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Add LaTeX_Editor - #3878

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LaTeX Editor is a desktop LaTeX editor with an instant PDF preview, SyncTeX forward and reverse search, and a LaTeX aware spell checker. It is aimed at people who want an offline alternative to Overleaf.

Checked locally against the published AppImage before opening this PR:

  • Downloadable with wget, no authentication
  • appdir-lint.sh checks: AppRun present and executable, .DirIcon present and in PNG format, exactly one Icon key in the desktop entry
  • desktop-file-validate exits cleanly on the .desktop file
  • Built on ubuntu-22.04, so it runs on the oldest still supported Ubuntu LTS. A release gate refuses to publish the AppImage if any dependency of the Qt xcb platform plugin is left unresolved, so it does not rely on packages being present on the target system
  • Starts and keeps running with no network connection
  • Update information is embedded, and a .zsync file is published next to the AppImage

The application needs a TeX distribution to compile documents, but it starts and shows its interface without one.

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