I'm truly and deeply impressed with this program. I'm working on my second novel, due to be turned in this September and am about 15,000 words into it. Previously I used TextEdit to create each chapter, used omnioutliner to manage the chapter structure and create the outline and do rearranging, and then merged all the files into Word to finish it up, and then had to edit it.
I started the current novel using that system, then switched to a program called 'copywrite' which is cool, gave me some of the organization features combined with a basic text editor, but it's a bit slow when I click around quickly, and I hate having the program get in the way of my creative process/writing, which is why I started testing programs tonight to see if I could find something better. That and now that I've seen this program's project handling I'm deeply in love.
But there is just one thing I was hoping I could include on a feature request to spur me on. Full screen editing! The reason I purchased a copy of copywrite is that they said full screen editing would be coming, which is where I press a button and the program takes over the screen and I have nothing but text and a screen. This is the greatest procrastination breaker, and the only program besides copywrite that looks to have this feature is MacJournal. Right now I'm seriously considering drafting in MacJournal, then copy and pasting into Textmate, but man, I'd pay extra for the full screen feature, it's worth it.
Secondly, I've only played with this program for a few minutes, but I may be converting my Getting Things Done 'Next Actions' list to it and using documents to go to sync the plain folder text files for project management.
Best,
Tobias Buckell
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ By day I'm a mild-mannered tech worker, by night, a Science Fiction and Fantasy writer. You can find out more about my fiction at my website at http://www.tobiasbuckell.com where you can read my weblog, join my newsletter, find excerpts or free fiction, and find out where you can buy my fiction...
Coming Soon: -novel "Crystal Rain" from Tor Books (2006) -novel "Ragamuffin" from Tor Books (TBA)
You can find my short stories in these anthologies out now or coming soon: -Anakoinosis - I Alien (April 2005) -Necahual - So Long Been Dreaming: Postcolonial SF&F (Oct. 2004) -Aerophilia - All Star Zeppelin Stories (Sep. 2004) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Tobias Buckell wrote:
But there is just one thing I was hoping I could include on a feature request to spur me on. Full screen editing!
Hm! Very nice idea... now I'm wondering why more applications don't offer that, the only ones that come to mind are Photoshop, Timbuktu (and related), and games ofcourse.. Would be nice indeed to open a Project fullscreen, have the drawer to one side (where hiding it would just enlarge the editing area to 'cover' it), and a utilities bar at the top (just above the tabs) with macros/snippets/commands, syntax highlighting, etc.. I could be persuaded to make a mockup (though I'm no graphic artist so beware :-)
Regards,
Martin
Yeah, wow. I'm surprised this isn't more common. +1 for that feature.
On Feb 2, 2005, at 6:53 AM, M Spreij wrote:
Tobias Buckell wrote:
Hm! Very nice idea... now I'm wondering why more applications don't offer that, the only ones that come to mind are Photoshop, Timbuktu (and related), and games ofcourse.. Would be nice indeed to open a Project fullscreen, have the drawer to one side (where hiding it would just enlarge the editing area to 'cover' it), and a utilities bar at the top (just above the tabs) with macros/snippets/commands, syntax highlighting, etc.. I could be persuaded to make a mockup (though I'm no graphic artist so beware :-)
Regards,
Martin
Not to rain on TextMate's parade ( I use the thing all the freaking time ), but I saw a program target a writers that I didn't see in your list. Have you looked at Ulysses (http://www.blue-tec.com/ulysses/)? It might do some of the things you want as well.
And I agree, a full screen feature would be great. Block out all that crap I want to check in Firefox. :-)
Patrick
On Tue, 1 Feb 2005 22:51:09 -0500, Tobias Buckell tobias@tobiasbuckell.com wrote:
I'm truly and deeply impressed with this program. I'm working on my second novel, due to be turned in this September and am about 15,000 words into it. Previously I used TextEdit to create each chapter, used omnioutliner to manage the chapter structure and create the outline and do rearranging, and then merged all the files into Word to finish it up, and then had to edit it.
I started the current novel using that system, then switched to a program called 'copywrite' which is cool, gave me some of the organization features combined with a basic text editor, but it's a bit slow when I click around quickly, and I hate having the program get in the way of my creative process/writing, which is why I started testing programs tonight to see if I could find something better. That and now that I've seen this program's project handling I'm deeply in love.
