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Developer(s)
  
Community

Available in
  
Multilingual

Written in
  
C++ (KDELibs)

Kile

Stable release
  
2.1.3 / September 23, 2012; 4 years ago (2012-09-23)

Preview release
  
2.1b5 / December 30, 2010; 6 years ago (2010-12-30)

Operating system
  
Cross-platform (Mac OS X and Linux, POSIX-compatible Microsoft Windows)

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.

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Name and Pronunciation

Kile means tickle or wedge in Norwegian, the native language of some of the Qt developers. As such, its proper pronunciation is /kiːlə/ and not /kaɪl/.

Features

Kile has many useful features needed to edit TeX/LaTeX source code, such as:

  • One-click document compilation and display
  • Auto-completion of (La)TeX commands
  • Graphical lists of symbols for easy insertion
  • Templates and wizards for new document creation
  • Integration with the BibTeX bibliography manager

    • References

    Kile Wikipedia
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