From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Andrew Hyatt Subject: Re: Org Writer's room Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2012 18:08:08 -0500 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=047d7bdc06aa42fe9604d0230e0e Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:56932) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TgO4Y-0000GF-NS for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 05 Dec 2012 18:08:12 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TgO4X-00070C-7D for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 05 Dec 2012 18:08:10 -0500 Received: from mail-vb0-f52.google.com ([209.85.212.52]:57763) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TgO4X-000708-1u for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 05 Dec 2012 18:08:09 -0500 Received: by mail-vb0-f52.google.com with SMTP id ez10so2467045vbb.39 for ; Wed, 05 Dec 2012 15:08:08 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Matt Price Cc: Org Mode --047d7bdc06aa42fe9604d0230e0e Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 This sounds like an interesting project. My advice is to make a few screenshots that give people an idea what you are working towards. Of course, they could be completely fake, but it would be helpful to understand for people like me who haven't used Scrivener. On Wed, Dec 5, 2012 at 11:01 AM, Matt Price wrote: > Hi Everyone, > > Prompted by a couple of recent threads on help-gnu-emacs > (http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help/87787), I am trying to > create a minor mode for org that would implement some of the cool > features of Scrivener > (http://www.literatureandlatte.com/scrivener.php). > > Scrivener is a closed-source but still very cool authoring tool for > writers. After testdriving it, I find that Scrivener's interface > really makes it easy to concentrate on writing while still being aware > of the overall structure of a big project. Lots of my daughter's > friends use it for National Novel Writing Month, in which they try to > write a 50,000 word novel in 30 days; and I'm finding that more and > more of my students have switched to Scrivener from Word or > Libreoffice, over which it offers a lot of improvements (though it's > not so good atthings like footnotes). > > Emacs is pretty different from Scrivener (!!), but I still think we > could implement some of its features, and that doing so would make > emacs/org-mode a *way* better environment for writers. So I've > started working on org-writers-room.el. I'm a terrible coder, and I > can't think in Lisp at all, so I think the code is pretty bad! And > right now it doesn't do much -- just sets up the basic window layout > and define one or two functions But the ambitions are described in > more detail on the github repository: > > https://github.com/titaniumbones/org-writers-room > > I would be really grateful for feedback from both coders and writers. > I'd especially love it if anyone had some ideas on how to implement > the missing features, or better yet, was able to write some code for > the project! As I say, I feel a little over my head when it comes to > elisp. > > Thanks very much! > Matt > > --047d7bdc06aa42fe9604d0230e0e Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable This sounds like an interesting project. =A0My advice is to make a few scre= enshots that give people an idea what you are working towards. =A0Of course= , they could be completely fake, but it would be helpful to understand for = people like me who haven't used Scrivener.


On Wed, Dec 5, 2012 at 11:01 AM, Matt Pr= ice <moptop99@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi Everyone,

Prompted by a couple of recent threads on help-gnu-emacs
(http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help/87787), I am trying to<= br> create a minor mode for org that would implement some of the cool
features of Scrivener
(http://www.literatureandlatte.com/scrivener.php).

Scrivener is =A0a closed-source but still very cool authoring tool for
writers. =A0After testdriving it, I find that Scrivener's interface
really makes it easy to concentrate on writing while still being aware
of the overall structure of a big project. =A0Lots of my daughter's
friends use it for National Novel Writing Month, in which they try to
write a 50,000 word novel in 30 days; and I'm finding that more and
more of my students have switched to Scrivener from Word or
Libreoffice, over which it offers a lot of improvements (though it's not so good atthings like footnotes).

Emacs is pretty different from Scrivener (!!), but I still think we
could implement some of its features, and that doing so would make
emacs/org-mode a *way* better environment for writers. =A0So I've
started working on org-writers-room.el. =A0I'm a terrible coder, and I<= br> can't think in Lisp at all, so I think the code is pretty bad! =A0And right now it doesn't do much -- just sets up the basic window layout and define one or two functions =A0But the ambitions are described in
more detail on the github repository:

https://github.com/titaniumbones/org-writers-room

I would be really grateful for feedback from both coders and writers.
I'd especially love it if anyone had some ideas on how to implement
the missing features, or better yet, was able to write some code for
the project! =A0As I say, I feel a little over my head when it comes to
elisp.

Thanks very much!
Matt


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