Maybe I'm missing the point, but what about Emacs? There are versions for most operating systems, and emacs+auctex is surely the editing system of choice for any TeX-based system.
-Alasdair 2011/8/15 Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد <isha...@colostate.edu> > Hi Kip, > > > On Sun, 14 Aug 2011 15:16:58 -0600, Kip Warner <k...@thevertigo.com> wrote: > > As some of you may know, I'm working on a professional introductory book >>> for learning ConTeXt. Part of the philosophy of this book is to be as >>> self-contained as possible, so we'll be using a preferred editor. >>> >> > Hey Idris. I think writing a book is a great idea and much needed. I >> don't believe that tying it to a specific editor though is neither >> necessary nor a good idea. >> > > The Book will not be "tied" to an editor. However, one goal of the book is > to be accessible to absolute newbies for whom the TeX-vs-editor distinction > will be a turn-off. A complete newbie system should include an > editor/environment. The book will be arranged in a way that the two are not > coupled, and those with some TeX or other technical background can easily > ignore Npp. > > > Not one editor/ide out there is ideal for ConTeXt (including bidi editing >>> and other user-friendly configurability). The best balance I could find >>> is >>> Notepad++ (Npp), and that's what I'm going with. >>> >> > The problem with Npp is that the tens of millions of users out there >> > > Wow, that would be great if we got tens of millions of users to buy the > Book :D :D :D > > > running operating systems like Ubuntu will not be able to use Notepad++ >> since it is written only for Windows. >> > > Well, most people using Linux have some technical facility, so they can > configure their own editors. > > > It might be better to decouple the >> editor from the information on ConTeXt itself and perhaps offer editor >> specific integration information in an appendix. >> > > That is actually one option I'm considering. In any case. > > > You'll find that Gedit, >> > > I did look at gedit, but for the current vision I have for introducing > ConTeXt to non-technical folks it does not work. > > Actually, I spent months checking for a better candidate than Npp, > experimenting with just about everything I could get my hands on. On balance > Npp got the best score on all the benchmarks I set. That's not to say I > wouldn't prefer something better, but that decision is done, only to be > revisited if something really AMAZING happens in the next few months. > > WinEdt would really have been be my ideal choice -- but the lack of > unicode, bidi is just a non-starter. TeXWorks has a long way to go, and > although I'm a fan of Qt its open-type implementation is buggy; so some > Arabic-monospaced fonts don't show up correctly. > > > > for instance, is very easy to write syntax highlighting for. >> > > Syntax highlighting is only a small part of what we're doing with Npp. > Otherwise, just the user-defined dialog of Npp would be sufficient. > Click-and-tag, tooltips ... these make for real user-friendliness. > > Thanks for the criticism and > > > Best wishes > Idris > -- > Professor Idris Samawi Hamid, Editor-in-Chief > International Journal of Shīʿī Studies > Department of Philosophy > Colorado State University > Fort Collins, CO 80523 > ______________________________**______________________________** > _______________________ > If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to > the Wiki! > > maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/** > listinfo/ntg-context <http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context> > webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net > archive : > http://foundry.supelec.fr/**projects/contextrev/<http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/> > wiki : http://contextgarden.net > ______________________________**______________________________** > _______________________ > -- Blog: http://amca01.wordpress.com Web: http://bit.ly/Alasdair Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/alasdair.mcandrew
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