Editing Textual criticism (section)

=== Software ===
Several computer programs and standards exist to support the work of the editors of critical editions. These include
* The [[Text Encoding Initiative]]. The Guidelines of the TEI provide much detailed analysis of the procedures of critical editing, including recommendations about how to mark up a computer file containing a text with critical apparatus. See especially the following chapters of the Guidelines: [http://www.tei-c.org/release/doc/tei-p5-doc/en/html/MS.html 10. Manuscript Description], [http://www.tei-c.org/release/doc/tei-p5-doc/en/html/PH.html 11. Representation of Primary Sources], and [http://www.tei-c.org/release/doc/tei-p5-doc/en/html/TC.html 12. Critical Apparatus].
* [http://www.juxtasoftware.org/about/ Juxta] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180511153533/http://www.juxtasoftware.org/about/ |date=2018-05-11 }} is an open-source tool for comparing and collating multiple witnesses to a single textual work. It was designed to aid scholars and editors examine the history of a text from manuscript to print versions. Juxta provides collation for multiple versions of texts that are marked up in plain text or TEI/XML format.
* The [http://tug.org/edmac EDMAC] macro package for Plain [[TeX]] is a set of macros originally developed by John Lavagnino and Dominik Wujastyk for typesetting critical editions. "EDMAC" stands for "EDition" "MACros." EDMAC is in [[maintenance mode]].
* The [http://www.ctan.org/pkg/ledmac ledmac] package is a development of EDMAC by Peter R. Wilson for typesetting critical editions with [[LaTeX]]. [[ledmac]] is in [[maintenance mode]].<ref>See further the useful guidelines offered by {{cite web|last=Dekker|first=D-J.|title=Typesetting Critical Editions with LaTeX: ledmac, ledpar and ledarab|url=http://www.djdekker.net/ledmac/|access-date=14 May 2014|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140905044748/http://www.djdekker.net/ledmac/|archive-date=5 September 2014}}</ref>
* The [http://www.ctan.org/pkg/eledmac eledmac] package is a further development of ledmac by Maïeul Rouquette that adds more sophisticated features and solves more advanced problems. [[eledmac]] was forked from ledmac when it became clear that it needed to develop in ways that would compromise [[backward-compatibility]]. [[eledmac]] is maintenance mode.
* The [http://www.ctan.org/pkg/reledmac reledmac] package is a further development of eledmac by Maïeul Rouquette that rewrittes many part of the code in order to allow more robust developments in the future. In 2015, it is in active development.
* [http://www.webdesign-bu.de/uwe_lueck/critedltx.html ednotes], written by Christian Tapp and Uwe Lück is another package for typesetting critical editions using [[LaTeX]].
* [http://cte.oeaw.ac.at// Classical Text Editor] is a word-processor for critical editions, commentaries and parallel texts written by Stefan Hagel. CTE is designed for use on the Windows operating system, but has been successfully run on Linux and OS/X using [[Wine (software)|Wine]]. CTE can export files in TEI format. CTE is currently (2014) in active development.
* [http://karas.ch/cet/cetinfo.htm Critical Edition Typesetter] by Bernt Karasch is a system for typesetting critical editions starting from input into a word-processor, and ending up with typesetting with [[TeX]] and [[EDMAC]]. Development of CET seems to have stopped in 2004.
* [http://www.ekdosis.org ekdosis] ekdosis is a [[LuaLaTeX]] package developed by Robert Alessi. It is designed for multilingual critical editions. It can be used to typeset texts and different layers of critical notes in any direction accepted by [[LuaTeX]]. Texts can be arranged in running paragraphs or on facing pages, in any number of columns which in turn can be synchronized or not. In addition to printed texts, ekdosis can convert .tex source files so as to produce TEI xml-compliant critical editions. See also on [https://ctan.org/pkg/ekdosis CTAN].