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Text/HTML Editors
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Text/HTML Editors
AbiWordDescription: general-purpose, Open Source word processor TO RUN: athena% abiword & There is an AbiWord page and documentation See also: LibreOffice Word Processor, TeXmacs, Texmaker |
dvipsDescription: converts a file in dvi format (as created by LaTeX or TeX) to PostScript, then spools it to a PostScript printer TO RUN: athena% dvips file.dvi There is a stock answers document on converting Tex to pdf See also: Acrobat, html2ps, latex, pdflatex, ps2pdf, Texmaker, xdvi |
EmacsDescription: the GNU text editor, the most commonly used editor on Athena TO RUN: From Ubuntu Dash: type emacs in Search box From command line: athena% emacs & There is online documentation and Emacs Answers See also: gedit, jedit, nedit, pico, vi, vim, nvi, Visual Studio Code, xcoral, XEmacs |
enscriptDescription: converts ASCII file to PostScript and prints it on a PostScript printer. Part of the Transcript package, which includes additional printer-related utilities TO RUN: athena% enscript file See also: troff |
geditDescription: lightweight text editor, part of the GNOME desktop TO RUN: athena% gedit & See also: Emacs, jedit, nedit, pico, vi, vim, nvi, xcoral, XEmacs |
html2psDescription: converts HTML page to PostScript file TO RUN: athena% html2ps file.html > file.ps There is an author Web page See also: dvips, latex2html, mswordview, ThT |
ispellDescription: spelling checker TO RUN: athena% ispell options file See also: Webster Dictionary |
jeditDescription: Java-based text editor incorporating advanced features including syntax highlighting modes for over 90 types of files and incorporating a built-in scripting and macro language called BeanShell. There is a local Web page (about a different version installed in the jedit locker) and a development site TO RUN: athena% jedit options files & athena% jedit --listver (to see usage options) See also: emacs, gedit, nedit, pico, vi,Visual Studio Code, xcoral |
latex, texDescription: program that formats text with embedded formatting commands for printing. LaTeX is essentially a collection of macros that simplify the use of TeX, which is a page formatting and typesetting program for printers. The output of LaTeX and TeX is a file ending in a dvi extension, which can then be converted to PostScript and printed with the dvips program TO RUN: athena% latex file.tex athena% tex file.tex There is local online documentation; also Inessential LaTeX and LaTeX Answers There is a stock answers document on converting Tex to pdf See also: dvips, ipe, latex2html, LyX, pdftex, pdflatex, Scribus, Texmaker, troff, TtH, Visual Math Editor, xdvi Note: There are additional macros such as revtex in the newtex locker. To use it type add -f newtex at the Athena prompt. The tex-contrib locker supplies additional packages. To use them, attach the tex-contrib locker and add /mit/tex-contrib// to the TEXINPUTS environment variable |
latex2htmlDescription: converts LaTeX documents to html web pages; generally converts major sections of the source document into a sequence of web pages linked together with Next and Previous buttons. If the source document is file.tex, the output will be generated within a file subdirectory of the startup directory TO RUN: athena% latex2html file.tex (from a directory where you have write permission) There is online documentation See also: html2ps, latex, LyX, mswordview, TeXmacs, Texmaker, TtH |
LibreOffice HTML EditorDescription: HTML editor component of LibreOffice office suite TO RUN: From command line: athena% libreoffice & (select File -> New -> HTML Document) For documentation look here |
LibreOffice Word ProcessorDescription: word processor component of LibreOffice office suite TO RUN: Click on LibreOffice Writer icon on Gnome applet bar From command line: athena% libreoffice & (select File -> New -> Text Document) For documentation look here |
LyXDescription: structured document authoring application, incorporating a "What You See Is What You Mean" approach. Uses latex for printed output TO RUN: athena% lyx & There is a LyX home page, 2.0 new features See also: Acrobat, convert, latex, latex2html, ps2pdf, TeXmacs, Texmaker, TtH, Visual Math Editor |
mswordview (wvWare)Description: converts Microsoft Word documents to HTML and other formats TO RUN: athena% wvHtml file.doc file.html (newer version; makes html copy of file.doc in file file.html) Note: New version supports conversion to multiple other formats using wvPS, wvLatex, wvDVI etc. and usage syntax has changed; type man wvWare for more information athena% add consult (for older 0.5.14 release) athena% mswordview file.doc (makes html copy of file.doc in file file.doc.html, 0.5.14 release) There is an author Web page See also: html2ps, latex2html Note: The name of this product has changed to wvWare. The older version in the consult locker is called mswordview. The LibreOffice Word Processor can read most Word documents and allows conversion to other formats. |
neditDescription: GUI-style text editor suitable for code editing and plain text files TO RUN: athena% nedit & See also: Emacs, gedit, jedit, vi, Visual Studio Code, xcoral |
pdftex, pdflatexDescription: converts Tex or Latex documents to pdf TO RUN: athena% pdftex filename.tex athena% pdflatex filename.tex There is a stock answers document on converting Tex to pdf See also: Acrobat, dvips, latex, tex, ps2pdf, Texmaker |
picoDescription: simple text editor with a layout similar to the Pine mailer TO RUN: athena% pico |
ps2pdfDescription: converts PostScript files to Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) format, similar in functionality to Acrobat distill TO RUN: athena% ps2pdf file.ps (currently defaults to pdf 1.2) athena% ps2pdf12 file.ps (to produce pdf 1.2 output) athena% ps2pdf13 file.ps (to produce pdf 1.3 output) athena% ps2pdf14 file.ps (to produce pdf 1.4 output) There is online documentation There is a stock answers document on converting Tex to pdf See also: Acrobat, dvips, LyX, pdftex, pdflatex Note: Many other conversion utilities to/from ps and pdf files exist. To find them from a terminal window type: cd /usr/bin; ls ps2* (or pdf2*, psto*, pdfto*) |
