What is the simplest RTF editor in linux?

Question

All I need is a simple text editor that is able to do simple formatting (bold, italic, underline, list).

Given my situation, what is the best solution for editing RTF in linux?

score 18 · Answer 1 · edited Jul 31 '12 at 12:00

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Don't forget that wine provides Wordpad by default. First install wine and then type the following in a terminal:

wine wordpad

edited Jul 31 '12 at 12:00

math

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answered Dec 05 '11 at 14:54

Simon B

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score 17 · Accepted Answer · edited Dec 05 '11 at 15:01

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You can try AbiWord.

edited Dec 05 '11 at 15:01

Gareth

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answered Oct 27 '09 at 09:30

setzamora

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score 5 · Answer 3 · edited Apr 12 '13 at 00:52

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LibreOffice Writer can be used on rtf files. You can read more about it here.

edited Apr 12 '13 at 00:52

slm

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answered Apr 11 '13 at 23:50

Greg Marks

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score 4 · Answer 4 · answered Apr 25 '12 at 02:24

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For the CLI use catdoc. Since this is superuser.com I'm assuming you know how to install it. For a GUI approach I know LibreOffice can view .rtf, but I also think Abiword will work.

answered Apr 25 '12 at 02:24

David Tigue

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score 3 · Answer 5 · answered Oct 27 '09 at 09:55

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Maybe Ted would be an appropriate choice in that case.

However, I am curious as to know what your usecase is for using RTF (instead of, say, HTML with a plain text editor)

answered Oct 27 '09 at 09:55

jhominal

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What is the simplest RTF editor in linux?

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