-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hal Vaughan wrote: > On Wednesday 31 May 2006 16:11, Steve Lamb wrote: >> Hal Vaughan wrote: >>> I understand someone has written up a config file (forgot what the >>> special setting files are called) for screen writing formatting on >>> emacs, but, as I said, when I'm writing, I'm in a different mode, >>> and I just can't remember all the keystroke commands. It's hard to >>> explain, but I can use vi or other console editors and have no >>> issue while programming, but once I switch gears and start writing >>> fiction, my brain works completely differently. It must be a left >>> brain/right brain thing. >> Ok, maybe I'm way off base here but why not take a different >> tact. Why not come up with a text based shorthand you can use (kinda >> like Wiki-style), throw something together in Python/Perl/Ruby to >> parse it out and reformat for later importation into OOo? That way >> you can skip the GUI completely and also don't need to remember >> keystrokes, only your formatting shorthand. >> >> Of course, this is just really a pared down idea of what $EDITOR >> + LaTeX would offer but it is what I would do as I do prefer text >> editing of all types in vim, know Python/Perl and don't know LaTeX. >> :) > > That's a good idea and I've been considering it. The issue is one of > habit. I haven't used Abiword in a while, but I know the main > controls, like CTRL-S for save, cut, copy, and paste, will all be the > same. Ideally I want the keystrokes on the Amity to be as close to > possible as they are on the other system. > > I won't know until I get it all setup, but I may end up doing something > close to this, like using GEdit, and just using a shorthand for some > indents, like ^1 for the wide margins, which, back when I used Word > Perfect, was CTRL-1 for the macro. > > I've also considered something like that for emacs to handle formatting > issues before a script is printed and just forcing myself to get used > to it -- but while I'm doing that, the first script or two would be > hell. > > I have one advantage: I'm not selling these scripts. They're for the > production company I'll be starting soon. That means *I* get to define > the format in my own, stubborn, selfish, pig-headed style. :-)
You could always reformat the text once you move the files back to your desktop machine. Embed little markup codes in the text and write a little parser in Python to create the correct formatting. - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA Is "common sense" really valid? For example, it is "common sense" to white-power racists that whites are superior to blacks, and that those with brown skins are mud people. However, that "common sense" is obviously wrong. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFEfiDMS9HxQb37XmcRAuC2AKCIA4f4b2W0QRpLDeJTGyRCb7uqawCgivF1 BsPQiIcuExpAd+NA9WZdR+w= =Qd4M -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]