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Posted by Deerdra
Nov 4, 2024 at 02:29 PM
I’m using “Text Block Writer”, an older free software written by Brian Vogt (e.g. https://text-block-writer.en.softonic.com/).
Despite frustrating limitations it is useful, and very stable.
A subsequent, improved version called “Text Block Author” was briefly released, and abandoned (https://web.archive.org/web/20070320190417/http://textblockauthor.net/).
Does anyone have “Text Block Author”, or know where to find it?
Posted by Stephen Zeoli
Nov 4, 2024 at 03:45 PM
This looks like Writer’s Blocks, which has been around for a long time, but is not free ($150, one-time purchase).
https://www.writersblocks.com/
This is not an endorsement of Writer’s Blocks, just making a connection.
Steve
Posted by Deerdra
Nov 4, 2024 at 04:08 PM
I have Writer’s Blocks. It’s clunky and I lost work using it.
By contrast, Text Block Writer was written by a software professional and it shows.
Posted by Amontillado
Nov 5, 2024 at 03:22 AM
I got Writer’s Blocks many years ago. It was the first app of that sort I found. I have fond memories of it, perhaps in part because of the soft focus of time.
Speaking quietly, sometimes I don’t use an outliner at all. I created a style set to use my word processor as an outliner. Top level headings include a preceding page break, so going to a new top level heading feels a little like a fresh start.
Inside a top level heading, it’s kind of nice to do whatever you want. Write a couple of paragraphs as a textual sketch, or add a text box sidebar with notes to self. The document navigation pane is my topic list and I can drag and drop and fold headings.
I promise, I still CRIMP. Just sayin’, if I only had my word processor I could still write outlines.
Posted by Paul Korm
Nov 5, 2024 at 09:52 PM
There’s mention of “Text Block Author” here, in post at least 14 years old, containing a dodgy link that Safari refused to open. So, maybe TBA is deader than dead?
https://textblockauthor.blogspot.com