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Morgan Ohlson
Should Novel-Essay-Pad, a text editor for the creative writer exist?
PRESENTATION COULD LOOK LIKE THIS
Novel Essay Pad [NEP]
This is a creative, philosopher or humanist essay body text editor with
specialized features. Effectively write and manage several open large
chapter or note-files. Uses extremely safe format that can be shown in any
texteditor. Write efficient in NEP and finnish lay out in word processor or
DTP.
For large text management it allows both many open NEP-windows and many open
tabbed files within each running application. Edit many open files as
charachter notes, chapters, chapter notes, to-do's, resources and research
notes. Still power left to run other applications as outliners
simultaneously.
There are (what I believe) two new features that doesn't exist in editors
before.
1) The color categories wich allows text to be used repetedly and mixed with
other text and still belong to a txt-color-category. Via a hotkey it can be
toggled to show or not show (as is for viewing, printout and export) This
feature. This is new, and for writing body text by far better compared to an
outliner. A std wordprocessor don't even come close. This feature will be
the ever after standard in essay writing editors. Se more below.
2) You can also open several NEP application windows. In each open NEP you
can load many tabbed files. Then you tell each open NEP a name to be shown
in the the OS quick-bar. You can have all chapters in one window, all notes
on charachters etc in one and to-do's and idea files in another.(is this
technically possible?). This way you can manage 20 or perhaps hundreds of
open files with no effort at all (safe std method with just a twitch).
Features: Minimum core memory usage /fast /large files /Drag & drop /tabs w
file name(See: EditPad Lite) /paragraph numbers /hotkeys (no flashy icons) /
cursor and pointer options (small & big, color) for low light LapTop use
/active line highlight /set std font /set font for "colored" text categories
(allow prnt & export of choosen txt) /autosave /redo in several steps /auto
install of OOo dictionary /add words to dictionary /senses weblinks
/statistics in status bar (Black body text category only): charachters,
words, word length, scentence lenght, page esteem., position, saved y/n,
file location /
Technically: NEP is a specialized dokument viewer + sxw-texteditor. In tech
terms it will be either a limited RTF or HTML or a slightly expanded rough
TXT.
Every document is a straight forward txt-file. All body text first (called
black category). Then follows "blue category" still as plain, readable txt.
Every colored paragraph has a simple texttag that explains 1) category and
2) the place it belongs to when viewed. After that comes "red category" in
same style. Both Blue and Red category have tags, but the black category
have not. This because the created text (black category) shall be clean and
never contaminated with any tags or other crap charachters.
This way the format can be plain txt, but arranged for viewing in NEP.
If any problem occures the user can print the main text that is first by
marking it. Also the notes can be printed the same way. This way no text or
note will be lost because of the software or format. Notes then will have
some small tags to it.
NEP show the document in the order it was written (or edited) according to
the text-tags belonging to each paragraph in the document. The user never
notice that text documents actually are saved sorted by category. It is
completly used as a normal text editor with just that powerful exception
that colored text is handled as a category that can be turned on /off
repetedly without ever loosing anything. All text categories are allways
autosaved in total.
MENUES
File: /save to txt, sxw or rtf(?) /save all files /insert file at line X
/print format, margins /print NEP files(spooler) /export limited color
category as choosen /refresh statistics
Edit: Cut /copy /paste /all /place marked txt after pragraf X(*1) /marked
text to blue category /marked text to red category(*3) /OS quick-bar name
Search: Goto paragraph X /goto percent of doc /goto end /page up /page down
/set bookmark(*2f) /goto bookmark /Goto prev bookmark /goto next bookmark
/speed search /search (w operators) AND,OR,NOT,PARAGRAPH replace /
View: line numbers /word wrap /allways ontop /margins /show spell faults
/show red txt /show blue txt /show body txt ((black (according to OS
appearence) is allways assigned as body text.))
=> Note, colors: (This assignes 3 hotkeys to a "text color". Each color
can be used repetedly in the file and instantly toggled on /off (show /not
show) with the hotkey. User can freely use any of the colors as notes,
keywords, content-notes, to-do's, alternative story or anything preferred.
Colors have all the same rank. The idea is that the file can contain text
that is not exported, printed or shown when toggled off (with a simple
hotkey), but still exists (safely) and can be shown in same window during
work)
Format: bold /underline /italics /large font (+X-point in options)
Spell: Spellcheck /add word to own dic
Options: View font, headline +points, print font /appearens cursor, pointer,
active line, background /minimize to tray /autoindent(on /off) /folders
preset / actions on closing /autosave /colored text pref. /statistic page
size.
*1. it's terrible when you "drag and drop" text and slip on the mouse
button, and loose the text in an unknown place in a huge file.
*2f. Bookmark: marked text becomes automatic the bookmark "name" (editable)+
number. Flag+number is shown at bookmark position.
*3,. Not that the color-categories are NOT hierarcical nodes as in an
outliner. Instead "blue" (and red) repetedly can be used as note-blocks at
many places in a file (chapter). You can have a blue line here, and a blue
paragraph there as you like to. All blue txt will allways relate to that one
"blue hotkey" (as red will) to toggle showing on or off. The toggled text
will allways remain in safe format and will be autosaved every time (!!!).
Compared to Sudden View NEPs colored levels also show or not shown in
printout, export etc.
