

The name derives from Christian Schenk's log-in, “MiK for Micro-Kid”. It features easy installation, having a complete set of additions (programs, styles, fonts…) are available to help users typeset their documents, it has an integrated package manager installs missing components from the Internet, if required having an Update Wizard helps users to keep its system up-to-date by installing the latest package updates, it has a fast previewer, having well maintained package repository and it is an open source, meaning that users are welcome to redistribute MiKTeX under certain conditions. It consists of an execution of TeX and a set of related programs, and gives the tools needed to prepare documents using the TeX/LaTeX markup language, as well a simple tex editor, named TeXworks. MiKTeX is a typesetting structure for Microsoft Windows that is created by Christian Schenk. The latest version of ProText is 3.1 released last July 2012. This is a freeware IDE (integrated development Environment) application that focuses in Latex creation and alteration. Thru understanding more about LaTeX, users can productively use ProTeXt. LaTeX involves TeX and translation of XML and DocBook to PDF files. In order to utilize ConTeXt in ProTeXt and MiKTeX the users must install a Perl (ActivePerl and Ruby) in the users’ operating system. These are some latex editors that can be combined together. Although, the use of TeXnicCenter is highly discourage by some users. There are third party applications included in this downloadable file in CTAN website and those are MiKTeX, ConTeXt, Ghostscript and TeXnicCenter (now known as TeXstudio). The file size of the downloadable file is 750 MB. This is available in four languages namely: German, Italian, French and English. It includes about 1500 TeX fonts in ATM Compatible Type 1 font format.ProTeXt was developed by Thomas Feuerstack that works with Windows operating system. SVG generator lets you create attractive animated presentation with LaTeX. It includes efficient PDF generator that handles imported PostScript graphics. BaKoMa TeX for Windows (personal license with upgrades in 1 year)īaKoMa TeX includes dual IDE: True WYSIWYG LaTeX Editor - TeXWord and Classical IDE - Text Editor + DVI Viewer powerfull graphical support: PostScript, PDF, JPEG, PNG, GIF, TIFF, HPGL, DXY, FIG, PCX, BMP, MSP, WMF, EMF support for modern scalable font formats: PostScript Type1 (even without ATM), PostScript Type 3, Multiple Master Type 1, TrueType, OpenType efficient support for multiple huge TDS Standard Compliant directories.
