ReText

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ReText is a Linux ready, simple (yet powerful) text editor for Markdown and reStructured text. ReText includes a built in "Live preview" function so that writers can see their changes in real-time.

Installation

USE flags

USE flags for app-editors/retext Simple editor for Markdown and reStructuredText

test Enable dependencies and/or preparations necessary to run tests (usually controlled by FEATURES=test but can be toggled independently)

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Emerge

Emerge ReText just like any standard program:

root #emerge --ask app-editors/retext

Troubleshooting

No icons in toolbar

If the icons are missing the icon theme needs to be specified in gconf or in the ReText configuration file.

FILE ~/.config/ReText project/ReText.conf

[General]
iconTheme=gnome

Available icon themes are located in /usr/share/icons/ (hicolor will not work).