[TxMt] newbie query re viewing and formatting

textmate at matthurst.fastmail.fm textmate at matthurst.fastmail.fm
Sat May 27 13:15:50 UTC 2006


I'm checking out Textmate as a screenwriting application, using the
screenwriting bundle. It looks great, and fast, and cheap. But I have a
couple of questions. Apologies if they're old chestnuts and please point
me to archive posts, wiki or whatever if that's where the answer lies.

1. I'm using a 12 inch iBook and the mandatory font for screenwriting
(believe me it is mandatory, and using a different one isn't a
possibility) is Courier 12pt. However it's uncomfortably small on my
screen. Is there anyway of zooming it up a bit, or do I have to just use
a larger font size for editing then whack it down again when I print?
Not a disaster if that's the only answer, but I'd like to know if
there's a way round it.

2. I've imported a Final Draft script from a text file, and the
'dialogue' paragraphs need new formatting applying. From a brief fiddle
around, it looks like every paragraph needs changing to the 'style' (not
quite sure if this is the right terminology, but I hope you know what I
mean), then reformatting - ie ctrl-4 then ctrl-q in the screenplay
bundle. I'd *really* like not to have to do this manually. Is there a
search-and-replace stylee way of automating it.

All help and suggestions welcomed.

Matt Hurst



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