Kile

For other uses, see Kile (disambiguation).

Kile
Kile 2.9.91 under KDE 5.17
Developer	Community
Stable release	2.1.3 / September 23, 2012;13 years ago (2012-09-23)
Preview release	3.0b4 / March 17, 2024;21 months ago (2024-03-17)
Repository	invent.kde.org/office/kile
Written in	C++ (KDELibs)
Operating system	Cross-platform (Mac OS X and Linux, POSIX-compatible Microsoft Windows)
Available in	Multilingual
Type	TeX/LaTeX editor
License	GPL-2.0-or-later
Website	kile.sourceforge.io

Kile is a TeX/LaTeX editor to edit TeX/LaTeX source code. It runs on Unix-like systems including Mac OS X and Linux, as well as Microsoft Windows via the KDE on Windows initiative, with the Qt and KDE libraries installed.

Name and Pronunciation

Kile means tickle or wedge in Norwegian, the native language of some of the Qt developers.^{[ citation needed ]} As such, its proper pronunciation is /kiːlə/ and not /kaɪl/.

Features

Kile has many useful features for editing TeX/LaTeX source code, such as: ^{[1] [2]}

• Compile, convert and view your document with one click.
• Auto-completion of (La)TeX commands
• Templates and wizards make starting a new document very little work.
• Easy insertion of many standard tags and symbols and the option to define (an arbitrary number of) user defined tags.
• Inverse and forward search: click in the DVI viewer and jump to the corresponding LaTeX line in the editor, or jump from the editor to the corresponding page in the viewer.
• Finding chapter or sections is very easy, Kile constructs a list of all the chapter etc. in your document. You can use the list to jump to the corresponding section.
• Collect documents that belong together into a project.
• Easy insertion of citations and references when using projects.
• Flexible and smart build system to compile your LaTeX documents.
• QuickPreview, preview a selected part of your document.
• Easy access to various help sources.
• Advanced editing commands.

See also

• Free and open-source software portal

• List of text editors
• Comparison of text editors
• Comparison of TeX editors

References

1. "Kile Features". Kile - an Integrated LaTeX Environment. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
2. "Kile – integrated LaTeX editing environment". LinuxLinks. Retrieved 18 August 2019.

External links

• Official website