[TxMt] newbie query re viewing and formatting

Urbanose urbanose at gmail.com
Sat May 27 14:56:37 UTC 2006


Le 27 mai 06 à 15:15, textmate at matthurst.fastmail.fm a écrit :

> 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.

Simply use Cmd + "+" and Cmd + "-" in order to zoom in an out.

It can be found in the following menu : View > Font > Bigger or Smaller.

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>
> 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.

Do you have an example ? The nice macro feature of Textmate may help  
you.

>
> All help and suggestions welcomed.
>
> Matt Hurst
>
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         Urbanose



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