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 threadTris HusseyApr 11, 2017
@vamp scrivener isn't proprietary. It's just rtf files in a series of compressed folders. I've unpacked them before.
Show threadDoc Edward Morbius ❌​Apr 11, 2017

@trishussey @vamp But do any other tools open / access them natively?

(I suspect LibreOffice might.)

Christ. When's the last time I used a full-fledged wordprocessor for anything? I think /that/ has been decades.

Show threadvamp
@dredmorbius @trishussey the rtf files, sure (yes, libreoffice), but not in any form that makes sense - the files are named according to creation, so if you outline/write in anything but perfect chronological order, you're pretty much screwed. You'd need a tool that worked like Scrivener and read the Scrivener configuration files to open the project as a whole. Other than that you've just got a bunch of numbered files and a puzzle to put back together.
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Show threadTris HusseyApr 11, 2017

@vamp @dredmorbius Yes, that is true. I guess it's faux-proprietary then. Yeah you can get to the files and content, but using them is a whole other kettle of fish.

I love Scrivener for long form content, but not posts and such. And I'm on Mac and Windows so I don't face your challenges.