
In /usr/share/retext/ReText/window. This starts ReText in preview-mode only and you can start viewing with retext file.md PreviewMode = False and change it to previewMode = True In /usr/bin/retext (Python) search for the line containing This is for version 7.0.1-1, running on Linux Mint 19.3 - things have changed a bit in newer versions

Now, when opened the next time, the "Live Preview" is switched on automatically. using the menu, go to Edit › Preferences, and check "Restore live preview state" under "Behavior".press Ctrl- L (or use the menu: Edit › Live Preview) to switch on the "Live Preview" mode.Unfortunately, there seems to be no way to start it directly in the viewer mode – but a work-around to at least have the "Live Preview" triggered: You can call it from the command line, passing the file as parameter. ReText with Live Preview (source: ReText click image for larger variant)Īs I said to start with, it's not strictly a viewer – but an editor including a viewer and a "Live Preview". On its own, it comes with the basics – and you can add more (like support for specific Markdown dialects as Markdown Extra or MathJax if you need. Written in Python, and easy to deal with. normal program, not a browser addon: Yes. If you are writing pure Markdown (no HTML allowed), and don't have Kramdown or other extensions to support definition lists, 'mimicking' a definition list using a bulleted list with bold or italic terms followed by hard line breaks is probably the best you can do.
#SIMPLENOTE MARKDOWN DEFINITION LIST WINDOWS#
runs locally on Linux: Yes (also on Windows and Mac).Though not strictly being a viewer, I can recommend ReText here – which I'm using myself on Ubuntu, and am pretty satisfied.
