vampApr 11, 2017

So I've been going back through my writing folder and exporting every scrivener project from the last 8 years because the Linux version is no longer in development and it don't work post Ubuntu 16.04.

PROPRIETARY FORMATS ARE BAD, M'KAY?

There's so many projects *falls over*

Show threadDaniel Holliday ⌨️Apr 11, 2017
@vamp switched to working exclusively in plain text last year - best decision I ever made
Show threadvampApr 11, 2017
@dathowitzer Exclusively plain text from here on out, though. It's certainly a lot safer.
Show threadDaniel Holliday ⌨️Apr 11, 2017
@vamp and far more capable. With a glut of editors, I find myself across a few to get best of all worlds (Vim being best of the best)
Show threadvampApr 11, 2017
@dathowitzer OMG, I'm a text editor junkie. Always switching to the next shiny thing. Currently a toss-up between Ghostwriter and Typora (I like markdown editors).
Show threadFerdi F. Zebua 🌏Apr 11, 2017
@vamp @dathowitzer Recommendations for markdown-focused big-project text editor? Cross-platform, preferably?
Show threadDan York
@FerdiZ @vamp @dathowitzer If you are in the Mac/iOS world (as I am), I have become a huge fan of Ulysses - https://www.ulyssesapp.com - because it stores all of its files as plain markdown text files. Yet has tools within the app to manipulate the files in different ways. Also love the sync across devices. But it only is useful if you are in the Apple world.
Apr 11, 2017 at 12:18pmAmaroq
Show threadvampApr 11, 2017
@FerdiZ @dathowitzer @danyork Apple does have lots of fun looking toys. But I'm a Linux girl :)
Show threadDan YorkApr 11, 2017
@vamp I am Linux on the server side, but on the desktop/device side I am living in Apple's pretty walled garden. (Although we do now have one Chromebook in the house...)
Show threadvampApr 11, 2017
@danyork I'm too poor for Apple anything. Last computer I bought cost me $35 and I love it :D
Show threadDan YorkApr 11, 2017
@vamp That's completely awesome that we can now get computers for $35. It's an amazing time to be alive.
Show threadvampApr 11, 2017
@danyork oh, you've gotta be in the right place at the right time - I got lucky because it was a good 2nd hand computer but didn't have windows on it, and most people just don't know what to do with something like that.
Show threadTris HusseyApr 11, 2017
@danyork @FerdiZ @vamp @dathowitzer I'm a huge fan of Ulysses and Scrivener. Dan you might like Marked 2 for processing. I prefer to write in Markdown for posts too. Lately I've been using Hemingway on the desktop. I have to use Win10 at work and it's painful. I'm going to try the suggestion above. I've tried Typora and it's pretty good.
Show threadDan YorkApr 11, 2017
@trishussey @FerdiZ @vamp @dathowitzer Yes, I often use Hemingway on my desktop - http://www.hemingwayapp.com/ - but I've been switching to Ulysses due to the ability to work on different mobile devices. I'll check out Marked 2.
Show threadTris HusseyApr 11, 2017
@danyork @FerdiZ @vamp @dathowitzer Dan you'll dig Marked. I'd love to be able to use Ulysses on Windows. Hell I'd just rather have a mac at work.