TeXmacs also supports the Guile/Scheme extension language, so that you may customize the interface and write your own extensions to the editor.In our demonstration, we plan to show briefly how to edit mathematical texts with TeXmacs, how to use computer algebra systems, and how to add interfaces with new systems in a very efficient way. Currently, there are interfaces with Axiom, Giac, GNUplot, Graphviz, Gtybalt, Macaulay2, Maxima, Mupad, GNU Octave, Pari, Qcl, GNU R, Reduce, Scilab and Yacas. The program implements high-quality typesetting algorithms and TEX fonts, which allow the user to produce professionally looking documents.The high typesetting quality still goes through for automatically generated formulae, which makes TeXmacs suitable as an interface for computer algebra systems, or other types of "plugins". The editor allows you to write structured documents via a wysiwyg (what-you-see-is-what-you-get) and user friendly interface.
However, the standard distributions do not include the necessary fonts, which can be downloaded separately:Īfter downloading, cd into the directory ~/.TeXmacs (which you have to create if it does not already exist) and unpack the fonts using gunzip -c TeXmacs is a free software, which can both be used as a scientific text editor and as a front-end for computer algebra systems. If you use Maxima5.13 and Texmacs 1.0.6.11, scripts maxima_detect and tm_maxima in directory /usr/lib/texmacs/TeXmacs/bin needed to changed manually.įind the following code in maxima_detect if $MAXIMA -list-avail | grep -F "version 5.9.1Ĭhange to if $MAXIMA -list-avail | grep -F "version 5.9.1įind the following code in tm_maxima 5.11.* | 5.12.*) exec maxima -u $1 -l $2 -p "$TEXMACS_MAXIMA_PATH/texmacs-maxima-5.11.0.lisp" Ĭhange to 5.11.* | 5.12.* | 5.13.*) exec maxima -u $1 -l $2 -p "$TEXMACS_MAXIMA_PATH/texmacs-maxima-5.11.0.lisp" įrom version 1.0.6.1 on, TeXmacs comes with support for Chinese, Japanese and Korean. (See ) The problem can be solved by changing the first line of file /usr/lib/texmacs/TeXmacs/bin/maxima_detect to #!/bin/bash. There is a bug in Edgy-Hardy preventing TeXmacs from being used as a front-end to Maxima. TeXmacs can be used as a pretty front-end to Maxima. Via apt-get sudo apt-get install texmacs.This installs TeXmacs into the Accessories menu. can be used as an interface for many external systems for computer algebra, numerical analysis, statistics, etc.a tool for making presentations from a laptop.wysiwyw (what you see is what you want) editing.Converters exist for TeX/LaTeX and Html/Mathml." Documents can be saved in TeXmacs, Xml or Scheme format and printed as Postscript or Pdf files. TeXmacs runs on all major Unix platforms and Windows. A native spreadsheet and tools for collaborative authoring are planned for later. New presentation styles can be written by the user and new features can be added to the editor using the Scheme extension language. Moreover, TeXmacs can be used as an interface for many external systems for computer algebra, numerical analysis, statistics, etc. The software includes a text editor with support for mathematical formulas, a small technical picture editor and a tool for making presentations from a laptop. The rendering engine uses high-quality typesetting algorithms so as to produce professionally looking documents, which can either be printed out or presented from a laptop.
The software aims to provide a unified and user friendly framework for editing structured documents with different types of content (text, graphics, mathematics, interactive content, etc.). "GNU TeXmacs is a free wysiwyw (what you see is what you want) editing platform with special features for scientists. GNU TeXmacs is a free scientific text editor inspired by TeX and emacs.