On Tue, 2005-03-08 at 20:51 -0300, Leandro Melo wrote: > Could anyone tell me if there's a nice latex environment for linux? > Or do I need to use default text editors and compile text manually? Well, that really depends on what you have in mind. I don't do much LaTeX writing these days, but I used to do a lot, in fact it was pretty much all I used. I personally have never seen anything which even vaguely rivals AUC-TeX, which is a large package of Lisp macros for Emacs: http://www.gnu.org/software/auctex/ There is an RPM for FC3 available from the above site. Now the drawback is that in order to use AUC-TeX you have to use Emacs, and if you aren't used to Emacs there is a steep learning curve. On the other hand, if you are used to Emacs then AUC-TeX seems to me to be the obvious choice. Even if you aren't used to Emacs, the sheer power of AUC-TeX might really make it worth your while to learn. AUC-TeX is actually what got me using Emacs, and I've never looked back. I now use Emacs as my development/authoring environment for practically everything, and whilst nothing is perfect (and Emacs has its problems) I'm extremely happy with it. LyX, which others have suggested, *uses* LaTeX but isn't itself a native LaTeX environment (for instance *.lyx files are not the same as a native LaTeX *.tex file). The only other thing I have heard of is a KDE LaTeX authoring tool, but I'm afraid I can't remember its name. Best, Darren -- ===================================================================== D. D. Brierton darren@xxxxxxxxxxx www.dzr-web.com Trying is the first step towards failure (Homer Simpson) =====================================================================
