How do i get a good LateX compiler?

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unklerhaukus · Answer

you download one, if you are using a mac i'd recommend texshop http://pages.uoregon.edu/koch/texshop/

e.mccormick · Answer

It is not like there is a huge volume of competing ones with different abilities.  In truth, there are just a few choices based on what OS you use and they pretty much all come from the same core code and download packages from the same repositories.

unklerhaukus · Answer

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_TeX_editors

e.mccormick · Answer

@UnkleRhaukus Those are editors.  He asked about compilers.

unklerhaukus · Answer

your right @e.mccormick.
it turns out i dont really know what a complier is , i dont have a computer science background

e.mccormick · Answer

@UnkleRhaukus Ah.  In fact, shafqat_uet might be in the same boat as you!

The compiler turns the code into the result.  The editor is what you type in.  Both are very important.

I like Texmaker as a main editor and use EditPad to open multiple other files for references and taking code snippets from older work to reuse in newer stuff.  

For a compiler I use the MikTex builds.  They have a pretty easy package manager and I have no complaints about the time it takes to turn a .tex file into a .pdf.