Re: BBEdit for Writers

2020-05-04 Thread Ryan Dotson
Gerald– On 4 May 2020, at 11:56, you wrote: Is there a way to have multiple sets of pref settings? ie, a group or profile, if you will, type of storage that saves settings for this activity I want to do, then when I want to do php, html, and such I can change them by choosing my profile

Re: BBEdit for Writers

2020-05-04 Thread Gerald Davenport
- gerald On Wednesday, October 11, 2017 at 10:57:53 AM UTC-7, Stories & Novels wrote: > > I put together a short guide that might be of interest to someone new to > BBEdit and wondering if it would work well for writing prose. > > BBEdit for Writers: A Guide and Ap

Re: BBEdit for Writers

2020-05-04 Thread jnthnmrgn
it would work well for writing prose. > > BBEdit for Writers: A Guide and Appreciation > <http://storiesandnovels.com/bbedit> (storiesandnovels.com/bbedit) > -- This is the BBEdit Talk public discussion group. If you have a feature request or need technical support, please email

Re: BBEdit for Writers

2017-10-20 Thread John Muccigrosso
On Thursday, October 19, 2017 at 2:36:54 PM UTC-4, Jan Erik Moström wrote: > > I found it very cumbersome to write latex and when I get > some spare time I'm going to invest that time trying to find the best > way to write in markdown but convert to latex so I can get the > formatting right (I

Re: BBEdit for Writers

2017-10-19 Thread @lbutlr
On Oct 19, 2017, at 12:36 PM, Jan Erik Moström wrote: > But as I said above, the choice of writing tools is very personal and also > depends on factors like what is being written, external requirements, etc. Absolutely, and I've never tried to get someone to use markdown or

Re: BBEdit for Writers

2017-10-19 Thread Jan Erik Moström
On 19 Oct 2017, at 15:17, DavidWeinberger wrote: It's with a bit of hesitation I add my opinions to this thread. First of all, I firmly believe that the choice of writing tools is very personal - for example I love my Lamy 2000 fountain pen, not to mention my multi colored Pilot G-Tec-C4, add

Re: BBEdit for Writers

2017-10-19 Thread DavidWeinberger
Markdown is a reduced instruction set language, as its very name indicates. It's therefore a poor choice for documents that need the structures and control over display that it does not provide. Having to use it to address needs it does not support would make me angry, too. But that's not a

Re: BBEdit for Writers

2017-10-18 Thread Tom Robinson
As an aside, if you’re looking for a reference, CommonMark is gaining traction including in BBEdit 12 via cmark: http://commonmark.org/ Cheers > On 2017-10-19, at 09:28, @lbutlr wrote: > > -- This is the BBEdit Talk

Re: BBEdit for Writers

2017-10-18 Thread @lbutlr
On 18 Oct 2017, at 06:12, Dave wrote: > It has a totally non-semantic syntax, I’m not sure what that means. > which makes nearly impossible for many, like me, to learn it; since the > characters it uses are often part of the content, certain content can't be >

Re: BBEdit for Writers

2017-10-18 Thread Dave
Unfortunately, it is becoming a de-facto standard. For example, github README files will only be displayed on a project page if they are in markdown. It has a totally non-semantic syntax, which makes nearly impossible for many, like me, to learn it; since the characters it uses are often part

Re: BBEdit for Writers

2017-10-17 Thread @lbutlr
On 11 Oct 2017, at 13:49, Gregory Shenaut wrote: > I hate Markdown in all its varieties and manifestations OK, I’ve resisted commenting on this for nearly a week now, but I find this statement extremely odd. I can’t understand why anyone would hate markdown. I mean, I can

Re: BBEdit for Writers

2017-10-17 Thread john mckenzie
omeone new to > BBEdit and wondering if it would work well for writing prose. > > BBEdit for Writers: A Guide and Appreciation > <http://storiesandnovels.com/bbedit> (storiesandnovels.com/bbedit) > -- This is the BBEdit Talk public discussion group. If you have a feature request or

Re: BBEdit for Writers

2017-10-11 Thread Jean-Christophe Helary
> I put together a short guide that might be of interest to someone new to > BBEdit and wondering if it would work well for writing prose. > > BBEdit for Writers: A Guide and Appreciation > <http://storiesandnovels.com/bbedit> (storiesandnovels.com/bbedit) > >

Re: BBEdit for Writers

2017-10-11 Thread Gregory Shenaut
be of interest to someone new to > BBEdit and wondering if it would work well for writing prose. > > BBEdit for Writers: A Guide and Appreciation > <http://storiesandnovels.com/bbedit> (storiesandnovels.com/bbedit) > > -- > This is the BBEdit Talk public discussion group.

Re: BBEdit for Writers

2017-10-11 Thread F. Alfredo Rego
Very well done, Franz. Thanks. Alfredo > On Oct 11, 2017, at 11:10 AM, Stories & Novels <fr...@copyanddesign.com> > wrote: > > I put together a short guide that might be of interest to someone new to > BBEdit and wondering if it would work well for writing prose

BBEdit for Writers

2017-10-11 Thread Stories & Novels
I put together a short guide that might be of interest to someone new to BBEdit and wondering if it would work well for writing prose. BBEdit for Writers: A Guide and Appreciation <http://storiesandnovels.com/bbedit> (storiesandnovels.com/bbedit) -- This is the BBEdit Talk public disc