Kile

Kile
Developer(s)Community
Stable release
2.1.3 / September 23, 2012; 12 years ago (2012-09-23)
Preview release
3.0b4 / March 17, 2024; 9 months ago (2024-03-17)
Repository
Written inC++ (KDELibs)
Operating systemCross-platform (Mac OS X and Linux, POSIX-compatible Microsoft Windows)
Available inMultilingual
TypeTeX/LaTeX editor
LicenseGPL-2.0-or-later
Websitekile.sourceforge.io

Kile is a TeX/LaTeX editor to edit TeX/LaTeX source code. It runs on Unix-like systems including Mac OS X and Linux, as well as Microsoft Windows via the KDE on Windows initiative, with the Qt and KDE libraries installed.

Name and Pronunciation

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Kile means tickle or wedge in Norwegian, the native language of some of the Qt developers.[citation needed] As such, its proper pronunciation is /kiːlə/ and not /kaɪl/.

Features

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Kile has many useful features needed to edit TeX/LaTeX source code, such as:[1][2]

  • Compile, convert and view your document with one click.
  • Auto-completion of (La)TeX commands
  • Templates and wizards make starting a new document very little work.
  • Easy insertion of many standard tags and symbols and the option to define (an arbitrary number of) user defined tags.
  • Inverse and forward search: click in the DVI viewer and jump to the corresponding LaTeX line in the editor, or jump from the editor to the corresponding page in the viewer.
  • Finding chapter or sections is very easy, Kile constructs a list of all the chapter etc. in your document. You can use the list to jump to the corresponding section.
  • Collect documents that belong together into a project.
  • Easy insertion of citations and references when using projects.
  • Flexible and smart build system to compile your LaTeX documents.
  • QuickPreview, preview a selected part of your document.
  • Easy access to various help sources.
  • Advanced editing commands.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Kile Features". Kile - an Integrated LaTeX Environment. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
  2. ^ "Kile – integrated LaTeX editing environment". LinuxLinks. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
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