TeXworks For Mac

TEXworks is a text editor designed to provide access to the TEX family of tools. TEXworks’ design is quite simple and at first sight it provides basic text editing tools and a single button and a menu to typeset a (LA)TEX text.

When you launch the editor you will see a very sparse interface: a title bar, a menu bar, two small toolbars, a large typing zone (white) and, at the bottom, a status bar.

This is the source/editor window and if you have already typeset the document previously, the resulting .pdf will be displayed on the right hand side in the preview window.

To start from scratch you must first create a document and write some text and then start typesetting by pressing the appropriate button.

A new panel opens between the typing area and the status bar: the output panel, labeled Log; everything LATEX is doing is displayed there.

When LATEX finishes this panel disappears (if there no error occurred) and a new window will appear: the Preview window. Of course, you will be able to go back to the source window anytime you like.