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> It gives you Jira level power I’d rethink this analogy for the HN crowd
Working on CPTR-045
At least it’s not COVID-19
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Even if you prefer markdown over org-mode, there's stuff like https://www.zettlr.com/ which works really well
Zotero integration would be a plus over orgmode too
There's emacs-zotero and zotxt you can use with org-mode. Add org-ref into the mix and it's all good.
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#23it's amazing what people will do to avoid using emacs
With org-mode and writeroom
I use these for my D&D campaigns and they're _amazing_
What's a roleplaying campaign but a collaborative novel with a few too many dice?
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#25If anyone is looking for a paid product, Scriviner has been amazing for my novel writing productivity. You can sync your smart phone version to your desktop version using Dropbox. It gives you Jira level power over how your organize your project and has really easy export functionality that turns your writing into all kinds of industry standard sizing and layouts. I know it sounds like I'm affiliated based on that gu…
Out of interest what kind of file format does Scriviner use? Is it vaguely human readable or some kind of proprietary blob?
The Mac version is actually a package. (folder pretending to be a file; OS-level feature) The text files are RTF. It uses xml for some metadata. But the structure is a byzantine nest of folders with uuid (or hash, can’t remember) names.
It’s effectively proprietary but if you’re desperate, you can retrieve all of the individual files as they are standard formats.
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#26So, some feedback should a developer come here:
You absolutely need to offer controls to zoom the text. On a HD (retina, 4k, etc) display, the text is insufferably small.
Re: novelWriter – open-source plain text editor designed for writing novels
#27If anyone is looking for a paid product, Scriviner has been amazing for my novel writing productivity. You can sync your smart phone version to your desktop version using Dropbox. It gives you Jira level power over how your organize your project and has really easy export functionality that turns your writing into all kinds of industry standard sizing and layouts. I know it sounds like I'm affiliated based on that gu…
I know plenty of writers who are fond of Scrivener. My personal choice for a paid product (as I use a Mac) is Ulysses — going back and forth between the Mac & iOS versions is painless, and its bare-bones, grouped-file interface fits right with my workflow. Export options are plentiful, and it pairs well with Pandoc. Both are good.
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#28Is there a story behind that logo?
"Noveldown", as in "markdown for novels"? Just guessing here.
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#29Why is use Scrivener, is I need a tool where I can easily move sections and subsections around and give each a status/flag. There some other things in Scrivener that are nice, but this is core to me. Any other editor for writing books where I can easily see and move sections around is not for me.
Re: novelWriter – open-source plain text editor designed for writing novels
#30Why is use Scrivener, is I need a tool where I can easily move sections and subsections around and give each a status/flag. There some other things in Scrivener that are nice, but this is core to me. Any other editor for writing books where I can easily see and move sections around is not for me.
Highland 2 does this very nicely, and you can keep it all in .md