I am working on a large document with many graphics, so PdfLatex in WinEdt is a bit slow, and when the pdf opens it is hard for me to find my work point. So each time I run PdfLatex I have to go back to the source file and use the very handy pointer in the left margin that takes me exactly to my work point in the pdf.
Download and execute the setup file winedt11.exe. As long as you have downloaded a legitimate copy of WinEdt (e.g. from our website) you will receive a standard Windows User Account Control warning displaying WinEdt Inc. as the verified publisher of this product. It is now safe to proceed with the installation. The Installer Wizard will guide you through the process. For most users, the default options in the Wizard should be used. However, if you are creating a portable installation you should disable User Profile Creation: this way WinEdt will create a Local folder inside its install folder and this folder will contain all your custom settings.
During the installation you can also decide if you want this version of WinEdt associated with TeX files (and friends). The associations can also be made, removed, or repaired (on a selective basis) from WinEdt's Configuration Wizard. However, on Windows with UAC-enabled, this requires starting WinEdt with elevated privileges (which are already in effect during the installation).
If you let the installer start WinEdt for the first time then WinEdt is running with elevated privileges (inherited by the installer). That's OK if you want to perform any global customizations (e.g. fine-tune filetype associations through the Configuration Wizard, enter registration data for all users, or import your old settings). You may also want to pin WinEdt to the taskbar at this stage. However, after you are done you should restart WinEdt with normal privileges: it is neither recommended nor necessary to run WinEdt with elevated privileges!
NOTE: You should never run WinEdt with elevated privileges and you should not make modifications to files in WinEdt's install folder! It is a very bad idea to do so (and you are doing something very wrong if you think you must do either of the above)! Consider yourself warned...
WinEdt 11 is installed parallel to WinEdt 10 (or older) and you can continue to use an older version and possibly uninstall WinEdt 11 if you prefer the old version. WinEdt 11 can run simultaneously with any older version of the program. You should not attempt to install WinEdt 11 over the existing older version.
You cannot automatically import settings from older versions into WinEdt 11. Check What's New for some tips on how to proceed with upgrading from WinEdt 10 and manually importing some of your old settings.
Registration: If you are currently using an older version of WinEdt you can take advantage of the trial period and see if you want to use this version or if you prefer an older one. Should you opt for WinEdt 11 and already have a license for an older version of WinEdt, you will need to purchase an upgrade license from www.winedt.com (see the Tables on the Registration page: upgrade rates are at the bottom). Exceptions will be made (upon request) to users that have purchased a license or an upgrade within the last year and to users that make contributions, or help with the WinEdt project in some other way... This is your chance to get involved!
Whatever custom location you might specify it should end with "\WinEdt". In particular, "\WinEdt" is not automatically appended to the specified location (as one might erroneously assume with possibly serious consequences should WinEdt be uninstalled and thus the destination folder erased)!
WinEdt uses a reputable open source installer: NSIS. The installer will make sure that WinEdt is installed with elevated privileges and thus placed in the proper (usually write-protected) folder inside Program Files. YOu should not attempt to manually place or modify files in WinEdt's install folder.
Filetype association task can be (selectively) performed through WinEdt's Configuration Wizard. However, on Windows with UAC, this usually requires elevated privileges (to modify the proper registry entries). Network administrators can specify /ASSOCIATEFILES=1 if they want WinEdt to be associated with common TeX files during a silent installation (rather than leaving the task to users who may not have sufficient experience or privileges to succeed in doing so themselves).
Important: On Windows with UAC enabling the creation of user profiles during the installation is essential (this is the default setting and should not be disabled unless you know what you are doing). If you want to change anything in WinEdt's install folder later, you will have to run WinEdt as an administrator. This applies to changing the profile settings as well as entering registration data for all users!
Hint: To start WinEdt with administrative privileges right-click on its icon (link) and choose Run as Administrator from the context popup menu: only then can WinEdt write or modify global data (such as secure registration data for all users) in its Program Files folder. Elevated privileges are also required to create filetype associations on UAC-enabled Windows.
