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Anwar
Asked: 2012-05-14 03:56:11 +0800 CST

Is there any text editor which supports Markdown (Ask Ubuntu's formatting style)?

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Is there any text editor with support for Markdown (formatting syntax used by Ask Ubuntu) which can be used to write questions or answers while you are offline?

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  1. Best Answer

    Try Retext which supports markdown. Retext has been in Ubuntu since 12.04 precise. For earlier Ubuntu releases, or if you want a more recent version of Retext, get it from the project home page or from a PPA.

    sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mitya57/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install retext

    This will install Retext.

    If you want a gedit plugin with markdown support:

    1. Download this and extract the file in ~/Download directory.

    2. Open a terminal, cd to the ~/Downloads/gedit-markdown-master directory and run ./gedit-markdown.sh install.

    3. Restart Gedit and you have a markdown plugin, enable it and enjoy ! .

    Note: You can anytime preview markdown by entering Ctrl+Alt+M.

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  2. You can try Retext or Haroopad (both let you edit your markdown code and preview it)

    Retext

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    Haroopad

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    Image Source - Haroopad

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  3. Remarkable

    Remarkable Main Screenshot

    Remarkable is a fully featured markdown editor with the following features:

    Remarkable with Dark GTK3 Theme

    Homepage: Remarkable App
    Source Repo: Remarkable on GitHub
    License: Open Source under MIT License
    Download: Remarkable's Download page provides deb package for Ubuntu

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  4. Atom has built-in support for Markdown editing;

    You can hit SHIFT+CTRL+M at any time to toggle the Markdown preview window:

    screenshot

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