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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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  • The overkill option, as always, is emacs. markdown-mode works well, but I wouldn't be surprised if someone had built an entire asynchronous Stack Exchange client in emacs.
    – Darael
    Nov 15, 2015 at 15:12

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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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  • 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, 2012 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, 2012 at 15:26
  • @zetah. The Gedit download url is 404.
    – Parto
    Jul 2, 2014 at 6:38
  • @Parto, try here: jpfleury.net/en/software/gedit-markdown.php (did not test it, just found by Google)
    – zetah
    Jul 2, 2014 at 12:10
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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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  • Is haroopad built on electron like atom?
    – Anwar
    Nov 4, 2016 at 17:30
  • @Anwar nwjs I think
    – Salem
    Nov 4, 2016 at 21:53
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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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  • Wow! That's a nice application. +1. but already accepted the answer
    – Anwar
    Aug 10, 2016 at 18:29
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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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  • Oh! That's nice
    – Anwar
    Nov 4, 2016 at 17:27

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