenient pre-defined hotkeys in addition to the pluses of Vim (efficient text editor). The cons are the cons of Vim (weird text editor) plus the fact that the package is pretty raw looking. Vim is just a text editor, so although the Vim-LaTeX addon adds extra commands and menus, there are no point-and-click graphical shortcuts--and there is no document outline until the pdf is produced. In all, I've come to enjoy it....