TeXmacsDescription: freely distributable "scientific text editor" that allows wysiwyg representation of scientific and mathematical notation embedded inside documents. A number of symbolic algebra and mathematical applications can be run within it TO RUN: athena% add texmacs athena% texmacs & There is an author Website and a tutorial See also: AbiWord, gnuplot, latex2html, LibreOffice Word Processor, LyX, maple, Mathematica, matlab, maxima, octave, scilab, Texmaker, TtH, Visual Math Editor Note: maple, matlab and Mathematica sessions may be inserted in texmacs documents |
TexmakerDescription: cross-platform LaTeX editor that integrates many tools needed to develop documents with LaTeX. It includes unicode support, spell checking, auto-completion, code folding and a built-in pdf viewer with synctex support and continuous view mode TO RUN: athena% add texmaker athena% texmaker & There is an author Website with documentation See also: AbiWord, dvips, latex, tex, latex2html, LibreOffice Word Processor, LyX, pdftex, pdflatex, TeXmacs, troff, TtH, Visual Math Editor, xdvi |
troffDescription: standard UNIX text formatter, designed to accept ASCII files interspersed with lines of format control information; output is normally sent to a printer TO RUN: troff file | typesetter |
TtHDescription: translator that converts Tex and Latex files to HTML, and related utilities. Designed to handle mathematical expressions and notation. ps2gif converts PostScript files to gif. latex2gif converts Latex files to gif. ps2png converts PostScript to png. TO RUN: athena% tth options file (converts file.tex to file.html; you can omit the .tex extension) athena% ps2gif file.ps newfile.gif (converts PostScript file file.ps to gif file file.gif) athena% latex2gif file (the file should have a .tex extension, but do not type this on the command line) There is TtH online documentation See also: html2ps, latex, latex2html, LyX, TeXmacs, Texmaker, Visual Math Editor Note: This application is no longer installed. You can install it temporarily (on a debathena-cluster machine) or permanently (on a debathena-workstation or non-Athena Ubuntu machine) but not on the Athena dialups by doing the following: sudo to root and install from the tth Ubuntu package using aptitude or synaptic |
viDescription: standard modal screen-oriented UNIX text editor TO RUN: athena% vi See also: Emacs, gedit, jedit, nedit, vim, nvi, pico, xcoral |
vim, nviDescription: vi variants, supporting supersets of vi commands. vim is optmized for source code editing. To see differences between vim and vi, type :help vi_diff from within vim. See man page for nvi to see differences from vi TO RUN: athena% add -f vim_v8.0 (to run new 8.0 release, vim only) athena% vim athena% nvi There is vim documentation |
Visual Math EditorDescription: editor for math/scientific formulas that supports LaTeX, AsciiMath and MathML in HTML web pages. Does not require browser plugins or installation of extra fonts. Can be run locally or on the web, and will instantly display visual formula rendering generated from markup source entered in a text entry pane. Many examples are supplied by the authors TO RUN: Launch it from here There is a home page, online documentation |
Visual Studio CodeDescription: source code editor with built-in support for JavaScript, TypeScript and Node.js and extensions for other languages (such as C++, C#, Python, PHP) and runtimes TO RUN: athena% add vscode athena% code options (to run GUI) athena% yo code (to run extension generator) There is a home page |
xcoralDescription: GUI-style text editor suitable for code editing and plain text files; has latex support TO RUN: athena% add editors athena% /mit/editors/arch/i386_linux22/bin/xcoral & |
XEmacsDescription: emacs variant with GUI interface. Allows for proportionally spaced fonts, and images embedded in buffers. It also comes with many more standard packages, and has some cleaner internal abstractions. TO RUN: athena% xemacs & There is online documentation |
Text Previewer
Acrobat ReaderDescription: Adobe viewer for Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) documents; also available as a browser plug-in TO RUN: From command line: athena% acroread file.pdf athena% acroread -toPostScript file.pdf (to convert file.pdf to file.ps) athena% acroread -help (to print command-line options) There is a local Acrobat FAQ, online usage guide There is a stock answers document on converting Tex to pdf See also: dvips, evince, LyX, pdftex, pdflatex, ps2pdf, Scribus, Tabula, xpdf You may need to configure firefox to view pdf files by selecting Edit -> Preferences -> Applications -> Portable Document Format (PDF) and setting Preview in Firefox in the Action pick list on the right side. |
evinceDescription: viewer for pdf (Acrobat) and PostScript files TO RUN: athena% evince file & |
GhostscriptDescription: PostScript file viewer TO RUN: athena% gs file.ps There is online documentation See also: gv |
gvDescription: GUI front end to Ghostscript TO RUN: athena% gv file.ps & See also: Ghostscript, pstoedit |
xchmDescription: viewer for chm (compiled html help) files To run: athena% xchm file.chm & Note: This application is no longer installed. You can install it temporarily (on a debathena-cluster machine) or permanently (on a debathena-workstation or non-Athena Ubuntu machine) but not on the Athena dialups by doing the following: sudo to root and install from the xchm Ubuntu package using aptitude or synaptic |
xdviDescription: previewer for dvi files (as created by LaTeX and TeX) TO RUN: athena% xdvi file.dvi & There is documentation |
xpdfDescription: viewer for pdf (Acrobat) files TO RUN: athena% xpdf file.pdf & |