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Post by rayz on Dec 29, 2005 10:01:26 GMT
I see that you have that as a future possibility, so I just thought I'd add a comment to support it.
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Post by KB on Dec 29, 2005 11:14:55 GMT
I've been a little slack in updating the online "to do" list over Christmas. This has actually been moved up as a before-release thing, as I have had a good idea about how to implement it. It will probably make it into the beta in about two or three versions' time - 0.22b or 0.23b.
Thanks,
Keith
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Post by rayz on Jan 1, 2006 17:46:32 GMT
How are you thinking of doing it, if you don't mind me asking?
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Post by KB on Jan 1, 2006 21:42:04 GMT
You would select the documents in the outline view and ctrl-click and select "Rename and autonumber". This would bring up a panel or sheet in which you would specify the base name and choose whether numbers would prepend or append the base name. Then the selected documents would just be renamed sequentially as specified.
Right now, though, I am rethinking a lot about Scrivener, as I mentioned in another thread. I want to simplify it, and am looking at the best way of doing that...
Thanks,
Keith
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Post by rayz on Jan 1, 2006 22:27:47 GMT
Ok. May I make a suggestion?
I was thinking of maybe a dialog box which you could add a variable to:
chapterNum - starts from - increment
Then if I put something in the title like:
Chapter <chapterNum> - The dark and stormy night
and then for the next chapter, I could have
Chapter <chapterNum> - The way home
Each time Scrivener sees <chapterNum> it replaces it with the next number in the sequence.
Chapter 1 - The dark and stormy night
Chapter 2 - The way home
You could do this live, but that would mean recalculating all the numbers whenever a chapter was moved.
Or you could just do it when the story is printed or exported.
In what way?
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Post by KB on Jan 2, 2006 10:57:38 GMT
It won't be quite so automatic, as that is too expensive. It does need a starting number, though, and some way of placing the number in the middle of the text if specified...
Thanks,
Keith
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Post by rayz on Jan 10, 2006 13:23:44 GMT
If you're streamlining the app, then forget the numbering for the time being.
It's easy enough to add chapter numbers with Word when I'm formatting the final draft.
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Post by KB on Jan 10, 2006 19:14:33 GMT
Thanks - I was thinking the same thing.  I think it should be more of a 2.0 thing. 1.0 should be about getting a stable app that is as good as it could be and that does not need any radical rethinking after release... Thanks, Keith |
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I think it should be more of a 2.0 thing. 1.0 should be about getting a stable app that is as good as it could be and that does not need any radical rethinking after release...