This is probably the last release candidate for the 0.2 release of the LaTeX Plugin for Gedit. There are a lot of bug fixes making life easier for the TeX author

Gedit LaTeX Plugin with embedded PDF preview

LaTeX

• fixed crash in LaTeX validator
• warn instead of crash on \include{file.tex} (2749624)
• implemented user dictionary and improved spell checking configuration (2792874)
• removed duplicates from latex.xml (2869574)
• implemented template support (Save As Template and new from template)
• fixed DVI forward search issue (2884708)
• improved New LaTeX Document dialog (2897797)
• fixed the Choose Master Document dialog (2898996)
• improved the embedded PDF preview (2839668)

BibTeX

• fixed crash in BibTeX parser
• fixed exception in bibliography style preview

Tools

• tool keyboard shortcut may be configured again
• fixed serialize error when saving tools (2892971)

Common

• the file extensions activating LaTeX or BibTeX features may now be configured (key LatexExtensions in preferences.xml) (2818067)
• improved debug output format
• fixed encoding issues with config files
• fixed special-character-in-urls issue (2794805)

Give it a try!

The second release candidate of the Gedit LaTeX Plugin is available for download. Changes include:

LaTeX

• added commands from pdfpages and fancyhdr
• fixed multiple completion issues (2546325, 2546366)
• fixed multiple parser issues (2792736, 2483621)
• added completion of environments defined by \newenvironment and \newtheorem
• fixed bug in LaTeX outline (2644609)
• omit file extension for pdf and eps images and validate them correctly (2793148)
• support for user-defined templates
• search more paths for TeX resources (2795865)

BibTeX

• improved performance of BibTeXParser by ~20%
• finished connect-outline-to-editor-feature for BibTeX outline
• finished BibTeX validator that checks for:
• duplicate entry names
• duplicate fields
• missing required fields
• unused fields
• fixed bug in BibTeX outline when grouped by author

Tools

• enabling auto-save-before-build feature again (2543463)
• fixed build fail on spaces/specials in path (2549490)
• hiding of box warnings from rubber may now be configured (2795868)
• brought back R Sweave tool
• added embedded PDF preview (thanks to Dan Mihai Ile, 2799221)

Common

• enabling triggered completion again (completion triggered at ‘\’, ‘[’ and ‘{’ for LaTeX and at ‘@’ for BibTeX)
• improved usability (2503408)
• storing relative paths in property files
• hiding features when no tab is opened
• support for duplicate placeholders in templates (see e.g. environment snippet)
• showing nicer hints for snippets

Have fun

Thanks to the efforts of Andrea Gasparini the Gedit LaTeX Plugin is now available in Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope). Currently version 0.2rc1 is available as gedit-latex-plugin in the package management of the distribution.

Thanks Andrea

I’m happy to announce the first release candidate for the 0.2 branch of the Gedit LaTeX Plugin:

Architecture

This release features a new generic plugin base layer. It abstracts from the details of gedit and gtksourceview providing a clean base for the TeX-specific parts. This new architecture makes it easier to fix bugs and develop new features.

Base

• improved support for remote files (fixes 1875238, 1953982)
• configurable highlighting colors (fixes 2131473, 2018556)

LaTeX

• improved support for multi-file documents (fixes 2039930, 2011830, 2003370, 1885775, 1801142)
• fixed spell checking (fixes 2120842, 2039933)
• brought back forward search in DVI files (fixes 2367015)
• fixed LaTeX completion of command arguments (fixes 1923717)

BibTeX

• rudimentary BibTeX code completion
• maximum file size for BibTeX parser may be configured (fixes 2149254, 2149189)

And a lot of minor issues have been fixed (2238342, 2031271, 2002630, 1913496, 1911116, 1880327, 1818707, 1820138).

So give it a try and have fun

Thanks to Andrea Gasparini there’s now an Ubuntu package for the Gedit LaTeX Plugin, see https://edge.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-it-dev/+archive. You can download it directly from http://launchpadlibrarian.net/12896227/gedit-latex-plugin_0.1.3.1-2%7E0ubuntuitdev1_i386.deb.

Sadly we will not see it in the official repositories until the next release because the ones of Hardy Heron are already frozen.

The LaTeX plugin is mentioned in the current edition of LinuxUser, a famous German linux magazine. It is said to be the most sophisticated plugin for gedit

See the online version of the article