Basic demanded functions are: Drag&drop, cut&paste, search&replace, font
option, multifile, recognize urls. Others see below.

CREATIVE WRITERS EDITOR FEATURES (novels /fiction /poetry) and non tech
essays. NovelEssayEDitor, NEED. Bulk /body text writing only. Not intended
for layout!!! Perhaps more facts and wishes will inspire someone to actually
make this super-typewriter-2006/2007.

Write all bodytext in this editor and export or cut&paste into your
favourite wordprocessor, DTP or book-manager. That's the idea.
_____________________________________

Rank features below with numbers
Remember this is a _body-text_ editor.

Grades /ranks: I would use this feature...
4. frequently every day
3. every time
2. regularly /frequently
1. Not often but valuable and wanted feature
0 or [empty]. useless to me
______________________________________


___Features for edit
# undo/redo, high level (>50)
# quick-name/word insert
# select word, line, scentence, pragraph, all
# built-in clipboard
# change case
# clean html
# clean pagebreaks
# clean tabs

___Features for search
# jump-to line
# speed bookmark
# visible bookmarks
# AND /OR advanced words in multifile search
# AND /OR advanced words in paragraph search
# AND /OR advanced words in line search
# search find all (helps chapter coding)
# highlight color all marked (helps chapter coding)
# extensive statistics in file
# language analyzis (DIY critics)
# long words warning-beep (on/off)
# long scentence warning-beep (on/off)
# used words analyzis (DIY critics)
# over-used word warning-beep (on/off)
# same word repeted in scentence warning-beep (on/off)
# extensive multifile statistics (DIY critics)

___Features for viewing
# project window
# files window
# color interface options
# Active Line highlight (high visibility)
# big txt-cursor, transparent (high visibility)
# set page width
# quick outzoom ~40% (for overview)
# line spacing (several steps)
# line numbers
# paragraph numbers
# show invisible characters
# window-tabbes visible shortcut-keys

___Features for graphical viewing, perception etc.
Editor NOT intended for graphical lay-out. BodyText writing /editing only!
# formated text (RTF-file)
# extended txt-format (bold, underline, italics)
# typewriter /keyboard sound (best speed)
# double stroke/irregular-key warning-beep

___Features for tools
# spell on the fly (+personal dictionary)
# spell on demand (+personal dictionary)
# autoword (as in cellphones)
# thesaurus
# rhyme lexicon
# easy dic &thesaurus installation/change
# autosave XX minutes
# autosave to X-file
# quickstart project icon creation
# encryption files for security
# macro
# plug-ins

___Features for windows
# file window arrangment (stack, pile, cascade, tile)
# split windows (same file side-by-side)
# show status (saved, words etc)

___Features for files
# open multifile
# open project
# reload from last opened (autosave backup)
# join files
# split files
# save project (size, position, choosen files)
# file history (25)
# export to (rtf/sxw/otw/doc)
# export to html
# import outliners (treepad/keynote/TkOutliner)
# import html

___Misc.& performance features
# all hotkeys
# no icons (minimalistic)
# large file potential >1.5 million words
# (Invention) color categories text (multinode se below)
# maximum speed
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Color categories text. Viewing feature: Writing parallell texts, mixed
paragraphs in the same document. Each with it's own color. Body text is
black and red and blue are note colors (see below). Color notes can be
toggled on or off as liked. Black is meant for body text, red and blue for
notes. One could also describe this like all blue (tagged by you) becomes
same node, like a blue node that can appear anywhere you like. On screen and
in printouts you choose if the blue text shoud be visible or not. Same goes
for black, red, etc. Could also be called an easy-to-use "multi-node
feature"

Use alt1: Black body text; Darkblue for plot notes; Darkred for editorial
notes.
Use alt2: Black body text; Darkblue for headlines; Darkred for
preamble/introduction (fast serach etc)
Use alt3: According to your liking.

Morgan O.

Morgan Ohlson wrote:


What's a "font option"?


My text editor /is/ my "favourite wordprocessor, DTP or book-manager".


Sort-of nice. (Since the text /is/ going to be in
CVS, we only need undo in the current session. Since
one follows the save-at-the-drop-of-a-hat tactic,
the latest significant effort is always available.
But undo for small chunks is nice.)


Unnecessary.


Might be useful. Depends what one wants to do
with selected thingies.


X11.


Sometimes nice.


It's text. What's HTML got to do with it?


It's text. What are "pagebreaks"?


It's text. What are "tabs"?


Not interesting.


What's one of those?


Ditto.


Dunno. Doesn't sound like something I've ever wanted.


I don't know what this means. (And what's "chapter
coding"?)


Ditto.


What for?


Could be nice. Clearly a plugin feature. Hmm, it occurs
to me that if one were to actually /do/ this, rather
than looking for cats to vacuum, a natural candidate
would be to embed in Eclipse.


Never never never.


Never never never.


Plugin. Posthoc would be fine.


Never never never.


Never never never.

(The machine SHALL NOT beep at me.)


Irrelevant. My desktop has a file browser.


Irrelevant. My desktop has a file browser.


