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Is there any text editor which supports Ask Ubuntu style formatting which can be used to write questions or answers while you are offline?

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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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Thanks for reply, Is there any which is gtk-based – Anwar May 13 '12 at 14:30
I don't know of such. You can also use your favorite text editor with some command line markup tool (i.e. python markdown) or have a look at this: Markdown for the Gedit – zetah May 13 '12 at 14:46
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Thanks for the info, I have edited the answer to include more things and I think, I can accept this. – Anwar May 13 '12 at 15:26

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