ReText, text editor, reaches version 6.0

Retext 6.0

Yesterday, Tuesday, May 10, it was launched ReText 6.0, a version that includes useful new features, such as the possibility of automatically moving the text to match its position in the editor if we use Markdown or the response of the editor has been improved thanks to the fact that now the conversion of the mark is carried out in a background process . For the unfamiliar, ReText is an editor for Markdown and reStructuredText that offers real-time preview, tabs, math formulas and can export to PDF, ODT, and HTML.

ReText is available only for Linux, but can be used on Windows and Mac if the instructions of your GitHub page official. There is also more information on ReText, such as an explanation to enable and use the additional features for Markdown using Markdown syntax extensions, how to use the Markdown math formulas in ReText, their settings, and more from the page ReText wiki.

How to install ReText on Ubuntu (and other Debian derivatives)

As usual, ReText is available in the official Ubuntu repositories, but they have not yet added the latest version, being only versions 5.3 for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, 5.2 for Ubuntu 15.10 and 4.1.3 for Ubuntu 14.04. If you want to install the version from the official repositories and wait for version 6.0 to be added to update, you have to open a terminal and write the command:

sudo apt install retext

If you want to install ReText 6.0, you will have to add the necessary repositories and something else, which is done by opening a terminal and typing the following:

sudo apt remove retext 
sudo apt install python3-pip python3-pyqt5 
pip3 install retext --user 
sed -i "s|Exec=.*|Exec=$HOME/.local/bin/retext %F|" ~/.local/share/applications/me.mitya57.ReText.desktop 
sed -i "s|Icon=.*|Icon=$HOME/.local/share/retext/icons/retext.png|" ~/.local/share/applications/me.mitya57.ReText.desktop

If you later want to update ReText, you will have to use the following command:

pip3 install retext --user --upgrade

As you can see, it is not difficult to use the latest version of ReText but, if you are not urged by any of the new functions, I think it is best to use the version that is available in the official versions, for convenience. If you decide to install ReText 6.0, do not hesitate to leave your experiences in the comments.


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  1.   Paco said

    Hello, I really liked the program, but I have the problem that the underline of the spell checker is invisible. I can only see misspelled words if I set the editor font with the underlined effect, so everything appears underlined except for misspellings, which appear without underlining. But I don't really like seeing all the underlined text.

    I have it installed on Xubuntu 16.04, does it happen to someone else? Any solution?

    Thank you