Don't really care (yet).


Maybe.


Maybe.


Don't care much.


Don't see it being useful.


No.


No.


No.

(What /could/ be handy is a running wordcount.)


Irrelevant. There aren't any (see "It's text.")


Wossat?


That's for output. Don't really care. (I want pretty
output, I'll write an outputter.)


Ditto.


The machine SHALL NOT click at me. The keyboard makes
quite enough noise all on its own.


The machine SHALL NOT beep at me.


Possibly useful.


No.


Possibly. But really this sort of thing should be
an independant attached process.


No ta (even though Flitz uses limericks ...)


The machine SHALL NOT autosave into the current
working file. (It may save ito a separate autosave
stack if it likes.) Updates to the current working
file happen when I SAY SO.


What's X-file?


I don't need any icons. I don't need any projects, either.
I have directories and CVS.


Too dangerous.


Never really needed them (but then again ...)


Yes.


What?


Possibly.


Possibly.


What does that mean?


What are "projects"?


Not interesting.


Well, yes, `read file` and `save partfile`.


Unnecessary.


CVS.


Possibly. And LaTeX.


No.


An external HTML stripper won't do?

--
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Notmuchhere: http://www.electric-hedgehog.net/
Otherface: Jena RDF/Owl toolkit http://jena.sourceforge.net/

I'd suggest that you check out PsPad. It's a programming and text
editor that does pretty much everything that you listed... and more.

http://www.pspad.com/en/pspad.htm

http://www.pspad.com/en/pspad-extensions.php

http://www.pspad.com/en/screenshot.htm

It seems that if you get your features nailed down you can visit the
forum and inquire about having a special template, or a package
without the code templates included specially for creative writers.
The larger job is in _removing_ the various code features that writers
will not use.

It's an outstanding multipurpose editor as is.


....

On Sun, 08 Oct 2006 14:58:40 GMT, Chris Dollin wrote:


If it is imported


Ordinary bookmarks, some applications seem to have a rather unnesessary
complex approach to it. There is a variety I say in some editor that is
smoth, they called it quick, speed or something.


Visible tag in mariginal


Extremely time saving if you for instance descide to change a character
name...


Instead of one word found in steps all found words are highlighted in the
same operation.


If ypu like to se all places you have used a certain name, word or
abrevation you can highlight them all in 1 op.


Track on language complexity. base for analyzis.


Eclipse?


Off is a good button.


Must likely be accompanied by the former.


That you can se each file tab shortcut on the tab itself


Some argue that some format helps orientation in long documents.


The thing is that the keyboard make sound also when a character is NOT
triggered. A blanaced sound can improve the inteface if correctly
implemented.


X = variable


Wouldn't that speed loading of ~10 files, and or speed navigation?


multifile windows arrangements


opens all marked files in one op.


Could be a file that records files that you used last time, or under a
project name.



Morgan O.

On Sun, 08 Oct 2006 10:03:03 -0500, REM wrote:


According to Snapfiles: PSPad Editor - programmers code editor

Probably a nice editor, but looks a little far fetched to remake into a
into a creative writers editor.

;o) why should creative writing be put secondary to coding?


Every day > 2million write creatively.


Morgan O.

On Sun, 08 Oct 2006 13:38:42 GMT, Morgan Ohlson wrote:


Made a list of powerful free editors all aimed, not towards creative writing
but coding.
All of thies have syntax highlighting and are FREE. There are likely many
more.

NoteTab Light
Syn Text Editor
Crypt Edit (combined word processor)
SuperEdi
Crimson Editor
Delphad
evolvEd Text Editor
RJ TextEd
Win32Pad
ConTEXT
CPad
Notepad2
MDINotepad
VIM
Inedita
nPad2
Barry's Emacs
NoteXPad
NotePad++
PsPad


Morgan O.

Morgan Ohlson wrote:


Yes indeed and many have already been listed for your convenience. . .

http://www.pricelesswarehome.org/ac....php#1.01Editor
http://www.pricelesswarehome.org/ac...1.01Editor:Code
http://www.pricelesswarehome.org/ac...tor:Specialized
http://www.pricelesswarehome.org/ac...r:WordProcessor

These three are the only ones that are NOT listed on the ACF page.
Should they be - is there something especially good about them?


The Text Editor page has much more info about *some* of the apps listed
on the ACF program info pages:
http://www.pricelesswarehome.org/ac...ditorReview.php

Susan
--
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Search alt.comp.freeware (or read it online):
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Pricelessware: http://www.pricelessware.org (not maintained)

Morgan Ohlson wrote:


When I'd decoded that to "balanced" (*please* learn to spell, or at least
use a spell-checker, if you want people to take you seriously; not having
English as a first language is no excuse) I still thought "no, the only
thing that can improve an interface is no sound at all".

Otherwise, are you trying to sell this thing, or gauging us to see what
would sell if you did try to sell the thing? If so, that will be all,
thank you.

Irina

--
Vesta veran, terna puran, farenin. http://www.valdyas.org/irina/
Beghinnen can ick, volherden will' ick, volbringhen sal ick.
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