WinShell

What it does

Distribution

The homepage offers WinShell 4.0 as an installation package or portable version and identifies its file version as 4.0.0.6, dated 2023-05-27.checked 10 Oct 2001

Editor and project features

It includes a text editor, syntax highlighting, project management, a spell checker, a table wizard, a BibTeX front end, toolbars, and user configuration tools.checked 10 Oct 2001

External tools

Users can configure programs and macros, and WinShell provides a table wizard and BibTeX front end.checked 10 Oct 2001

Operating system

The homepage lists support for Windows 7 SP1 and higher, while the manual lists Windows 10 or higher as its system requirement.checked 10 Oct 2001

Other prerequisites

The manual lists TeX Live, MiKTeX, or W32TeX as LaTeX package options and says PostScript viewing is optional.checked 10 Oct 2001

PDF workflow

A PDF viewer is a prerequisite, and the manual says WinShell supports and recommends Sumatra PDF for SyncTeX and forward and inverse search.checked 10 Oct 2001

Projects

Its project environment organizes a document’s table of contents, figures, tables, and bibliography.checked 10 Oct 2001

Purpose

WinShell is a free multilingual integrated development environment for LaTeX and TeX, and requires a separate LaTeX package.checked 10 Oct 2001

Search and editing

Features include forward and inverse search, Unicode and multibyte support, and Windows and Unix file format support.checked 10 Oct 2001

Source availability

The maker says the software is supplied as a free binary and its source code is unavailable.checked 10 Oct 2001

Spell checking

The built-in spell checker is based on Hunspell and supports importing compatible dictionaries.checked 10 Oct 2001

Support

The manual asks users reporting problems to include their computer and WinShell versions and reproducible steps, and accepts reports in English or German.checked 10 Oct 2001