INITIAL PROBLEM:
The first time I ran PDFTeXify from WinEdt, (with SumatraPDF NOT initially open) SumatraPDF opened automatically and displayed my PDF file. At this point SumatraPDF seemed stable, and I was able to navigate around the PDF, inverse-search took me back to the correct place in WinEdt, etc.
If I then made a change to the TeX files and ran PDFTeXify again, SumatraPDF automatically displayed the UPDATED PDF [which of course it did NOT do in 3.1]. However, after perhaps 3 seconds, SumatraPDF crashed (or at least the window closed). This was completely repeatable.
@Tantris winedt 10 will usually automatically set the sumatrapdf configuration
I have not got a copy in front of me to check but it is possible that the call which should now be via WinEdt command line calling rather than the historic DDE method has been disturbed in the editor.
No. WinEdt is shareware. That means you can use it for a trial period of 31 days. Any further use requires a license from the author. Registration of a personal copy of WinEdt for educational purposes carries a fee of US $40. Students are eligible for a reduced rate. WinEdt's current policy entitles registered users to free or competitive upgrades to new releases. For detailed description of different types of licenses and ordering information please check out the Registration Page on www.winedt.com.
The values are the same (%b corresponds to %B) unless you create a user profile or manually define a different shortcut with -E or -e command line switch (see also Q: 3.1.4). This means: without a user profile, the default settings (and INI file) of the WinEdt installation is used.
Where C:\Dokumente und Einstellungen\\Anwendungsdaten\WinEdt corresponds to %b. Best is to manually define a new shortcut to the WinEdt executable with -E command line switch. -e can be used in a similar way for the main (default) INI file.
Preferences can be changed in Options Preferences Defaults (respectively in Document Document Settings... for documents which were created with other defaults) and in Options Settings Wrapping.
If you are content with the standard way of wrapping (i.e. where paragraphs have to be ended by an empty line), and you only want to exclude certain lines from being wrapped, there are several things you can do:
if you never want to have lines wrapped which begin with a certain string (f.i. "\begin" ), go to Options Settings Paragraph Breaks and append the command to the list on the left-hand side. The same can be done for strings at the end of a line. F.i. you might want to prevent lines from being wrapped if the one before ends with "\\" . This can be set in Options Settings Comments, in the list of Line Breaks.
WinEdt doesn't find any items. To check whether WinEdt finds your items, open the Gather page (Project Gather...) and have a look at the Bib resp. the Label tab. If it's empty, continue with the next question;
No. However, on CTAN you'll find a utility that produces a word count from the dvi file. This might be just what you are looking for: it can be more accurate than WinEdt because WinEdt does not know how certain TeX macros get expanded while dvi file contains processed text with all the words...
A tool not located on CTAN is Translator's Abacus; a Wordcount program that can count the words in html, pdf, Word, RTF, and text file - no DVI file though, but it should not cause any problems to produce an intermediary pdf file (with pdflatex) to do a word count with this program.
Expanded Question: For example, it says that you could use a certain field to associate a dictionary with a submode. But how? Should I write :FR, TeX:FR, FR? What if I want it used for more than one mode? When do more than one dictionary apply to the same file?
(the last submode indicates that WinEdt detected UNIX-style lineterminators - WinEdt and MikTeX work just fine with such files andthere is no need to convert them unless you want to use them inother Windows applications)...
Expanded Question: I want to have a French TeX submode, with a French dictionary. I managed to define a submode and to load the dictionary, associating it with the submode. Unfortunately, now, when I activate my FR submode with the Document Settings dialog, the spell checker considers both English and French words as correct. I would like, when in FR submode, French words to be correct, while English ones be recognized as incorrect. How can I do this?
If you click on the right button of Images and Hint youcan choose the hint that will appear in the menu, while with the left one you can associate thecommand to a tool bar button. The button will then be available in the Tool BarSetup.
Finally - this all done - just right click the Tool Bar with the mouse and choose Enter Tool Bar Setup from the popup menu. Then choose the button you want to move (click 1) and click on the place where you want it to appear (click 2). Save the modification with right click and choosing Apply in the context menu.
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