Best LaTeX Editor [closed]

"Emacs has excellent support for LaTeX.
Look for the AUCTeX package.
I never got the hang of LyX admittedly, but maybe it has improved since I last tried it.

And just to brag a little I have seen Donald Knuth using Emacs with my very own eyes:-)"

"I recommend beginner to start with LyX as it is close to being a WYSIWYG editor for LaTeX (it's actually WYSIWYM). It's quite friendly runs on Linux/Unix, Windows, and Mac OS X so it can serve pretty much anybody.

A more advance version is LEd (LaTeX Editor) but this one is Windows Only."

I use MacVim on Mac OS X and a makefile to create the pdf.

While Lyx is a nice WYSIWYG editor, if you want to learn latex I would say use a text editor with syntax highlighting or something like TexShop, which is made for tex editing.

"To make a start: you can use the Lyx editor and look at some online guides such as Tobi Oetiker's The Not So Short Introduction to LaTeX2e followed later by books that address specific requirements (Maths, science, graphics).

As confidence increases:
Move to either an editor you already use and are comfortable with (e.g. emacs with the auctex extensions or vim/gvim with the latexsuite extensions) or a cross-platform editor such as TeXworks.

Useful texts at that stage can include:
Kopka & Daly (2003), Guide to LaTeX (4th edn)

Mittelbach & Goosens (2004), The LaTeX Companion (2nd edn)

but you may also want something more 'practical' such as Kottwitz's LaTeX Beginner's Guide.

Samples from users in the same field or producing similar documents are also very helpful, as are their recommendations for books and on-line tutorials.

Before much longer you'll want to have a look at the original and classic book by Knuth: The TeXbook"