Ubuntu – Markdown (md) and reStructuredText (rst) editor

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I am in search of a simple WYSIWYG / Rich Text editor which can save the file in Markdown or reStructuredText format. Preferrably both.

Is there such a tool which runs on Ubuntu?

Thank you.

Best Answer

Try ReText:

Description-en: Simple text editor for Markdown and reStructuredText

ReText is a simple editor for Markdown and reStructuredText markup languages.

ReText supports tabs, live text preview and syntax highlighting.

Supported export formats: HTML, ODT, PDF. It is also possible to write custom export extensions. It is written in Python using Qt libraries.

From apt-cache show retext.


Install it with:

sudo apt-get install retext