Gummi (software)
Encyclopedia
Gummi is a lightweight LaTeX
editor for the Linux/GTK+ platform, released as free open-source software. It is designed with simplicity in mind and includes features intended to allow a novice LaTeX
user quickly become accustomed to this mark-up language. This is a relatively young project, but is under active development. Gummi attempts to conform to GNOME's Human interface guidelines
but will run on any Linux desktop environment provided that the GTK+
toolkit is available.
LaTeX
LaTeX is a document markup language and document preparation system for the TeX typesetting program. Within the typesetting system, its name is styled as . The term LaTeX refers only to the language in which documents are written, not to the editor used to write those documents. In order to...
editor for the Linux/GTK+ platform, released as free open-source software. It is designed with simplicity in mind and includes features intended to allow a novice LaTeX
LaTeX
LaTeX is a document markup language and document preparation system for the TeX typesetting program. Within the typesetting system, its name is styled as . The term LaTeX refers only to the language in which documents are written, not to the editor used to write those documents. In order to...
user quickly become accustomed to this mark-up language. This is a relatively young project, but is under active development. Gummi attempts to conform to GNOME's Human interface guidelines
Human Interface Guidelines
Human interface guidelines are software development documents which offer application developers a set of recommendations. Their aim is to improve the experience for the users by making application interfaces more intuitive, learnable, and consistent. Most guides limit themselves to defining a...
but will run on any Linux desktop environment provided that the GTK+
GTK+
GTK+ is a cross-platform widget toolkit for creating graphical user interfaces. It is licensed under the terms of the GNU LGPL, allowing both free and proprietary software to use it. It is one of the most popular toolkits for the X Window System, along with Qt.The name GTK+ originates from GTK;...
toolkit is available.
Features
- Live automatic preview panel for the compiled document
- Multi-document (& project) support
- Customizable compilation/typesetting options
- Continuous preview mode
- Document error checking
- Store & Load from Templates
- Spell-checking
- Synctax highlighting
- Document Statistics
- Extendable Snippet interface with keyboard triggers
- Importers for various objects (images, tables, etc.)
- Integrated BibTeX support
- SyncTeX support