Word

Is WYSIWYG good for writing? Perhaps it’s time to ditch Word altogether.

by Matthew Stibbe on January 20, 2010

Novelist and geek-hero Charlie Stross writes about the drawbacks of using what-you-see-is-what-you-get word processors to write novels: Changing file formats Proprietary file formats WYSIWYG “conflates document content with presentation” Heavily marked-up text isn’t suitable for use online Word mixes inline and style-sheet formatting His solution is (sometimes) to use hardcore programmer’s editing tools: Given my [...]

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Tools for writing: Distraction-free text editors II

by Matthew Stibbe on November 6, 2007

I wrote an article last year about distraction-free text editors, but I wanted to add one to the list: AloneWriter from Craig Ritchie. If you run it full-screen the menu only appears when you put the mouse over it. But it also works nicely in a window. I particularly like the very subtle word count [...]

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