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Originally Posted by Pajamaman
But there is just so much software for Windows, and it's better. Just consider the text processing software. I like to write in a text editor with a white on black screen that supports fonts, italics, etc. I want to look like a dark mode, full-screen ASCII text editor, with functionality at the level of rich text. I could not find that in Linux. In Windows, I use Atlantis, and I assume there are others.
So.Much.Choice.
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I've probably got 30 different editors and word processors installed on this computer. I don't use most of them, but I like testing them. Mostly I write short screenplays — more for my own entertainment than anything else. I've installed four, full-fledged GUI screenwriting applications (KIT Scenarist, WriterSolo, Trelby (my favorite) and Fade In). Fade In is a top tier, commercial application available for Macs, Windows and Linux — which is the case with all of these except Trelby doesn't have a Mac version. Even though I have all these (paid for and registered Fade In) my favorite writing tools are Fountain-Mode in Emacs and 'Afterwriting CLI for producing the properly formatted PDFs.
For general writing, LibreOffice comes pre-installed on Linux Mint. But I've been told that SoftMaker's Office Suite (which is available for Linux) integrates with M$ Office better. I don't have to work with M$ Office so I don't know (or really care).
And a quick check shows me that a beta version of Atlantis for Linux is available. I haven't tested it yet, but I will, just to see what features it has. (Some other "Atlantis" — not the word processor.)
Fountain-Mode in Emacs is a text editor that supports on-screen italics, bold, underline, etc. It also parses your text to show a semi-GUI hint of what your PDF will look like when you make it. (Kind of like the professional application, Highland 2, for the Mac.) It has twenty, or so, built-in themes. I, personally, like a dark background with a light font — but it can accommodate either (or something in-between).
I've attached a link to show how Fountain-Mode in Emacs works. (I've written some shell scripts for the process (which is what I'll use), but it can all be done via the GUI. 'Afterwriting is even available online or downloaded where it works via the browser offline.) The display font I use is Courier Screenplay, but any font can be the default. I like a fixed font for writing and Courier Screenplay is a dark (and clean) Courier.
(I'm terrible at making these things, my apologies.)
https://www.dropbox.com/s/6kraxtdvr3...-Mode.mp4?dl=0
If it's blurry it's probably because Google is only half-way done processing it. Sometimes it takes a while. (Either that or I'm incompetent.) I don't know what's going on with Google, but the quality was terrible. Now trying with pCloud. (Well, tat turned out to be worthless.) Let's see if DropBox is any better.