Flatsonar

SilkTex

by Bela Georg Barthelmes

Modern LaTeX editor for GNOME

Broad permissions Unverified publisher GPL-3.0-or-later v1.0.3
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About

SilkTex is a modern LaTeX editor built with GTK4 and libadwaita. It provides an integrated live PDF preview, a document outline, snippet shortcuts, and a clean preferences dialog. Features include: - Live PDF preview with high-DPI aware rendering - Document outline with jump-to-section - Configurable snippet shortcuts with tab-stops - SyncTeX support for forward / inverse sync - BibTeX, makeindex, and cleanup integrations

Permissions

2 permissions weaken the sandbox. Flatsonar asks before installing.

  • sets PATH: changes which libraries or plugins get loaded
    --env=PATH=/app/texlive/bin:/app/texlive/bin/x86_64-linux:/app/texlive/bin/aarch64-linux:/app/bin:/usr/bin
  • sets LD_LIBRARY_PATH: changes which libraries or plugins get loaded
    --env=LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/app/texlive/lib
  • network
    --share=network
  • inter-process communication (needed for X11)
    --share=ipc
  • Wayland display
    --socket=wayland
  • X11 display, only when Wayland is unavailable
    --socket=fallback-x11
  • GPU acceleration
    --device=dri
  • access to your download folder
    --filesystem=xdg-download:rw
  • access to your documents folder
    --filesystem=xdg-documents:rw
  • portal OpenURI
    --talk-name=org.freedesktop.portal.OpenURI
  • sets environment variable GSK_RENDERER
    --env=GSK_RENDERER=cairo

Who publishes this

Nobody has confirmed that the publisher controls this app id. Flatsonar warns before installing.

  • app.silktex.SilkTex claims the domain silktex.app; only its owner can prove that
    publisher:namespace

Maintenance

Recent activity on the upstream repository, or built and reviewed by Flathub.

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