HI, I use plaintext for long documents. On iphone 4 it was getting slow after it became longer. Have not tried on the 5. I have not found a good way to find a specific spot in a file other than arrowing with the keyboard. However, I found that it does remember where you left the cursor even after exiting the app. Have not tested if it does so with multiple files.
Hope this helps. I love the dropbox integration! Best, Ioana Sent from my iPhone On Oct 26, 2012, at 12:38 PM, Rob Harris <bobs...@googlemail.com> wrote: > This is more or less my thing too. If I open a lengthy file, I want to get > to my place quickly and easily, edit or modify quickly and easily, insert > and import, or even export text to and from it; sort of normal editing > features we've been able to do for years, until we got the pocket device. > > Anybody doing this like I describe? Using the cmd-arrow keys for block > marking would have mileage, so would unix and wordstar concepts like block > start and block end using ctrl-B and K respectively. The Wordstar one did > try to be intuiative about it. > > RobH. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Denny Schwab" <denny.sch...@gmail.com> > To: <viphone@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Friday, October 26, 2012 5:32 PM > Subject: Re: Notes question > > > Hello, > > I don't think it is a limitation of the Notes application. This > problem never happened before 6.0. > > As far as what I want to do... I write stories and such in Notes. I > used Pages for a while, but got tired of dealing with the > accessibility issues there. I want to use something I can use ICloud > to have on both my Mac and my IPhone. > > On 10/26/12, Christopher Chaltain <chalt...@gmail.com> wrote: >> yeah, I always think it's funny how people consider control+x and >> control+v to be intuitive, but control+w and control+y to be >> unintuitive, especially since many of those Unix editors were around >> long before you had any editors in DOS or Windows. Don't confuse >> familiarity with intuitiveness! :-) I personally always hate going back >> to a DOS/Windows style editor after doing a lot of cutting and pasting >> in Emacs! >> >> On 26/10/12 09:51, Scott Howell wrote: >>> Rob, >>> >>> Don't be knocking' those good old Unix/Linux editors. :) There are a >>> number of apps that might do what you want, but not sure what you want. >>> :) >>> Are you just looking to take notes or actually put together some >>> documents? You have such an array of options I think it might help to >>> know >>> what options you are looking for. You have options such as Elements, >>> which >>> is an editor that uses DropBox. I am sure some will have a number of >>> suggestions. You might also look at http://www.applevis.com and sort >>> through the app directory. >>> >>> On Oct 26, 2012, at 9:08 AM, Rob Harris <bobs...@googlemail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> So you're probably right about the amount of text, so we want a real >>>> text >>>> >>>> editor so we can do this. Some of us do really write stuff! Pages is a >>>> word >>>> processor for tarting it up afterwards, or as you go even; but for >>>> scribblers, edit, or some of those old DOS editors like Boxer and so >>>> on, >>>> would be ideal for this. >>>> Let's not go down the Unix/Linux VI, ELVIS and all those, good when you >>>> get >>>> used to them, but all those commands so counter-intuative. >>>> >>>> RobH, looking for suggestions or even recommendations. >>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>> From: "Scott Howell" <scottn3...@gmail.com> >>>> To: <viphone@googlegroups.com> >>>> Sent: Friday, October 26, 2012 10:30 AM >>>> Subject: Re: Notes question >>>> >>>> >>>> I suspect it is not VO. If that were the case it seems the problem would >>>> >>>> affect other apps such as iBooks etc. There is always a possibility that >>>> 10 >>>> pages of notes may be pushing some limit. Seems there is more >>>> investigation >>>> required. Of course I'm not sure the Notes app was ever intended to >>>> handle >>>> that much text. :) >>>> >>>> On Oct 26, 2012, at 3:58 AM, Rob Harris <bobs...@googlemail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> I think we don't know enough about how VO works and how big it's text >>>>> buffer >>>>> is from which it does it's TTS. >>>>> >>>>> It could be a design flaw we're only just coming to terms with. I >>>>> asked >>>>> a >>>>> question like this about large text files and getting to read them. >>>>> >>>>> R! >>>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>>> From: "Fred Olver" <goodfo...@charter.net> >>>>> To: <viphone@googlegroups.com> >>>>> Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2012 10:38 PM >>>>> Subject: Re: Notes question >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> I don't know how to resolve the problem, but it sounds like the memory >>>>> is >>>>> getting used up while in the app. >>>>> >>>>> Fred Olver >>>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>>> From: "Denny Schwab" <denny.sch...@gmail.com> >>>>> To: <viphone@googlegroups.com> >>>>> Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2012 1:45 PM >>>>> Subject: Notes question >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> Hello, >>>>>> >>>>>> After upgrading to 6.0 I have been having an issue when writing in the >>>>>> Notes Application. Usually starting around page 10 or so, I get an >>>>>> issue that Voice Over is still saying the characters I have typed, >>>>>> catching up to where I had finished. When I get to page twenty or so >>>>>> this problem gets worse, where it takes Voice Over quite a bit longer >>>>>> to catch up to where I stopped typing. >>>>>> >>>>>> Has anyone else seen this issue? Any ideas on how to resolve it? >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks, >>>>>> >>>>>> Denny >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" >>>>>> Google Group. >>>>>> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >>>>>> http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. >>>>>> To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. >>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>>> viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" >>>>> Google >>>>> Group. >>>>> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >>>>> http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>> viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" >>>>> Google Group. >>>>> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >>>>> http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>> viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" >>>> Google >>>> Group. >>>> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >>>> http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. >>>> To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" >>>> Google Group. >>>> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >>>> http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. >>>> To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. >> >> -- >> Christopher (CJ) >> chaltain at Gmail >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" >> Google >> Group. >> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >> http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. >> To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. 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