Welcome to TeXmacs on CTAN!


TeXmacs is a free what-you-see-is-what-you-get scientific text editor, which was both inspired by TeX and Emacs. It is also possible to use TeXmacs as an interface to computer algebra systems. TeXmacs actually runs on PC's under Linux (a >200MHz processor and >32Mb of memory are recommended) and on sun computers.

The program implements high quality typesetting using TeX fonts, but it is also provides a user friendly interface. The high typesetting quality also goes through for automatically generated formulas; this makes TeXmacs suitable as an interface for computer algebra systems. Finally, TeXmacs comes with a lisp-like extension language, which makes it possible to adapt the user interface to specific needs and even to extend the editor.

Currently, the editor is more or less compatible with the TeX system and we are working on the interface with computer algebra systems. Subsequently, TeXmacs should also support graphics and some hypertext features.