Text editor with free-hand highlighting

nimzov

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Hi.

I am on Ubuntu and I am looking for a simple editor that permits text highlighting. I am not talking of syntax or search highlighting, but simply coloring a line of text here and there.

I know that OO word processor does that, but I don't like the page and margin formatting and all the stuff that comes with word processors.

I am looking more for something simple like gedit but with "free-hand" highlighting of text.

Any suggestions ?

I have unsuccessfully googled and search the forum.

Thanks.
 
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Or Notepad++ lets you highlight text and use right-click to put on a "Style Token", i.e. any highlighting you like. It comes with a few different coloured highlights built-in.
 
As you are on Ubuntu, have a look at Kate (KDE Advanced Text Editor)

It can do simple highlighting of lines by setting them as a bookmark in the text, also supports the syntax of most languages.
 
Thanks for your suggestions.

Evilgiraffe, I have tested jEdit with the plugin but I could not color individual lines. From what I understand it does syntax coloring.

richardM, notepad++ is for windows.

Captain Snort, Kate does pretty much what I need. I have installed it and it is of great help for what I need to do.

Thank you all.
 
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