ConnectedText; any case studies?

Posted by Dr Andus
Sep 18, 2012 at 01:39 PM

[Moved from another thread]

Alexander Deliyannis wrote:
>Dr Andus wrote:
>>Yes, this is a common complaint
>>about working with wikis and CT in
>particular. However, I think some of this is down to
>>perceptions. A string of
>command like that looks like intimidating gibberish (which
>>disappears in view
>mode though). But actually once you get used to the look of it, it
>>might be quicker or
>at least the same as doing this in Word
> >Quite true.
> >In practice, I spend most
>time in “edit” mode, so complex markup gets in the way. But I could probably get used to
>it indeed.

Here is one thing that helps me with ignoring mark-up in the text in CT edit mode. It’s a bit counter-intuitive but if you assign different colours to specific mark-ups, somehow the eye recognises that they are mark-ups and jumps over them, so it becomes easier to read and write in edit mode. Go to Tools > Editor > Colours and select different colours for the various elements. E.g. Headings for me are light blue, links are URL-type blue, Commands are green, Comments are orange, and Includes are red.