The guide to getting a great GNOME TeX edtior

[clearer]

Actually, if you have GNOME installed, you already have the programme.
I used to use Kile to edit my LaTeX sources, but after I found the LaTeX plugin for Gedit, I haven't used anything else.

get the plugin from: http://live.gnome.org/Gedit/LaTeXPlugin
unpack it to $(HOME)/.gnome2/gedit/plugins
install rubber (the rpm found on rubber.sourceforge.net works fine on FC6).
Restart Gedit.
Activate the LaTeX plugin (you may have to restart it again, I'm not sure, but I doubt it).

Work that source.

Installing rubber is optional, but highly recommended, as it removes the need for makefiles and build scripts for tex projects -- and the latex plugin uses it too. compileing is fast and just a mouseclick away.

[RupertPupkin]

Interesting. Does the code completion in the LaTeX plugin work for all the packages that the document uses (i.e. it reads all your \usepackage commands to see what's being used), or is it just for standard TeX/LaTeX commands? That would be cool if it worked for all the packages. However, I don't use gedit (or GNOME), so I'll stick with Emacs and its auctex plugin for now.

[PeTzZz]

Thank you for the tip! Will try it out. Screenshots seem promising.

[chh192002]

I am trying to install EMACS 22.1 but got a permission denied msg after the ./configure cmd. I guess as a newbie I forgot the "EXPORT= -02 -march=i686". Perhaps I missed a step that is obvious to non-newbies ('my bad'). I am trying to let go of my previous XP Pro hand-holding, command like rocks, I know. But I am stuck abit, perhaps a semi detailed guide will help to complete the transition.

[mwette]

You can install emacs from YUM (i.e., as root, "yum install emacs").
There is also a yum package "emacs-auctex" which provides an IDE for TeX in emacs.
(and "emacs-auctex-doc" also)