UberWriter!

Through pandoc, it is currently possible to export from UberWriter to `pdf`, `html` and `rtf`. Oh – bonus pandoc feature: Syntax highlighting and math in html **and** pdf. If you want a quick impression how UberWriter looks «in action» here is a short video highlighting some of the features: youtu.be/dYrW56-qGjY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v
dYrW56-qGjY **Great news!** You can get uberwriter directly from the ubuntu software center (preferred!. It's only $5. Read here why it's not »gratis« in the USC: Link to Blogpost http://wolfvollprecht.de/blog/why-uberwriter-is-not-gratis-in-the-usc-/.
apt://uberwriter You can also get it through a ppa, because it took longer than expected for the ubuntu team to bring all applications to the software center. sudo add-a

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