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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...
ConnectedText v6 is out
10/3/2013
@ Franz - thanks for the Scrivener and Word templates. I checked them out, but I still prefer Gingko for the simple reason that you can see at least the top 3 levels of the "snowflake" side-by-side ho...
ConnectedText v6 is out
10/3/2013
Hugh wrote:
>Akin to the 'Snowflake Method' for fiction? It's described here:
>http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/articles/snowflake-method/
Thanks for the link. I've heard the term but didn't rea...
ConnectedText v6 is out
10/2/2013
johnmcde wrote:
>I have a licensed copy of Scrivener that I don't use very often
>-- too cluttery or something??? My new best friend is WriteMonkey. So,
>my plan is to play with ideas with Brainstorm ...
ConnectedText v6 is out
10/2/2013
Here is Manfred Kuehn's take on the new and improved features in CT v6:
http://takingnotenow.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/connectedtext-6.html
ConnectedText v6 is out
10/1/2013
Prion wrote:
> But Steve had historical
>precedence for *me* hence I thought of him as one exemplar of CT gurus.
>No offense meant :-)
None taken, we're not that sensitive over here :) I just jumped ...
ConnectedText v6 is out
10/1/2013
Stephen Zeoli wrote:
>Thanks for the vote of confidence, but Dr Andus is by far more expert
>about CT than I am at this point. I will be writing about CT6 at some
>point, probably.
Kind of you to say...
ConnectedText v6 is out
10/1/2013
Prion wrote:
Title says it all, over at http://connectedtext.com/ is a new version to
>be seen. I am waiting for Steve Z. to point out what has improved etc.
Looks like one of the links on the home p...
Wayne K wrote:
>The stopping point
>for me was the poor mark-up capabilities. Surfulator couldn't even
>highlight text that you've captured (I confirmed that with their tech
>support - maybe it's cha...
Wayne K wrote:
> It's just a waste of time to download the
>article again, figure out that it's a duplicate, and delete it. Often I
>change the name of the file when I download it from whatever defau...
Lyx
9/29/2013
I'm looking for an alternative to Word+EndNote to format and typeset (and possibly write) academic papers (no need for maths notations).
So far LaTex by way of Lyx came up as a possible replacement. ...
WriteMonkey gets better and better
9/28/2013
johnmcde wrote:
>You might want to try Lyx. It's a GUI front end for LaTeX. Lyx is free
>as in free beer and is available for Linux, Mac and Windows. Lyx (and
>LaTeX) are especially suited for academi...
WriteMonkey gets better and better
9/28/2013
Stephen Zeoli wrote:
>This is the argument for Markdown that I don't really get. When I'm in
>"creative" mode, I'm not even thinking about what needs to be bold or
>italic.
Well, I meant the term "cr...
WriteMonkey gets better and better
9/28/2013
Dr Andus wrote:
Cassius wrote:
>I'm confused. What is "distracting" in Word, WordPad, etc.?
>>Personally, I like to be able to BOLD, Italic, etc.
>Dr Andus wrote:
>But also, you are describing a wo...
WriteMonkey gets better and better
9/28/2013
Cassius wrote:
I'm confused. What is "distracting" in Word, WordPad, etc.?
>Personally, I like to be able to BOLD, Italic, etc. I even used Word's
>capabilities to change the toolbars, for example ...
WriteMonkey gets better and better
9/26/2013
Alexander Deliyannis wrote:
Dr Andus wrote:
>>Because I've tried them all and I've been having problems with them on
>>my Win7, 64-bit machine. Things wouldn't run properly, would produce
>>error mess...
Concept mapping in SmartDraw CI
9/25/2013
From the video sent to existing customers it looks like SmartDraw may have improved their concept mapping capability. In the past I would have only used SD for creating pretty charts for illustration ...
Gingko
9/24/2013
Still trialling Gingko... I've found the following use for developing and managing a project plan quite interesting, especially as the resulting plan/journal can be exported as a plain (Markdown) text...
Writing Software for Writers
9/23/2013
MadaboutDana wrote:
> If you used
>Texts full-screen you'd have no distractions - it doesn't even have a
>toolbar or status bar!
Sorry, you're right, completely missed that...
>But I like the fact ...
Writing Software for Writers
9/23/2013
MadaboutDana wrote:
>my current favourite for fast Markdown: 1Writer
Thanks for the heads-up on Texts and 1Writer.
>The iOS app does need work, though.
Yes, an extended keyboard on iPad for a Markd...
Writing Software for Writers
9/21/2013
Dr Andus wrote:
Another list of writing software:
>http://stubbornwriter.com/writing-software
I'll paste in the list here as well for the record, in case that page disappears one day...
Book Wri...
Writing Software for Writers
9/20/2013
Another list of writing software:
http://stubbornwriter.com/writing-software
File Search
9/20/2013
Dr Andus wrote:
>I also use Direct Folders for quick access to recently used folders, and
>on top of that I have Listary Pro, which pulls up files as I type their
>names in dialog boxes.
Listary Pro ...
Gingko
9/19/2013
New Gingko export options:
Format:
- Plain text (markdown)
- Formatted text (html)
- Presentation (impress.js)
Content to export:
- Whole tree
- Third column only
Slartibartfarst wrote:
> I would be
>interested to know whether and how you have used Qiqqa (reference
>management) or Calibre (book management) for this type of work and what
>the outcome was.
Have ...