ReText is a simple but powerful editor for Markdown and reStructuredText markup
languages. ReText is written in Python language and works on Linux and other
POSIX-compatible platforms. To install ReText, use setup.py install
command.
You can read more about ReText on our website or in the wiki.
ReText requires the following packages to run:
- python — version 3.2 or higher
- pyqt5
- python-markups
We also recommend having these packages installed:
- python-markdown — for Markdown language support
- python-docutils — for reStructuredText language support
- python-enchant — for spell checking support
Translation files are already compiled for release tarballs and will be
automatically loaded. For development snapshots, compile translations using
lrelease locale/*.ts
command. Translation files can also be loaded from
/usr/share/retext/
directory.
If you want to translate ReText into your language, follow the instructions in ReText wiki.
ReText is Copyright 2011–2015 Dmitry Shachnev
and is licensed under GNU GPL (v2+) license, the current version is available in
LICENSE_GPL
file.
ReText icon is based on accessories-text-editor
icon from the Faenza theme.