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vamp Apr 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*

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Tris Hussey Apr 11, 2017

@vamp scrivener isn't proprietary. It's just rtf files in a series of compressed folders. I've unpacked them before.

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Doc 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.

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vamp Apr 11, 2017

@dredmorbius @trishussey manuskript, by contrast, has everything organised behind the scenes really well, folders and named files that correspond to the location of the files when opened in manuskript. I've been able to edit manuskript projects on mobile because of this with just a text editor.

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Tris Hussey Apr 11, 2017

@vamp @dredmorbius Yes, I took a look and it looks like a solid tool. I don't need it now, but it's good to know it's there.

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vamp

@trishussey @dredmorbius Yeah, I was pleased to find it. It's not as pretty as Scrivener, and the fact there's no 32bit build is reasonably frustrating (I use an older netbook for most of my writing), but it's filled the gap for now. I still stick to plain text/markdown for anything that doesn't require a lot of organisation though.