3. Suggested editor

To work with reStructuredText (.rst), you can use all text editors; however, from our experience, we suggest the Visual Studio Code which contain a specific extension to be used with this kind of file.

3.1. Get Visual Studio Code

1. Download Visual Studio Code

2. Install it

   LinuxWindowsMacOS

   Install the file code_x.xx.x-xxxxxxxx_amd64.deb with the packages manager

   sudo dpkg -i code_x.xx.x-xxxxxxxx_amd64.deb
   

Fig. 3.2 Virtual Studio Code GUI.

3.2. Add reStructuredText extension

1. Go to the Visual Studio Code extension browser page by clicking the extension icon (Fig. 3.3) or use the shortcut Ctrl+Shift+X

Fig. 3.3 Extensions view icon.

1. In the search bar type reStructuredText

2. Install the reStructuredText extension from LeXtudio Inc. (Fig. 3.4)

Fig. 3.4 reStructuredText extension.