If you want to run the latest version (as you should) then use commands below. Old ReText files are available in Ubuntu’s repo so all you need to do is run the install command: $ sudo apt install retext
Check out how to enable all that and more from its wiki page. ReText’s functionality can be extended with the use of extensions for supporting Math formula, smart table editing, document export options, etc.
ReText is an open source and lightweight but efficient text editor for Markdown and reStructuredText markup languages. Today, we bring you a Linux app with a focus on Markdown editing and reStructuredText markup languages – ReText. We have written on more than a handful of text editors in the past year but hey, it’s open source there are a lot more from where the others came from.