This HOWTO might help if you like using vim. I have used it a few times but cannot claim extensive experience. XML Copy Editor is open source (GPL) and runs on Linux, or as a WinPenPack application for Windows. You can obtain it through Package Control, watch the video below, or read more careful instructions in the Author's Guide. It enhances the Sublime Text editor so you can be even more efficient as you create PreTeXt source. PreTeXtual is a Sublime Text Package written and maintained by Dave Rosoff. (Hint: Alt-period closes your current tag in the Linux version.) Dave Rosoff has prepared an extensive collection of suggestions and hints in the Author's Guide. It is good enough that you'll consider paying the $70 or so they are asking. It runs on all platforms and is free (nag-ware). I am using the beta release of Version 3. Presently, I would recommend Sublime Text. I used KATE for a long time, including the start of this project. Soon you will be making almost no syntax errors.Įmacs and vi might be natural choices, but I have little experience with them. Syntax highlighting helps, tag completion is a real timesaver, and an awareness of schemas is where using XML authoring really shines. Soon you will discover the joys of a better editor, if you do not have one already. So any text editor that will produce “unformatted” text may be used. PreTeXt files are “plain” unformatted text files.
