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?
4 Answers
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:
Download this and extract the file in
~/Download
directory.Open a terminal,
cd
to the~/Downloads/gedit-markdown-master
directory and run./gedit-markdown.sh install
.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– zetahMay 13, 2012 at 14:46
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1Thanks for the info, I have edited the answer to include more things and I think, I can accept this.– AnwarMay 13, 2012 at 15:26
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@Parto, try here: jpfleury.net/en/software/gedit-markdown.php (did not test it, just found by Google)– zetahJul 2, 2014 at 12:10
Remarkable
Remarkable is a fully featured markdown editor with the following features:
- Live Preview
- Syntax Highlighting
- Support for GitHub flavored Markdown
- Editor specialized exclusively for Markdown
- Custom CSS
- Export to HTML & PDF
- And More...
Homepage: Remarkable App
Source Repo: Remarkable on GitHub
License: Open Source under MIT License
Download: Remarkable's Download page provides deb package for Ubuntu
Atom has built-in support for Markdown editing;
You can hit SHIFT+CTRL+M at any time to toggle the Markdown preview window:
markdown-mode
works well, but I wouldn't be surprised if someone had built an entire asynchronous Stack Exchange client in emacs.