---
name: "enter-tex"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "enter-tex"
version: "3.51.0-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/enter-tex"
---

# enter-tex(1)

TeX/LaTeX text editor

## NAME

enter-tex - TeX/LaTeX text editor

## SYNOPSIS

**enter-tex** \[*OPTIONS*\] \[*FILES*\]

**enter-tex** {**-h** \| **--help** \| **--help-all** \| **--help-gtk**}

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the **enter-tex** command.

Enter TeX is a TeX/LaTeX text editor.

## OPTIONS

The program follows the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes. A summary of options is included below. For a complete description of options, please use **enter-tex --help**.

- **-n**, **--new-document**

  Create a new document.

- **--new-window**

  Create a new top-level window in an existing instance of Enter TeX.

- **--display=DISPLAY**

  X display to use.

- **-h**, **--help**

  Show summary of common options.

- **--help-all**

  Show summary of all options.

- **--help-gtk**

  Show summary of GTK options.

- **-V**, **--version**

  Display version information.

## NOTES

By default, when Enter TeX is started it reopens the files that were open last time it was used. This behaviour can be disabled in the program preferences.

## AUTHORS

**Sébastien Wilmet** \<swilmet@gnome.org\>

Developer of Enter TeX.

**Tanguy Ortolo** \<tanguy+debian@ortolo.eu\>

Wrote this manpage for the Debian system.

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2009-2026 Sébastien Wilmet\
 Copyright © 2010 Tanguy Ortolo\

This manual page was written for the Debian system (and may be used by others).

Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 3 or (at your option) any later version published by the Free Software Foundation.

On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL.