tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5165118504093345923.post1667251311621823086..comments2023-03-22T03:46:05.342-07:00Comments on One Finger Typing: It’s new, but is it improved?Steve Masoverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03387484207819808962noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5165118504093345923.post-7485711438855563842010-07-05T14:00:52.485-07:002010-07-05T14:00:52.485-07:00@Cliff -- Nice: a clever misanthrope, good for bid...@Cliff -- Nice: a clever misanthrope, good for bidirectional laughs. I think I'll stick with my antique Palm T|X for now.Steve Masoverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03387484207819808962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5165118504093345923.post-10922227582624585762010-07-05T13:08:53.782-07:002010-07-05T13:08:53.782-07:00ps I forgot to mention that there is a hilarious v...ps I forgot to mention that there is a hilarious video (made by the same guy) that argues the other way. <br /><br />http://techcrunch.com/2010/06/29/evo-4g-iphone-4-video/<br /><br />pps vi is also burned into my cerebral cortex...Dogenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16734732193006940173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5165118504093345923.post-37915076871039252922010-07-05T11:56:22.869-07:002010-07-05T11:56:22.869-07:00Cliff --
Nice reference, thanks for that. No, I h...Cliff --<br /><br />Nice reference, thanks for that. No, I hadn't followed Stross's blog before. Great comment thread on that post as well.<br /><br />I wrote my "senior paper" (culminating project for a B.A. in English) using vi, back in the early 80s, because it beat the heck out of a typewriter. <br /><br />CS got it right about "long -- but structurally simple -- text documents" in the matter of novels. It's what makes programs like Word or Pages so bloated for my usual purposes. KISS is definitely the principle to follow. But then there's the matter of sharing with agents & editors -- "the need to exchange documents" as Stross put it. Bottom line for me: if the technology is one to which I'm acclimated, and it's not the core issue in a project, moving from a usable technology to a perfect one isn't a battle I want to fight. The first commenter on Stross's post, jwz, put it well: <i>Your choice of a text editor is kind of like a tattoo, isn't it? After a while you have to look back on that decision you made when you were fifteen and realize, "yup, that's just never going to go away."</i><br /><br />I write novel mss. in one-file-per-chapter form, and merge them when it's time to print or send electronic copies. Sometimes chapters get moved or excised as a unit ... I find them easier to deal with than whole-mss files, no matter how spunky the software I'm using. I also use Subversion for self-protection purposes (saving old drafts of files, maintaining history through the comment logs) ... but not for <i>svn -diff</i> sorts of comparisons. I've rarely had occasion to resort to it, but am glad it's there just in case. When you've got years of work bound up in a long, structurally simple text document, you don't want to lose it....<br /><br />~SteveSteve Masoverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03387484207819808962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5165118504093345923.post-19328061297938541372010-07-05T11:24:33.642-07:002010-07-05T11:24:33.642-07:00Steve,
I enjoy Charles Strosser's blog for a ...Steve,<br /><br />I enjoy Charles Strosser's blog for a writer's perspective, and he wrote something nice on the subject of writing tools a few months ago:<br /><br />http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2010/01/writing-tools.html<br /><br />I'm thinking you might enjoy his blog if you aren't already.<br /><br /> -CliffDogenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16734732193006940173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5165118504093345923.post-28727748941722417202010-07-05T10:43:14.915-07:002010-07-05T10:43:14.915-07:00Thanks, Karen. Actually, I have test-driven a fair...Thanks, Karen. Actually, I have test-driven a fair bit of Mac software, including analogs to Word, etc. (I have a MacBook I use for work, have used it for a bit more than two years). No objections per se, but I'm not a convert.<br /><br />The iPod touch is something I've thought about. Time will tell....Steve Masoverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03387484207819808962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5165118504093345923.post-34581693281676398852010-07-05T10:12:00.124-07:002010-07-05T10:12:00.124-07:00Testdrive something steve !
Some of the programs b...Testdrive something steve !<br />Some of the programs by Apple are just simpler up front with as <br />much complexity as you want behind/underneath...<br />The iPod touch has wifi and is a good stand -in for a palm/no contracts etc...<br />It's very tricked out w the new iPhone 4 software ...My recc to you...<br />KKaren Ganznoreply@blogger.com