Morgan O.
PRESENTATION COULD LOOK LIKE THIS
Novel Essay Pad [NEP]
This is a creative, philosopher or humanist essay body text editor with
specialized features. Effectively write and manage several open large
chapter or note-files. Uses extremely safe format that can be shown in any
texteditor. Write efficient in NEP and finnish lay out in word processor or
DTP.
For large text management it allows both many open NEP-windows and many open
tabbed files within each running application. Edit many open files as
charachter notes, chapters, chapter notes, to-do's, resources and research
notes. Still power left to run other applications as outliners
simultaneously.
There are (what I believe) two new features that doesn't exist in editors
before.
1) The color categories wich allows text to be used repetedly and mixed with
other text and still belong to a txt-color-category. Via a hotkey it can be
toggled to show or not show (as is for viewing, printout and export) This
feature. This is new, and for writing body text by far better compared to an
outliner. A std wordprocessor don't even come close. This feature will be
the ever after standard in essay writing editors. Se more below.
2) You can also open several NEP application windows. In each open NEP you
can load many tabbed files. Then you tell each open NEP a name to be shown
in the the OS quick-bar. You can have all chapters in one window, all notes
on charachters etc in one and to-do's and idea files in another.(is this
technically possible?). This way you can manage 20 or perhaps hundreds of
open files with no effort at all (safe std method with just a twitch).
Features: Minimum core memory usage /fast /large files /Drag & drop /tabs w
file name(See: EditPad Lite) /paragraph numbers /hotkeys (no flashy icons) /
cursor and pointer options (small & big, color) for low light LapTop use
/active line highlight /set std font /set font for "colored" text categories
(allow prnt & export of choosen txt) /autosave /redo in several steps /auto
install of OOo dictionary /add words to dictionary /senses weblinks
/statistics in status bar (Black body text category only): charachters,
words, word length, scentence lenght, page esteem., position, saved y/n,
file location /
Technically: NEP is a specialized dokument viewer + sxw-texteditor. In tech
terms it will be either a limited RTF or HTML or a slightly expanded rough
TXT.
Every document is a straight forward txt-file. All body text first (called
black category). Then follows "blue category" still as plain, readable txt.
Every colored paragraph has a simple texttag that explains 1) category and
2) the place it belongs to when viewed. After that comes "red category" in
same style. Both Blue and Red category have tags, but the black category
have not. This because the created text (black category) shall be clean and
never contaminated with any tags or other crap charachters.
This way the format can be plain txt, but arranged for viewing in NEP.
If any problem occures the user can print the main text that is first by
marking it. Also the notes can be printed the same way. This way no text or
note will be lost because of the software or format. Notes then will have
some small tags to it.
NEP show the document in the order it was written (or edited) according to
the text-tags belonging to each paragraph in the document. The user never
notice that text documents actually are saved sorted by category. It is
completly used as a normal text editor with just that powerful exception
that colored text is handled as a category that can be turned on /off
repetedly without ever loosing anything. All text categories are allways
autosaved in total.
MENUES
File: /save to txt, sxw or rtf(?) /save all files /insert file at line X
/print format, margins /print NEP files(spooler) /export limited color
category as choosen /refresh statistics
Edit: Cut /copy /paste /all /place marked txt after pragraf X(*1) /marked
text to blue category /marked text to red category(*3) /OS quick-bar name
Search: Goto paragraph X /goto percent of doc /goto end /page up /page down
/set bookmark(*2f) /goto bookmark /Goto prev bookmark /goto next bookmark
/speed search /search (w operators) AND,OR,NOT,PARAGRAPH replace /
View: line numbers /word wrap /allways ontop /margins /show spell faults
/show red txt /show blue txt /show body txt ((black (according to OS
appearence) is allways assigned as body text.))
=> Note, colors: (This assignes 3 hotkeys to a "text color". Each color
can be used repetedly in the file and instantly toggled on /off (show /not
show) with the hotkey. User can freely use any of the colors as notes,
keywords, content-notes, to-do's, alternative story or anything preferred.
Colors have all the same rank. The idea is that the file can contain text
that is not exported, printed or shown when toggled off (with a simple
hotkey), but still exists (safely) and can be shown in same window during
work)
Format: bold /underline /italics /large font (+X-point in options)
Spell: Spellcheck /add word to own dic
Options: View font, headline +points, print font /appearens cursor, pointer,
active line, background /minimize to tray /autoindent(on /off) /folders
preset / actions on closing /autosave /colored text pref. /statistic page
size.
*1. it's terrible when you "drag and drop" text and slip on the mouse
button, and loose the text in an unknown place in a huge file.
*2f. Bookmark: marked text becomes automatic the bookmark "name" (editable)+
number. Flag+number is shown at bookmark position.
*3,. Not that the color-categories are NOT hierarcical nodes as in an
outliner. Instead "blue" (and red) repetedly can be used as note-blocks at
many places in a file (chapter). You can have a blue line here, and a blue
paragraph there as you like to. All blue txt will allways relate to that one
"blue hotkey" (as red will) to toggle showing on or off. The toggled text
will allways remain in safe format and will be autosaved every time (!!!).
Compared to Sudden View NEPs colored levels also show or not shown in
printout, export etc.
Morgan O.