When comparing ReText vs VNote, the Slant community recommends VNote for most people. In the question“What are the best open source Markdown editors for UNIX-like systems?” VNote is ranked 26th while ReText is ranked 27th.
Specs
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Pros
Pro MathJax support
MathJax is a display engine that helps render mathematics properly.
Pro Preview incldues syntax highlighting
The syntax is highlighted in the Preview pane. The programming language in use is guessed. The code block has to be indented 4 spaces (or a tab) for the syntax highlighting to work.
Pro Package available for Fedora
Easy installation and auto-updates.
Pro Can export to Google Docs
Pro Able to attach files to a note
Pro Markdown
Markdown note-taking app.
Pro Free, open source
Source code is available via https://github.com/tamlok/vnote/
Pro Fast, uses C++ and QT Frameworks
Pro Supports MathJax, Mermaid Diagrams, Flowchart.js
Pro Vim Mode
Pro Can be synced using third-party synchonization services
All files on your local disk. Utilize third-party synchronization services to work from anywhere seamlessly. (taken from https://tamlok.github.io/vnote/)
Cons
Con Lacks synchronized scrolling
The editing and preview panes don't scroll together. They have to be manually adjusted to align.