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Purpose
Enter TeX is a TeX/LaTeX text editor, previously named LaTeXila and GNOME LaTeX.Read 8 Oct 2026 · gedit-text-editor.org
Support
The project points interested people to GitLab for actionable tasks and GNOME Discourse for discussion.Read 8 Oct 2026 · planet-gnome-org-c59c6f.pages.gitlab.gnome.org
Founded
2009Read 28 Sep 2026 · gitlab.gnome.org
Maker
Sébastien Wilmet identifies himself as the main developer behind Enter TeX.Read 8 Oct 2026 · gedit-text-editor.org
Build messages
The build view displays build messages and can open a file when the user selects a message that refers to one.Read 8 Oct 2026 · gedit-text-editor.org
Build tools
The project includes configurable build tools for compiling documents.Read 8 Oct 2026 · gedit-text-editor.org
Contributions
The gedit project disallows the use of LLMs for contributions.Read 8 Oct 2026 · gedit-text-editor.org
Development
The project is based on the same libraries as gedit and uses Meson as its build system.Read 8 Oct 2026 · gedit-text-editor.org
Platform limitation
Enter TeX's LaTeX completion was still described as buggy under Wayland in March 2026.Read 8 Oct 2026 · gedit-text-editor.org
Projects
The Projects feature was re-implemented in 2026.Read 8 Oct 2026 · gedit-text-editor.org
Supported formats
LaTeX is currently well supported; support for other TeX variants would be a welcome addition.Read 8 Oct 2026 · gedit-text-editor.org
Templates
Users can create personal templates, which are stored in the user's local data directory.Read 8 Oct 2026 · gedit-text-editor.org

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Enter TeX Free TeX/LaTeX text editor Read 8 Oct 2026 · gedit-text-editor.org

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