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Posted by Alexander Deliyannis
Dec 30, 2024 at 10:56 PM
Apparently WebDAV access can be set up for iCloud via third party services such as Multcloud:
https://www.multcloud.com/tutorials/icloud-drive-webdav-0121-gc.html
I’ve bought the lifetime license for Multcloud under the current 70% promotion, and found it to work well in bridging various services, though I don’t have iCloud.
Darren McDonald wrote:
>I became frustrated when there was no sync option for iCloud (I use a Mac)
Posted by Amontillado
Dec 31, 2024 at 02:24 AM
Scrivener is highly recommendable.
That said, I don’t use it for the reasons you cite and there’s one other thing, very silly of me.
There is a style in Scrivener called No Style. I really like styles, and having a style that is advertised as not being a style is jarring. And silly of me not to just get over it.
I like to open Devonthink and call that my Scrivener-esque Research folder. I like Mellel, so I open it up and think of it as the Draft folder.
Mellel’s Outline (navigator) works in some ways like Scrivener’s binder. I can drag and drop in the Outline, rearranging the manuscript.
Funny, too, how much I use Mellel.
When I outline, I like to be a little expansive. I have a style set for outlining that puts a page break in before every heading (auto-title) in the manuscript. When I click on an entry in the Outline, I see the related text in the edit window. It’s not unlike a two pane outliner, used in that fashion.
And yet, as much as tools that are as comfortable as old friends serve me well, I still yearn for the perfect outliner.
Darren McDonald wrote:
> I can understand why there are so many users
>frustrated with the compile features. I look forward to trying Lattics
>again when it is more developed.
Posted by Darren McDonald
Jan 1, 2025 at 05:32 PM
Since I work on my MacBook when I am at home and my MacBook Air when I am out working in a café or research site or at university, sync is important for me.
I am glad to hear that the progress is moving along quickly. I wrote to the developers and were they quick to respond.
The developers told me much the same as you and that I try out OneDrive while they work on iCloud.
(Unfortuately, OneDrive is provided by my university and tech support does not currently allow services such as Lattics access).
I look forward to other sync services options in the (near!) future. Then I can put Lattics to test when writing me next research paper. :)
Dormouse wrote:
Sync doesn’t
>seem to have been a primary concern; not a problem for me. I assume
>iCloud will come, at least by the time the iOS app appears: going by the
>OSs for Zine, and that they’ve stated that an iOS ( but not Android)
>version is in the pipeline, they appear to be somewhat Applecentric.
>Updates seem frequent rn, feels like more than one a week.
Posted by Darren McDonald
Jan 1, 2025 at 05:42 PM
Thanks for this Alexander. I was thinking about looking at ways I could link other sync services to WebDav and you showed me the way!
Unfortunately, Multcloud is over budget for me (even more so with the weak yen I would be paying in at the moment).
If you have any other recommendations I would welcome them.
I need this type of thing to solve the sync problem with Lattics. All the other software I use already syncs up nicely.
(Though, I will not be able to look into anything till have the present paper out of the way).
Alexander Deliyannis wrote:
Apparently WebDAV access can be set up for iCloud via third party
>services such as Multcloud:
>https://www.multcloud.com/tutorials/icloud-drive-webdav-0121-gc.html
>
>I’ve bought the lifetime license for Multcloud under the current 70%
>promotion, and found it to work well in bridging various services,
>though I don’t have iCloud.
Posted by Darren McDonald
Jan 1, 2025 at 06:04 PM
Mellel! Thanks for reminding me of this app! I should try it out properly when I work on my next paper.
For now, I will continue with Scriviner. I can quit put my finger on it, but it is something with the layout and navigation that gels with the productive part of brain.
I can relate to some feature (or lack of a feature) in an app that stops you from exploring it further.
Your experience with No Style in Scrivener parallels my experience with Mellel in the way pallets appear as detached windows. Also, the design of icons is grating on my eye.
I know in my rational mind this is not a big issue, but it is distractive enough for me to continually quit Mellel. It is the first thing I check when a new release comes out.
I repeat what you say that this is a silly issue for me. I should really try to give Mellel a better chance.
If an app works for you, then that it is the obvious choice for you. :)
Amontillado wrote:
Scrivener is highly recommendable.
>
>That said, I don’t use it for the reasons you cite and there’s one other
>thing, very silly of me.
>
>There is a style in Scrivener called No Style. I really like styles, and
>having a style that is advertised as not being a style is jarring. And
>silly of me not to just get over it.
>
>I like to open Devonthink and call that my Scrivener-esque Research
>folder. I like Mellel, so I open it up and think of it as the Draft
>folder.
>
>Mellel’s Outline (navigator) works in some ways like Scrivener’s binder.
>I can drag and drop in the Outline, rearranging the manuscript.
>
>Funny, too, how much I use Mellel.
>
>When I outline, I like to be a little expansive. I have a style set for
>outlining that puts a page break in before every heading (auto-title) in
>the manuscript. When I click on an entry in the Outline, I see the
>related text in the edit window. It’s not unlike a two pane outliner,
>used in that fashion.
>
>And yet, as much as tools that are as comfortable as old friends serve
>me well, I still yearn for the perfect outliner.
>