But there is just one thing I was hoping I could include on a feature request to spur me on. Full screen editing! The reason I purchased a copy of copywrite is that they said full screen editing would be coming, which is where I press a button and the program takes over the screen and I have nothing but text and a screen. This is the greatest procrastination breaker, and the only program besides copywrite that looks to have this feature is MacJournal. Right now I'm seriously considering drafting in MacJournal, then copy and pasting into Textmate, but man, I'd pay extra for the full screen feature, it's worth it.
Secondly, I've only played with this program for a few minutes, but I may be converting my Getting Things Done 'Next Actions' list to it and using documents to go to sync the plain folder text files for project management.
Best,
Tobias Buckell
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ By day I'm a mild-mannered tech worker, by night, a Science Fiction and Fantasy writer. You can find out more about my fiction at my website at http://www.tobiasbuckell.com where you can read my weblog, join my newsletter, find excerpts or free fiction, and find out where you can buy my fiction...
Coming Soon: -novel "Crystal Rain" from Tor Books (2006) -novel "Ragamuffin" from Tor Books (TBA)
You can find my short stories in these anthologies out now or coming soon: -Anakoinosis - I Alien (April 2005) -Necahual - So Long Been Dreaming: Postcolonial SF&F (Oct. 2004) -Aerophilia - All Star Zeppelin Stories (Sep. 2004) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
For new threads USE THIS: textmate@lists.macromates.com (threading gets destroyed and the universe will collapse if you don't) http://lists.macromates.com/mailman/listinfo/textmate
Oh, I just realized that Ulysses has a fullscreen mode...you can tell how much I've used it. :-)
Patrick
On Wed, 2 Feb 2005 10:36:19 -0500, Patrick Burleson pburleson@gmail.com wrote:
Not to rain on TextMate's parade ( I use the thing all the freaking time ), but I saw a program target a writers that I didn't see in your list. Have you looked at Ulysses (http://www.blue-tec.com/ulysses/)? It might do some of the things you want as well.
And I agree, a full screen feature would be great. Block out all that crap I want to check in Firefox. :-)
Patrick
On Tue, 1 Feb 2005 22:51:09 -0500, Tobias Buckell tobias@tobiasbuckell.com wrote:
I'm truly and deeply impressed with this program. I'm working on my second novel, due to be turned in this September and am about 15,000 words into it. Previously I used TextEdit to create each chapter, used omnioutliner to manage the chapter structure and create the outline and do rearranging, and then merged all the files into Word to finish it up, and then had to edit it.
I started the current novel using that system, then switched to a program called 'copywrite' which is cool, gave me some of the organization features combined with a basic text editor, but it's a bit slow when I click around quickly, and I hate having the program get in the way of my creative process/writing, which is why I started testing programs tonight to see if I could find something better. That and now that I've seen this program's project handling I'm deeply in love.
But there is just one thing I was hoping I could include on a feature request to spur me on. Full screen editing! The reason I purchased a copy of copywrite is that they said full screen editing would be coming, which is where I press a button and the program takes over the screen and I have nothing but text and a screen. This is the greatest procrastination breaker, and the only program besides copywrite that looks to have this feature is MacJournal. Right now I'm seriously considering drafting in MacJournal, then copy and pasting into Textmate, but man, I'd pay extra for the full screen feature, it's worth it.
Secondly, I've only played with this program for a few minutes, but I may be converting my Getting Things Done 'Next Actions' list to it and using documents to go to sync the plain folder text files for project management.
Best,
Tobias Buckell
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ By day I'm a mild-mannered tech worker, by night, a Science Fiction and Fantasy writer. You can find out more about my fiction at my website at http://www.tobiasbuckell.com where you can read my weblog, join my newsletter, find excerpts or free fiction, and find out where you can buy my fiction...
Coming Soon: -novel "Crystal Rain" from Tor Books (2006) -novel "Ragamuffin" from Tor Books (TBA)
You can find my short stories in these anthologies out now or coming soon: -Anakoinosis - I Alien (April 2005) -Necahual - So Long Been Dreaming: Postcolonial SF&F (Oct. 2004) -Aerophilia - All Star Zeppelin Stories (Sep. 2004) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
For new threads USE THIS: textmate@lists.macromates.com (threading gets destroyed and the universe will collapse if you don't) http://lists.macromates.com/mailman/listinfo/textmate
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