Dr Andus
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NoteTab for note-taking
10/17/2013
shatteredmindofbob wrote:
>You can disable Simplenote sync in Resophnotes and have it save all
>notes as text files instead.
Thanks for the suggestion, RN is indeed a serious contender. I do actually...
NoteTab for note-taking
10/16/2013
Thanks for all the suggestions.
Achim wrote:
>maybe http://writemonkey.com/ could be interesting for you.
Actually I was keeping my original archive file in WriteMonkey, but as I need to start sav...
NoteTab for note-taking
10/16/2013
Dr Andus wrote:
Does anyone know of a free text editor (that works with and saves in
>.txt files) that 1) can display word count in the window somewhere, and
>2) can show a list of the text files in t...
NoteTab for note-taking
10/16/2013
Does anyone know of a free text editor (that works with and saves in .txt files) that 1) can display word count in the window somewhere, and 2) can show a list of the text files in the directory where...
Text expander and clipboard enhancer tools
10/15/2013
jimspoon wrote:
>I have switched over to AutoHotKey for entering "hotstrings". I keep my
>.ahk file in Dropbox so that my hotstrings are available on all my
>computers.
That sounds like an interesti...
Text expander and clipboard enhancer tools
10/15/2013
After about 9 mo. with WordExpander, I reached a dead end with it. Currently I'm putting PhraseExpander through its paces, and planning to summarise my experience in a review in 3 months' time.
I'm f...
What happened to Storybook?
10/14/2013
Dr Andus wrote:
>Hm, very strange. I thought I had both Storybook 4 Pro and 3.2 Pro
>installed on my system, but when I click on the shortcuts, it says
>something along the lines of
>
>"The item 'java...
What happened to Storybook?
10/14/2013
pereh wrote:
This weekend I started Storybook 4 (http://www.novelist.ch/joomla/) and
>got the message that my pro version is no longer valid, and the software
>changed back to the free version. All in...
Stephen Zeoli wrote:
>But I don't really see
>the problem. Write your work in whatever tool(s) you find best for you,
>then paste it or convert it to Word when it is time to submit it.
I think the ar...
The key learning points for me were that
- there are benefits to NOT doing your actual writing in Word or using your Word file as your main archival file;
- Word is fine for those for whom it works....
Dominik Holenstein wrote:
>There is currently a sale promotion on Outline 4D on screenplay.com
>>until the 20th September 2013.
>>You get Outline 4D for USD 59.00 (the normal price is USD 89.95).
Dr...
Gingko
10/14/2013
Alexander Deliyannis wrote:
bobmclain wrote:
>>When I logged in to my Gingko account just now, a window popped up
>>offering the first 500 takers a lifetime subscription for $39.
>
>Thanks for the he...
Aeon Timeline
10/13/2013
Paul Korm wrote:
Looks like Aeon Timeline is now available for Windows in addition to OS
>X. (See it at scribblecode.com.)
Thanks, Paul, it does look interesting. Only just watched the video, so I ...
An interesting article in light of the recent discussions here about WYSIWYG vs. Markdown vs. LaTex.
http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2013/10/why-microsoft-word-must-die.html
The comments...
Stephen Zeoli wrote:
It's true, of course, that if (and it usually does) the text runs off
>the bottom of the page in the scrivenings view, you can't see it. But
>Scrivener allows you to open other no...
Gingko
10/12/2013
If anyone's interested, my blog post on exploring Gingko's features for outlining and writing:
http://drandus.wordpress.com/2013/10/12/gingko-app/
Jon Polish wrote:
>you can do this in
>WhizFolders. Select a topic and open it in the Advanced Editor. Select
>another topic and do the same. Initially the topics open as tabbed items
>in the advanced...
Stephen Zeoli wrote:
It sounds a little like you are describing the "scrivenings" view in
>Scrivener, where the editor will show the contents of selected items as
>if they were one, longer item.
That...
jimspoon wrote:
>My question is - do you know of a two-pane outliner that will show the
>content of more than one item in the editor pane at the same time?
>
>But in the
>usual two-paner, I can only ...
Markdown everywhere
10/9/2013
Alexander Deliyannis wrote:
>I was positively surprised by the support to Markdown: from the software
>mentioned earlier, ResophNotes, WriteMonkey and Dokuwiki will all
>understand Markdown (the latte...
Scapple
10/9/2013
MadaboutDana wrote:
Oh, and I've just discovered Scapple can also export OPML files
>(including a separate note field
>Dang! This is purty darn cool!
Thanks, Bill, you reignited my interest in it :)
Dominik Holenstein wrote:
There is currently a sale promotion on Outline 4D on screenplay.com
>until the 20th September 2013.
>You get Outline 4D for USD 59.00 (the normal price is USD 89.95).
I th...
Scapple
10/8/2013
So, what's the verdict on Scapple for Windows? I see that it has gone on sale now. Has anyone persisted with the beta?
http://www.literatureandlatte.com/scapple.php
Gingko
10/8/2013
Gingko has just lifted the 3-column limitation as of today (before this the horizontal outline hierarchy was limited to 3 levels/columns), which means that now one can add unlimited no. of cards both ...
Markdown vs WSYWYG
10/8/2013
StackEdit - free, browser-based Markdown editor with edit and preview panes split. I haven't tested it yet, but I like it that you can write a blog post in it and post it straight into Wordpress.com w...